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Happen, is he allowed to pick another state? we know he has a daughter in california. so could that -- is he allowed to pick a different place to go other than nevada? >> sure. as long as theres a valid plan of supervision and he has a support system, theres no -- he wouldnt be rerestrictstricted one state. >> what is his family support system in florida? what do you know about that? >> im not familiar with what his support system is, other than i know that he had family members testify today. >...

Criteria. and florida, when they do their investigation, theyll make the determination of whether or not theyre going to be willing to accept his case. >> captain, in your experience, how often does the receiving state say no, thank you? >> depending on what the support system is. in the case of either a returning resident or in the case of resident family, the acceptance rate, as long as theres a valid plan of supervision, is high. in the case of a discretionary case where a person doesnt have ...

>>ior ee also in a position to deny his request to go to florida darn dash they are. >> correct. with the interstate compact, first of all theres a handout that i provided to everybody that breaks down what the interstate compact process is. thats a handout thats provided by the interstate adult offender super vision. their website is on there, public access website. anybody can go on there. its got everything you could ever possibly want to know about the interstate compact. so youre welcome to...

The florida thing doesnt han, is he allowed to pick another state? he has a daughter in california, could that -- is he allowed to pick a different place to go? >> sure, as long as theres a valid map of supervision and he has a support system. theres no -- he wouldnt be restricted to just one state. >> what is his family support system in florida? what do you know about that? >> im not familiar what his support system is. other than i know he had family members testify today. >> when he is relea...

To conduct their investigation on whether or not you qualify for the transfer and whether or not you have a supervision. once they determine that, their caseworkers will forward that through their contact office back to the nevada contact office and once we have a decision by that other state, that will be provided to you through your case manager at the department of corrections. thats how the interstate contact part works. on the prerelease side, the prerelease specialists work closely with th...

Behind the scenes with any hearing we would have. because we have a crowd of people asking questions, we thought it was best to have him present to explain it to everyone. >> o.j.: thank you. i could easily say to nevada, i dont think you guys want me here. >> no comment, sir. >> as chairman, this will be shared with you. i am a captain with the division of parole probation headquarters and i also serve as the commissioner for nevada for the interstate contact. when it comes to the interstate co...

The support system, there would be a good opportunity for him to. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so what happens now? whats he -- for the next couple of months, whats he doing? just waiting? >> okay, so, right now, hell -- he will stay at lovelock and theyll develop the release plan for him, for his release parole plan, and then we would go from there as far as for his release, prepare for his release. >> why -- is there any half -- i mean, say he stays in nevada. is there any halfway house situ...

Have up to 45 days to conduct their investigation on whether or not -- whether or not you qualify for the transfer and whether or not a valid plan of supervision. once they determine that, their caseworkers will forward that through their compact office back to the nevada compact office, and once we have a ke decision by that other state, then that would be provided to you through your case manager at the department of corrections. thats how the interstate compact part works. on the prerelease s...

The process of in florida. so have you already talked and discussed all of this with them in anticipation of this since he had already made his, you know, his desire to move to florida clear? i mean, did you already know about this and are they aware and ready for this? >> so to answer your question, we did not know what the parole boards plans were, if they were going to approve it or not because they make that derjs at the hearing. what we did do was advance planning in anticipation that if he...

State as defined by the compact, meaning that you were living there for at least a year prior to the date that you committed the offense. or do you have resident family there that can serve as your support system? and resident family is fairly specific, but adults, siblings and adult children can serve as your resident family responsibler to provide you with that tie to the other state that would allow you to qualify for a transfer. but thats just the first part of it. first we have to establish...