# Correctional Services (GCS)

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

### Subtitle 5. Mandatory Supervision

#### Section 7-501

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Division of Correction shall grant a conditional release from confinement to an incarcerated individual who:

  (1) is serving a term of confinement of more than 18 months;

  (2) was sentenced on or after July 2, 1970, to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction; and

  (3) has served the term or terms, less diminution credit awarded under Title 3, Subtitle 7 and Title 11, Subtitle 5 of this article.

(b) An incarcerated individual convicted of a violent crime committed on or after October 1, 2009, is not eligible for a conditional release under this section until after the incarcerated individual becomes eligible for parole under Sec. 7-301(c) or (d) of this title.

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