Waiver of Initial Parole Release Hearing or Review Hearings

(1) An inmate may waive the initial parole release hearing or any review hearing. The parole hearing panel shall not consider parole release for any inmate who waives the initial or review parole hearing. M.G.L. c. 127, § 134. (2) Such waiver must be in writing and witnessed by a parole staff member. (3) The inmate will execute the waiver only after a parole staff member informs the inmate of the initial parole hearing process and the consequences of such waiver.