- A. By virtue of statutory authority, the Parole Commission, an inmate and the Commissioner of Corrections may negotiate, by collective bargaining, a tripartite agreement or contract for parole release of the inmate at a time certain in the future.
- B. This contract shall be made in writing and signed by all parties.
- C. Parole release is contingent upon satisfactory performance of the inmate of the obligations undertaken.
D. Criteria.
- (1) Criteria shall be mutually prepared by the Commission and Corrections setting the eligibility standards for submission of contracts by inmates for negotiations.
- (2) The criteria, as established, and changed from time to time, shall be in a written document which shall have appended to its forms, rules of practice and procedure, and shall be on file in the principal offices of the parties and made available, upon request, to all interested parties.
- E. Procedures. The Mutual Agreement Program contract negotiations and all other procedures of the process shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Division of Corrections Regulation 280-10, which, together with all subsequent amendments, is hereby incorporated by reference in these regulations.
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)