Ohio Code § 2967.15

§ 2967.15.

(A) If an adult parole authority field officer has reasonable cause to believe that a

person who is a parolee or releasee, who is under transitional control, or who is

under another form of authorized release and who is under the supervision of the adult

parole authority has violated or is violating the condition of a conditional pardon,

parole, other form of authorized release, transitional control, or post-release control

specified in division (A) of section 2967.131 of the Revised Code or any other term or condition of the person's conditional pardon, parole, other

form of authorized release, transitional control, or post-release control, the field

officer may arrest the person without a warrant or order a peace officer to arrest

the person without a warrant.  A person so arrested shall be confined in the jail of the county in which the person

is arrested or in another facility designated by the chief of the adult parole authority

until a determination is made regarding the person's release status.  Upon making an arrest under this section, the arresting or supervising adult parole

authority field officer promptly shall notify the superintendent of parole supervision

or the superintendent's designee, in writing, that the person has been arrested and

is in custody and submit an appropriate report of the reason for the arrest. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this division, prior to the revocation by the adult

parole authority of a person's pardon, parole, or other release and prior to the imposition

by the parole board or adult parole authority of a new prison term as a post-release

control sanction for a person, the adult parole authority shall grant the person a

hearing in accordance with rules adopted by the department of rehabilitation and correction

under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.  The adult parole authority is not required to grant the person a hearing if the

person is convicted of or pleads guilty to an offense that the person committed while

released on a pardon, on parole, or another form of release, or on post-release control

and upon which the revocation of the person's pardon, parole, other release, or post-release

control is based. If a person who has been pardoned is found to be a violator of the conditions of the

parolee's conditional pardon or commutation of sentence, the authority forthwith shall

transmit to the governor its recommendation concerning that violation, and the violator

shall be retained in custody until the governor issues an order concerning that violation. If the authority fails to make a determination of the case of a parolee or releasee

alleged to be a violator of the terms and conditions of the parolee's or releasee's

conditional pardon, parole, other release, or post-release control sanctions within

a reasonable time, the parolee or releasee shall be released from custody under the

same terms and conditions of the parolee's or releasee's original conditional pardon,

parole, other release, or post-release control sanctions. (C)(1) If a person who is a parolee or releasee, who is under transitional control, or who

is under another form of authorized release under the supervision of the adult parole

authority absconds from supervision, the supervising adult parole authority field

officer shall report that fact to the superintendent of parole supervision, in writing,

and the authority shall declare that person to be a violator at large.  Upon being advised of the apprehension and availability for return of a violator

at large, the superintendent of parole supervision shall determine whether the violator

at large should be restored to parole, transitional control, another form of authorized

release, or post-release control. The time between the date on which a person who is a parolee or other releasee is

declared to be a violator or violator at large and the date on which that person is

returned to custody in this state under the immediate control of the adult parole

authority shall not be counted as time served under the sentence imposed on that person

or as a part of the term of post-release control. (2) A person who is under transitional control or who is under any form of authorized

release under the supervision of the adult parole authority is considered to be in

custody while under the transitional control or on release, and, if the person absconds

from supervision, the person may be prosecuted for the offense of escape. (D) A person who is a parolee or releasee, who is under transitional control, or who

is under another form of authorized release under the supervision of the adult parole

authority and who has violated a term or condition of the person's conditional pardon,

parole, transitional control, other form of authorized release, or post-release control

shall be declared to be a violator if the person is committed to a correctional institution

outside the state to serve a sentence imposed upon the person by a federal court or

a court of another state or if the person otherwise leaves the state. (E) As used in this section, “peace officer” has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code .