Correctional Services - Maryland Parole Commission and Erroneously Convicted Individuals - Improvements in Transparency and Equity
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Documents must now be provided to the incarcerated individual's representative, not just the individual.
Hearings must be recorded and made available to the public with specific redaction rules.
The annual report now includes a new category for the number of administrative reviews completed.
The annual report now includes a new category for parole revocation hearing outcomes.
Diagnostic opinions are now explicitly included in the list of documents that may be withheld if disclosure is contraindicated.
The full report of any risk assessment completed for the hearing must be provided to the individual.
The case manager's recommendation must be included in the documents provided to the individual.
The notice of hearing must now be given to both the incarcerated individual and their representative.
Copies of all documents used in the hearing must now include the case plan, pre-parole summary, risk assessment report, and case manager's recommendation.
Counties are prohibited from being parties in proceedings involving erroneously convicted individuals.
The bill title and explanatory text were updated to reflect the new focus on erroneously convicted individuals.
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