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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1978.

Approved April 11, 1978.

CHAPTER 105

(House Bill 2 07)

AN ACT concerning

Division of Correction

FOR the purpose of changing the method used by the Division
of Correction to identify inmates and making certain
style changes.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 691

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1977 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

691.

(a) Promptly after the sentencing of any person to
the jurisdiction of the [Department] DIVISION of Correction,
it is the duty of the [Department] DIVISION to assemble the
necessary information and prepare an adequate case record of
each inmate which shall include a description of the
offender, photograph or photographs, his family history,
previous record, a summary of the facts of the case for
which he is serving sentence and the results of his
physical, mental and educational examination, which shall be
conducted as soon after sentencing to the jurisdiction of
the [Department] DIVISION as feasible. From the
information so assembled, each inmate shall be classified
and assigned to such available treatment, training, or
employment as may be deemed appropriate. It is the further
duty of the warden or superintendent of the respective
institutions, under regulations established by the
[Department] DIVISION of Correction, to keep and preserve
adequate records of the conduct, effort, and progress of
each inmate during confinement, and copies of the case and
institutional records, or summaries thereof, shall be
presented to the parole authority by the time each such
inmate becomes eligible for parole and at other times when