Code of Massachusetts Regulations
120 CMR - PAROLE BOARD
Title 120 CMR 301.00 - Initial Parole Release Hearings; Review Hearings
Section 301.05 - Procedure at Initial Parole Release Hearing and Subsequent Review Hearings Where the Inmate Is Not Serving a Life Sentence
Universal Citation: 120 MA Code of Regs 120.301
Current through Register 1518, March 29, 2024
(1) The initial release hearing and any subsequent review hearings are administrative hearings conducted by a parole hearing panel.
(2) The following proceedings do not occur in the presence of the inmate:
(a) The pre-hearing conference among the
parole hearing panel members and parole institutional staff.
(b) The presentation of the parole staff
member's report and any custodial authority documents to the parole hearing
panel.
(c) The parole hearing panel
deliberations which occur after examining the inmate and receiving any
information and/or documents offered by the inmate.
(d) Consideration of information deemed
confidential by the Parole Board.
(3) At the conclusion of the hearing, the parole hearing panel verbally informs the inmate of its decision or recommendation and reasons therefor, except where the inmate is serving a life sentence or where the hearing is a Victim Access Hearing.
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