The Institutional Board of Review consists of the full-time Professor
of Constitutional Law at the University of Maryland School of Law,
or such other Professor of Law as was appointed to the Advisory
Board for Defective Delinquents by the Dean of the University of
Maryland School of Law; at least one of the members of the Maryland
Bar appointed by the Governor to the Advisory Board for Defective
Delinquents; and such other members of the staff of the Patuxent
Institution as the Director shall appoint. The Board examines each
inmate of the Institution at least once a year to determine whether he
shall be detained, paroled, or presented to the Court for removal from
the status of defective delinquency (Code 1957, Art. 31b, sec. 13).

DEPARTMENT OF PAROLE AND PROBATION
Board of Parole and Probation

Chairman: Wallace Reidt, 1965
Paul G. Wolman, 1961; George D. Hubbard, 1963
Wallace Reidt, Director
Ralph S. Falconer, Executive Secretary

301 W. Preston Street, Baltimore I Telephone: Vernon 7-9000

The Department of Parole and Probation was established in 1953
to succeed 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, which consists of a
chairman and two associate members appointed by the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Senate, for six-year terms, one term
expiring every two years. The chairman of the Board serves as director
of the Department. He may assign members of the Board to admin-
istrative 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 institutions
of the State except those serving life sentences. Parole of prisoners
sentenced to life terms is responsibility of the Governor alone, but
the Board may make recommendations. The Board also controls the
release of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences at the State Re-
formatory for Women and at the State Reformatory for Males. The
Department administers the Inter-State Compact for the reciprocal
supervision of parolees and probationers. It makes available the serv-
ices of its investigating officers to the Circuit Courts and the Criminal
Court and Magistrates courts of Baltimore City. It has offices in Balti-
more, Bel Air, Chestertown, Ellicott City, Hagerstown, and Upper
Marlboro (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 107-20).

The Inter-State Compact places under the jurisdiction of the admin-
istrator, 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 1957, Art. 41,
sec. 129).

Appropriations 1969 1960

General Funds .................................... $413,883 $448,955
Staff: 7&.