Amiotte v. South Dakota Board of Pardons & Paroles

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] An inmate convicted of aggravated assault was classified by the Department of Corrections as an unconvicted sex offender. The classification required him to participate in a sex-offender treatment program. He refused. For his failure to participate, he was denied parole on his presumptive parole date. The inmate challenged the basis for the classification with the Board of Pardons and Paroles. The Board ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to review the inmate’s classification. An appeal to the circuit court was affirmed for same reason. We also affirm.

Background

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