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| MD DOC Struggles To Monitor Inmates |
| By washingtonexaminer.com |
| Published: 01/28/2011 |
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About one-third of locally jailed inmates never showed up for their parole hearings last year because they had been released or waived their right to parole. – Photos.comHundreds of inmates in Maryland's local jails never receive a parole hearing before they are released, according to officials. Out of roughly 2,200 scheduled parole hearings last year, about one-third of inmates never showed because they had been released or waived their right to parole, according to Maryland Parole Commission Chairman David Blumberg. Blumberg says the commission is sometimes unaware that a locally jailed offender has even been detained. "At the [state] department of corrections, as soon as an offender walks through the door a file is made [on that person]," Blumberg told members of the House Judiciary Committee at recent hearing. "With the locals, there is nothing to dump all of this information into." Locally jailed inmates may qualify for parole after serving a quarter of their sentence, which can run as long as 18 months. Inmates who do not want to pay the $40 monthly fee for parole, or who can't get a hearing until late in their sentence, may waive their right to supervised leave. Read More. |
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