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Is it really parole-eligible if inmates can't get a hearing? Time to modernize Maryland parole

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By DeRay Mckesson
| Maryland Matters Verified
Maryland’s parole system has fallen far behind national standards, refusing eligible individuals parole hearings and allowing department staff – rather than appointed parole commissioners – to conduct the majority of parole hearings. Two bills that passed the House this session, House Bill 1147, sponsored by Del. Elizabeth Embry (D-Baltimore City) and others, and House Bill 1156, sponsored by Del. N.
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Is it really parole-eligible if inmates can’t get a hearing? Time to modernize Maryland parole

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By DeRay Mckesson
| News from the States
Maryland’s parole system has fallen far behind national standards, refusing eligible individuals parole hearings and allowing department staff – rather than appointed parole commissioners – to conduct the majority of parole hearings. Two bills that passed the House this session, House Bill 1147, sponsored by Del. Elizabeth Embry (D-Baltimore City) and others, and House Bill 1156, sponsored by Del. N.
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Is it really parole-eligible if inmates can’t get a hearing? Time to modernize Maryland parole

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By DeRay Mckesson
| Yahoo Verified
(Illustration by Pict Rider/iStock Getty Images Plus) Maryland’s parole system has fallen far behind national standards, refusing eligible individuals parole hearings and allowing department staff – rather than appointed parole commissioners – to conduct the majority of parole hearings. Two bills that passed the House this session, House Bill 1147, sponsored by Del. Elizabeth Embry (D-Baltimore City) and others, and House Bill 1156, sponsored by Del. N.
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