Section 24-15-21 - Director's warrant to return parolee to penitentiary--Suspension of parolesupervision time--Time credited.
24-15-21. Director's warrant to return parolee to penitentiary--Suspension of parole supervision time--Time credited. If the executive director of the board is satisfied that any provision of § 24-15-20 has been violated, the executive director may issue a warrant to the Department of Corrections, any law enforcement officer, or any parole agent, directing that the parolee named be arrested. Pursuant to the provisions of § 24-15-23, the parolee may be returned to the state penitentiary. Upon the issuance of the warrant, the running of the parole supervision time shall be suspended until the board has entered its final order on the revocation. The board shall credit the inmate with time spent in custody as a direct result of the parole violation.
Source: SDC 1939, §§ 13.5306, 13.5307; SL 1955, ch 31, §§ 4, 5; SL 1964, ch 33, §§ 7, 8; SDCL, §§ 23-60-22, 23-60-23; SL 1978, ch 186, § 31; SL 1986, ch 209; SL 1987, ch 13, § 7; SL 1992, ch 177, § 25.