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Rule
(a) No state shall permit a supervised individual who is eligible for transfer under this compact to relocate to another state except as provided by the Compact and these rules. If a supervised individual is in the receiving state without proper …
Advisory Opinion
Issued by: Ashley H. Lippert, Executive Director & Richard L. Masters, Legal Counsel Background When a supervised individual absconds, the receiving state must submit a violation report requiring retaking and close supervision under Rule 4.112(a)(2) due …
Bench Book
ICAOS is a congressionally sanctioned interstate compact enacted by all member jurisdictions. Upon congressional consent, interstate compacts and their duly promulgated rules supersede conflicting state statutes, policies, and practices. All …
White Paper
Revised: 1/21/2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This paper addresses instances in which member states fail to comply with the mandatory retaking requirements of the ICAOS by discharging a supervised individual’s sentence or terminating supervision rather than …
Bench Book
Understanding the legal nature of an interstate Compact begins with this basic point: interstate compacts are formal agreements between states that exist simultaneously as both (1) statutory law, and (2) contracts between states. The contractual …
Rule Definition
Violent Crime – means any crime involving the unlawful exertion of physical force with the intent to cause injury or physical harm to a person; or an offense in which a person has incurred direct or threatened physical or psychological harm as defined by …
Bench Book
The Eleventh Amendment guarantees state sovereign immunity from suit in federal court. The Eleventh Amendment ensures that states retain certain attributes of sovereignty, including sovereign immunity. Hans v. Louisiana , 134 U.S. 1, 13 (1890). Over …
Bench Book
The Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution states, “No State shall, without the consent of Congress, . . . enter into any agreement or Compact with another State . . . .” U.S. Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 3. Though a strict reading of the Compact Clause …
Bench Book
The ICAOS was written to remedy longstanding deficiencies and legal ambiguities under the Interstate Compact for the Supervision of Parolees and Probationers (ICPP). Chief among these were: Lack of compliance with the ICPP’s terms and conditions by member …