under the supervision of the Board of Correction. The clinic shall
study individuals confined to the institution for determination of
their release or further confinement and such persons as may be
referred to it by the Courts of the State, the State's Attorneys or
the Board of Correction.

The Institution is now under construction and it is anticipated that
the first inmates will be received early in 1954 (Code 1953, Art. 31B).

Appropriation 1954
General Fund $39,518

DEPARTMENT OF PAROLE AND PROBATION
BOARD OF PAROLE AND PROBATION

Chairman: James M. Hepbron, 1959
A. Earl Shipley, 1967; H. Hamilton Hackney, 1955
James M. Hepbron, Director
Ralph S. Falconer, Executive Secretary

State Office Building, Annapolis Telephone: Colonial 3-2304

The Department of Parole and Probation was established in 1953
succeeding the Division of Parole and Probation in the administration
of the parole and probation laws of the State. The Department is
headed by the Board of Parole and Probation. The Board consists
of a chairman and two associate members appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of six years,
providing that of those first appointed the Chairman shall serve for
six years, one associate member for four years and the other for two
years. The Chairman of the Board serves as director of the De-
partment. He may assign members of the board to administrative
and other duties as required.

The Board of Parole and Probation may upon the vote of two
of its members parole any person confined in the correctional insti-
tutions of the State who has served at least one-third of his term.
The Board may recommend to the Governor the paroling of individuals
serving life sentences but the Governor has sole jurisdiction over the
parole of such persons. The Board also controls the releases of
prisoners serving indeterminate sentences at the State Reformatory
for Women and at the State Reformatory for Males who have been
recommended for its consideration by the Board of Correction. The
Department administers the Inter-State Compact for the reciprocal
supervision of parolees and probationers. It makes available the
services of its investigating officers to the Circuit Courts and the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City. In addition to the Annapolis
office, there are offices located in Baltimore City, Chestertown, Hagers-
town, Upper Marlboro and Ellicott City (Acts 1953, ch. 625).

The Inter-State Compact places under the jurisdiction of the
administrator, during the parole or probationary period, any person
convicted of an offense within the State of Maryland who may
thereafter be placed on probation or released on parole to reside in
another state. Similarly, the administrator decides whether parolees
and probationers from another state may reside in Maryland. (Code
1951, Art. 41, sec. 106).

Appropriation 1953 1954
General Fund - $208,687 $229,435

Staff: 52.