Ch. 456                             MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                                  927

122.

(a)   It shall be the duty of the Board of its own initiative to request the
[Department] DIVISION to make such investigation as may enable the Board to
determine the advisability of granting parole to persons sentenced under the laws
of this State, to the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction, or to any other
place of confinement or detention of violators of the criminal laws of the State
whenever such prisoner shall have served in confinement one fourth of such term
or consecutive terms.

124.

(b)  The parole AND PROBATION agents of the [Department] DIVISION
shall provide the judge of said courts with presentence reports or other
investigations in all cases when requested by any judge. The presentence reports
shall be made available, upon request, to the defendant's attorney and the State's
attorney's office. However presentence reports shall be confidential and not
available for public inspection except upon court order or for use by any
correctional institution. Such agents shall also perform such other probationary
services as the said judges may from time to time request.

125.

The State's attorneys in the several counties and the City of Baltimore are
hereby required to make and transmit to the [Department] DIVISION and the
Department of Correction a resume of the facts and evidence adduced in each case
tried in the circuit courts of the several counties of the State, and in the Criminal
Court of Baltimore City wherein a verdict of guilty was found, and a sentence of
one year or more has been imposed, so that each [Department] AGENCY may
have on file an abstract of each case in which application for parole may be made
under provisions of this article.

127A.

Any person sentenced after July 1, 1970, to the jurisdiction of the Department of
Correction and having served his term or terms, less the deductions provided for in
Article 27, § 700 of this Code, shall, upon release, be deemed as if released on
parole until the expiration of the maximum term or terms for which he was
sentenced. Said released prisoner shall be subject to all laws, rules, regulations and
conditions applicable to parolees and shall remain under the supervision of the
State [Department] DIVISION of Parole and Probation until the expiration of
the maximum term or terms for which he was sentenced.

This section shall not prevent delivery of a prisoner to any State or federal
authority otherwise entitled to his custody.

131A.

The [Department] DIVISION of Parole and Probation is authorized to
establish a citizens' support unit to be known as Guide, which shall stand for give
understanding, inspiration, direction and encouragement. This unit shall be
comprised of citizens who volunteer their time and services to aid in the education
and counseling of parolees and probationers.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect July 1, 1973.

Approved May 21, 1973.