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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="7-206" title_number="7" title_name="Parole, Release on Mandatory Supervision, and Executive Clemency" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Maryland Parole Commission">
  <text>The Commission shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>evaluate information on the activities of parolees that the Division of Parole and Probation reports;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>issue warrants or delegate to the Director of the Division of Parole and Probation the authority to issue warrants to retake parolees who are charged with violating a condition of parole;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>review and make recommendations to the Governor:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>concerning parole of an incarcerated individual under a sentence of life imprisonment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>if requested by the Governor, concerning a pardon, commutation of sentence, or other clemency;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>establish and modify general policy governing the conduct of parolees; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>arrange for psychiatric or psychological examination of applicants for parole whenever the Commission believes that an examination will better enable it to decide on the advisability of parole, and include the expense for the examination in its annual budget.</text>
  </level>
</section>
