Tennessee Code Annotated

Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-601 (2026)

Supervision of parolees

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(a) The department is charged with the duty of supervising all prisoners released on parole from the prisons of the state, workhouses, jails or those accepted through the interstate compact, and of making investigation as may be necessary in connection therewith.

(b) A probation and parole officer may, with the consent of the director, suspend direct supervision of a parolee after a successful two-year period of supervision. The parolee shall continue on parole and be subject to all rules and conditions of parole. A parolee who violates the rules and conditions may be subject to reinstatement of direct supervision or revocation of parole.

Acts 2012, ch. 727, § 43.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2022 · leading case: Daniels v. Traughber, 984 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998).

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Daniels v. Traughber, 984 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “The Court finds, since the victim’s family had requested that attorney Larry Roberts be notified of parole matters and since attorney Roberts formally notified the Board of this request by letter dated January 21, 1994, that attorney Larry Roberts qualifies under section…”

Reid v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 40-28-116 (b) (permitting the parole board, in its discretion, to “impose any conditions and limitations that the board deems necessary”); Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-601 (b) (permitting a probation and parole officer to “suspend direct supervision of a parolee”).”

Jordan v. Lee (M.D. Tenn. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 40-35-303 (c) (permitting both supervised and unsupervised probation, as appropriate); see also Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-116 (b) (permitting the parole board, in its discretion, to “impose any conditions and limitations that the board deems necessary”); Tenn.”

— Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-28-601(b)(4) — 1 case

Daniels v. Traughber, 984 S.W.2d 918 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1998). “The Court finds, since the victim’s family had requested that attorney Larry Roberts be notified of parole matters and since attorney Roberts formally notified the Board of this request by letter dated January 21, 1994, that attorney Larry Roberts qualifies under section…”

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