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Such reports may concern the conduct and character of\nany prisoner in their custody and other facts deemed by the Board pertinent in\ndetermining whether such prisoner shall be paroled.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-240; 1970, c. 648; 1973, c. 253; 1982, c. 636.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}