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SB 562

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Correctional Services - Geriatric and Medical Parole

Sponsor: Shelly Hettleman (District 11)Committee: Judicial ProceedingsSubject: CorrectionsStatus: Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m. (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring the Maryland Parole Commission to consider the age of an inmate when determining whether to grant parole; altering how the Commission evaluates a request for medical parole, including providing for a meeting between the inmate and the Commission; and requiring the Commission to develop procedures for assessing parole requests by inmates who are at least 60 years old.

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Testimony (19)

MGA witness list
FAV 15FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVSotir, PaulaCarepatrolOral + Written (PDF)
FAVBraveheart, T. ShekhinahlobbyistJustice PoIicy InstituteWritten (PDF)
FAVWallington, KeithlobbyistJustice Policy InstituteOral
FAVDesiderio, EliseMARYLAND OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDEROral
FAVMagers, JulieMARYLAND PRISONERS RIGHTS COALITIONOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHettleman, ShellyMGA- Senator HettlemanWritten (PDF)
FAVMoyd, Esquire, OlindaMaryland Alliance for Justice ReformOral + Written (PDF)
FAVO'Day, GarrettlobbyistMaryland Catholic ConferenceWritten (PDF)
FAVLevi, GwendolynMaryland Justice ProjectOral
FAVHilliard, ElizabethMaryland Office of the Public DefenderWritten (PDF)
FAVBritt, AdienaN/APosition only
FAVKamins, RachelOffice of the Public DefenderOral
FAVMeadows, LilaIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVPenda, VivianIndividualOral + Written (PDF)
FAVSenator Hettleman, Senator HettlemanlegislatorIndividualOral
UNFBlumberg, DavidDepartment of Public Safety and Correctional ServicesOral
UNFLaw, DavidDepartment of Public Safety and Correctional ServicesOral
UNFKatcef, WilliamMaryland State's Attorney's AssociationOral
FWAGill, MollylobbyistFAMMWritten (PDF)

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVBraveheart, T. ShekhinahJustice PoIicy InstituteRegistered for: Justice Policy Institute
FAVWallington, KeithJustice Policy InstituteRegistered for: Justice Policy Institute
FAVO'Day, GarrettMaryland Catholic ConferenceRegistered for: Maryland Catholic Conference
FWAGill, MollyFAMMRegistered for: Families Against Mandatory Minimums