Relatives or other interested and responsible individuals may request a conference with the Commission, submit letters, or other pertinent data relative to an inmate's parole consideration at any time before the hearing. They may not appear at parole hearings.

Authority: Correctional Services Article, §§2-109 and 7-207, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: September 3, 1975 (2:20 Md. R. 1301)

Amended May 8, 1978 and March 30, 1979

Regulation .22F amended effective June 3, 1985 (12:11 Md. R. 1051)

Regulations .17, .18, .22, and .23 amended as an emergency provision effective November 18, 1994 (21:25 Md. R. 2094); amended permanently effective April 24, 1995 (22:8 Md. R. 596)

Regulation .17A, C amended effective September 20, 2021 (48:19 Md. R. 802)

Regulation .17C amended effective October 24, 2016 (43:21 Md. R. 1168)

Regulation .18A amended effective October 24, 2016 (43:21 Md. R. 1168)

Regulation .18A, C, E amended effective September 20, 2021 (48:19 Md. R. 802)

Regulation .23B amended effective September 20, 2021 (48:19 Md. R. 802)

Annotation: COMAR 12.08.01.17A cited in Hanson v. Hughes, 52 Md. App. 246 (1982)

Annotation: COMAR 12.08.01 cited in Simms v. State, 65 Md. App. 685 (1986)