The modification, reconsideration, follow-up and investigation or repeal of parole hearings shall be taped and of public record, but the Board may limit the number of deponents for security reasons. Nevertheless, said hearings may be kept closed to the public in order to receive relevant oral information or testimony from the parolee or from the victim when they so request. The Board may provide that the hearing on the modification, reconsideration, follow-up and investigation or revoking of parole, shall be private for the protection of an ongoing criminal investigation when the Secretary of Justice so requests it by a writ to such effect.All victims of a crime shall be notified by certified mail with return receipt requested or served personally of the Board’s decision, if the Board chooses to grant the parole privilege, if so requested at the hearing in which their opinion regarding the consideration of parole privileges was heard. The victim shall also be notified of the date on which the convict shall be reinstated to the free society. History —July 22, 1974, No. 118, Part 1, p. 540, added as § 3-F on July 6, 2000, No. 114, § 9; Oct. 31, 2001, No. 151, § 7.
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