Article - Correctional Services

7-101.

(a) In this title the following words have the meanings indicated.

(c) "Commissioner" means a member of the Maryland Parole Commission.

(g) (1) "Mandatory supervision" means a conditional release from
confinement that is granted to an inmate under § 7-501 of this title.

(2) "Mandatory supervision" includes a conditional release granted
before July 1, 1989 that was referred to as "mandatory release".

7-501.

The Division of Correction shall grant a conditional release from confinement to
an inmate who:

(1) is serving a term of confinement of more than 12 months;

(2) was sentenced on or after July 2, 1970, to the jurisdiction of the
Division of Correction; and

(3) has served the term or terms, less diminution credit awarded under
Title 3, Subtitle 7 and Title 11, Subtitle 5 of this article.

7-502.

(a) An individual on mandatory supervision remains in legal custody until the
expiration of the individual's full term.

(b) An individual on mandatory supervision is subject to:

(1) all laws, rules, regulations, and conditions that apply to parolees;

AND

(2) ANY SPECIAL CONDITIONS ESTABLISHED BY A COMMISSIONER.

7-503.

(a) (1) [The] SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE
Division of Correction shall issue a written order BEFORE AN INMATE IS RELEASED
ON MANDATORY SUPERVISION that specifies the terms and conditions that must be
met [for an individual on mandatory supervision] BY THE INMATE IN ORDER FOR
THE INMATE to serve the remainder of the [individual's] INMATE'S term outside a
correctional facility.

(2) PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION DOES NOT APPLY IN THE CASE
OF AN INMATE WHO IS RELEASED TO A DETAINER

(b) If a court previously ordered an individual to pay restitution as a part of a
sentence or as a condition of probation, the individual shall be required to make
restitution payments while under mandatory supervision as a condition of mandatory
supervision.