Md. Code, Correctional Services § 7-802

This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 7-802, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.

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§7–802.

Official statutory text

(a) If an incarcerated individual is sentenced to the Division of Correction and, at the time of sentencing, the sentencing judge makes a written request for notification, the Commission shall:

(1) at least 90 days before the parole release hearing, notify the sentencing judge in writing that a parole release hearing is scheduled for the incarcerated individual; and

(2) promptly notify the sentencing judge of the Commission’s final decision regarding parole for the incarcerated individual.

(b) The Commission shall make any recommendation made by the sentencing judge at the time of sentencing available for review by the incarcerated individual or the incarcerated individual’s representative under § 7–303(b) of this title.

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