Can I get off state parole early?

It depends. This is usually a possibility, but Parole has “discretion” — meaning, power to decide as it sees fit — with some legal limits on how it makes this decision. Most people have the legal right to a “presumption” — or assumption — that they should get off parole early. Based on this, most people have a “presumptive discharge date” or PDD. Learn more about PDDs on PG. 153.

Some people do not have a PDD because of the nature of their commitment offense and when it occurred. See Appendix B, PG. 259, for a list of people who do not have PDDs.

If you have a PDD, then by law, the exact timing of your PDD depends on your underlying commitment offense and when it occurred. The PDD periods can be found in California Penal Code Sections 3000, 3000.1, 3001.[390] If you fit into more than one category, the longer period applies. See Appendix B, PG. 259 for a list of PDDs.

  1. 390

    Cal. Penal Code §§ 3000, 3000.1, and 3001. See also Prison Law Office, The Parolee Rights Manual, at 30, http://www.prisonlaw.com/pdfs/ParoleeManual,Aug2013.pdf (updated Aug. 2013).