# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 7. Parole, Release on Mandatory Supervision, and Executive Clemency

### Subtitle 3. Eligibility for Parole; Parole Hearings

#### Section 7-307.1

(a) The Commission does not have the authority to permanently deny parole.

(b) An incarcerated individual is entitled to a subsequent parole hearing:

  (1) for an incarcerated individual sentenced to a period of incarceration of 10 years or less, not later than 2 years after each parole hearing that results in a denial of parole;

  (2) except as provided in item (3) of this subsection, for an incarcerated individual sentenced to a period of incarceration exceeding 10 years, not later than 3 years after each parole hearing that results in a denial of parole; and

  (3) for an incarcerated individual sentenced to a period of incarceration exceeding 20 years for a crime against an individual, not later than 3 years after the first parole hearing that results in a denial of parole and not later than 5 years thereafter.

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Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)