# Correctional Services (GCS)

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

### Subtitle 4. Revocation of Parole; Modification of Parole; Conviction of Crime Committed While on Parole

#### Section 7-401

(a) If a parolee is alleged to have violated a condition of parole, one commissioner shall hear the case on revocation of the parole at the time and place that the Commission designates.

(b)

  (1) Each individual charged with a parole violation is entitled to be represented by counsel of the individual's choice or, if eligible, counsel provided by the Public Defender's office.

  (2) The Commission shall keep a record of the hearing.

(c) If the commissioner finds from the evidence that the parolee has violated a condition of parole, the commissioner may take any action that the commissioner considers appropriate, including:

  (1)

    (i) subject to subsection (d)(1) of this section, revoking the order of parole;

    (ii) setting a future hearing date for consideration for reparole; and

    (iii) remanding the individual to the Division of Correction or local correctional facility from which the individual was paroled; or

  (2) continuing parole:

    (i) without modification of its conditions; or

    (ii) with modification of its conditions, including a requirement that the parolee spend all or part of the remaining parole period in a home detention program.

(d)

  (1) Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, if an order of parole is revoked due to a technical violation, as defined in Sec. 6-101 of this article, the commissioner hearing the parole revocation may require the individual to serve a period of imprisonment of:

    (i) for a first violation, not more than 15 days;

    (ii) for a second violation, not more than 30 days; and

    (iii) for a third violation, not more than 45 days.

  (2) Subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection and further action by the Commission, if the order of parole is revoked for a fourth or subsequent technical violation or a violation that is not a technical violation, the commissioner hearing the parole revocation, in the commissioner's discretion, may require the incarcerated individual to serve any unserved portion of the sentence originally imposed.

  (3) An incarcerated individual may not receive credit for time between release on parole and revocation of parole if:

    (i) the incarcerated individual was serving a sentence for a violent crime when parole was revoked; and

    (ii) the parole was revoked due to a finding that the incarcerated individual committed a violent crime while on parole.

  (4)

    (i) There is a rebuttable presumption that the limits on the period of imprisonment that may be imposed for a technical violation established in paragraph (1) of this subsection are applicable.

    (ii) The presumption may be rebutted if a commissioner finds and states on the record, after consideration of the following factors, that adhering to the limits on the period of imprisonment established under paragraph (1) of this subsection would create a risk to public safety, a victim, or a witness:

      (1) the nature of the parole violation;

      (2) the facts and circumstances of the crime for which the parolee was convicted; and

      (3) the parolee's history.

    (iii) On finding that adhering to the limits would create a risk to public safety, a victim, or a witness under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the commissioner may:

      (1) direct imposition of a longer period of imprisonment than provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection, but no more than the time remaining on the original sentence; or

      (2) commit the parolee to the Maryland Department of Health for treatment under Sec. 8-507 of the Health - General Article.

    (iv) A finding under subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph or an action under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph is subject to appeal under Title 12, Subtitle 3 or Subtitle 4 of the Courts Article.

(e) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, if a sentence has commenced as provided under Sec. 9-202(c)(2) of this article and the incarcerated individual is serving that sentence when the order of parole is revoked, any reimposed portion of the sentence originally imposed shall begin at the expiration of any sentences which were begun under Sec. 9-202(c)(2) of this article.

(f)

  (1) The incarcerated individual may seek judicial review in the circuit court within 30 days after receiving the written decision of the Commission.

  (2) The court shall hear the action on the record.

#### Section 7-402

(a)

  (1) On recommendation of the Division of Parole and Probation or on the Commission's own initiative, the Commission may modify the conditions of parole at any time for good cause.

  (2) The modification may include imposing home detention as a condition of parole.

(b)

  (1) The Commission shall adopt procedures for the modification of conditions of parole that give a parolee an opportunity to show why the conditions should not be modified.

  (2) This section does not require a hearing or establish a right of judicial review.

#### Section 7-403

(a)

  (1) If a parolee is convicted of a crime committed while on parole and is sentenced to an additional term of imprisonment in any correctional facility in this State, the court shall determine if the new sentence is to run concurrently or consecutively, as required under Maryland Rule 4-351(a)(5).

  (2) If the new sentence is to run consecutively:

    (i) the new sentence shall begin as provided in Sec. 9-202(c) of this article; and

    (ii) any reimposition of the original sentence on parole shall begin as provided in Sec. 7-401 of this subtitle.

(b) If a parolee is convicted in another state of a crime committed while on parole and is sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in a correctional facility in the other state, the Commission shall file with the managing official of the correctional facility in the other state a declaration of violation of parole to serve as a detainer on the parolee's release from the correctional facility.

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