Section 301.05 - Procedure at Initial Parole Release Hearing and Subsequent Review Hearings Where the Inmate Is Not Serving a Life Sentence(1) The initial release hearing and any subsequent review hearings are administrative hearings conducted by a parole hearing panel.(2) The following proceedings do not occur in the presence of the inmate: (a) The pre-hearing conference among the parole hearing panel members and parole institutional staff.(b) The presentation of the parole staff member's report and any custodial authority documents to the parole hearing panel.(c) The parole hearing panel deliberations which occur after examining the inmate and receiving any information and/or documents offered by the inmate.(d) Consideration of information deemed confidential by the Parole Board.(3) At the conclusion of the hearing, the parole hearing panel verbally informs the inmate of its decision or recommendation and reasons therefor, except where the inmate is serving a life sentence or where the hearing is a Victim Access Hearing.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1330, eff. 1/13/2017.