Maryland Statutes
Correctional Services

Section 2-501 - Ballot Drop Box in Baltimore City Centralized Booking Facility -- Implementation With State Board of Elections - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 2-502 - The Department shall: (1) provide each individual who is released...

Title 3 - Division of Correction

Subtitle 1 - Definitions

Section 3-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Subtitle 2 - Powers and Personnel

Section 3-201 - Division Established - There is a Division of Correction in the Department.

Section 3-202 - Commissioner of Correction -- Appointment; Qualifications; Term; Oath; Compensation - (a) With approval of the Governor and the advice and...

Section 3-203 - Commissioner of Correction -- General Powers and Duties - (a) Subject to the authority vested in the Secretary by...

Section 3-205 - Commissioner of Correction -- Regulations - (a) The Commissioner may adopt regulations for the operation and...

Section 3-206 - Commissioner of Correction -- Annual Accountings - (a) On or before July 30 of each year, the...

Section 3-207 - Commissioner of Correction -- Annual Reports - (a) On or before October 31 of each year, the...

Section 3-207.1 - Commissioner of Correction -- Staffing Report - (a) On or before October 31, 2017, and on or...

Section 3-208 - Deputy Commissioner -- Appointment - (a) The Commissioner shall appoint a Deputy Commissioner. (b) The...

Section 3-209 - Deputy Commissioner -- Powers and Duties - (a) Subject to the policies established by the Commissioner, the...

Section 3-210 - Wardens and Administrators -- Appointment - (a) The Commissioner shall appoint a warden or administrator for...

Section 3-211 - Wardens and Administrators -- Powers and Duties - (a) Subject to policies established by the Commissioner, each warden...

Section 3-212 - Wardens and Administrators -- Annual Reports - (a) On or before September 30 of each year, each...

Section 3-213 - Assistant Wardens - (a) The Commissioner may appoint one or more assistant wardens...

Section 3-214 - Escapees - (a) (1) The warden of a correctional facility or designee...

Section 3-215 - Officers and Employees - (a) In accordance with the State budget, the Division may...

Section 3-216 - Correctional Officers -- Power of Arrest - (a) The Commissioner shall designate correctional officers employed in each...

Section 3-217 - Performance Bonds - (a) (1) The Governor may require the Commissioner to execute...

Section 3-218 - Gifts From Inmates - (a) An officer or other employee of the Division may...

Section 3-219 - Property Acquisition and Disposal - (a) The Division may acquire property by contract, purchase, or...

Section 3-220 - Financial Control of Facilities - (a) The Division controls the financial affairs of each unit...

Section 3-221 - Federal Grants and Loans - (a) The Division may apply for and receive funds or...

Section 3-222 - Expenses - The expenses relating to guarding, lodging, feeding, clothing, and caring...

Subtitle 3 - Prerelease Unit for Women

Section 3-301 - Authority to Operate - (a) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, the Commissioner...

Section 3-302 - Powers and Duties of Commissioner; Generally - The Commissioner has the same powers and duties relating to...

Section 3-303 - Comprehensive Rehabilitative Prerelease Services - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 3-304 - Contracts and Purchase of Service Agreements - (a) By contract or purchase of service agreement, the Division...

Section 3-305 - Leave for Inmates - (a) Subject to regulations adopted by the Commissioner, the Commissioner...

Subtitle 4 - Home Detention Program

Section 3-401 - "Program" Defined - In this subtitle, “program” means a home detention program established...

Section 3-402 - Home Detention Authorized - With the Secretary’s approval, the Commissioner may establish a home...

Section 3-403 - Methods of Supervision - An inmate in the program shall be supervised by means...

Section 3-404 - Eligibility - An inmate is not eligible for the program if the...

Section 3-405 - Conditions of Placement - An inmate may be placed in the program if: (1)...

Section 3-406 - Restrictions on Movement - While in the program, an inmate must remain in the...

Section 3-407 - Living Expenses and Support Payments - (a) An inmate in the program is responsible for all...

Section 3-408 - Restitution and Fees - (a) To satisfy court ordered restitution that an inmate in...

Section 3-409 - Prohibited Acts - (a) (1) An inmate who willfully violates the conditions of...

Section 3-410 - Agency Relationship - An inmate in the program is not an agent or...

Section 3-411 - Parole - An inmate’s participation in the program does not affect the...

Section 3-412 - Correctional Employees - (a) The Commissioner shall employ correctional employees to monitor and...

Section 3-413 - Removal From Program - The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee may remove an inmate...

Section 3-414 - Regulations - (a) With the Secretary’s approval, the Commissioner shall adopt regulations...

Section 3-415 - Search Warrants - (a) The Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee may apply to...

Subtitle 5 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises

Section 3-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 3-502 - Legislative Policy - The purpose of this subtitle is to establish a Maryland...

Section 3-503 - Established - There is a Maryland Correctional Enterprises organization in the Division.

Section 3-504 - Authority of Division of Correction - The Division may exercise any authority necessary to perform properly...

Section 3-505 - Chief Executive Officer - The Secretary shall appoint a Chief Executive Officer with the...

Section 3-506 - Staff - (a) (1) The Chief Executive Officer: (i) shall determine the...

Section 3-507 - Budget; Funding - (a) The Department shall include the budget for Maryland Correctional...

Section 3-508 - Records; Financial Statements - (a) The Division shall: (1) formulate an accounting and record...

Section 3-509 - Annual Report - (a) Annually, the Division shall submit a complete financial and...

Section 3-511 - Program Development; Access to Personal Information Prohibited - (a) The Commissioner and the Chief Executive Officer may develop...

Section 3-512 - Program Development -- Uniform Standards - (a) In accordance with subsection (b) of this section and...

Section 3-513 - Program Development -- Occupational Experience - (a) In accordance with subsection (b)(1) of this section, the...

Section 3-514 - Compensation for Inmate Labor - (a) The Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer shall establish the...

Section 3-515 - Procurement - (a) A unit of State government shall purchase from Maryland...

Section 3-516 - Sales on Open Market - (a) Except as authorized under subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 3-517 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council -- Established - There is a Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council in the...

Section 3-518 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council -- Membership - (a) The Management Council consists of the following 15 members:...

Section 3-519 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council -- Chairperson - (a) The Management Council annually shall elect a Chairperson. (b)...

Section 3-520 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council -- Meetings; Quorum; Compensation; Liability; Staff; Budget - (a) The Management Council shall determine the times and places...

Section 3-521 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council -- Miscellaneous Duties - (a) (1) The Management Council shall: (i) advise Maryland Correctional...

Section 3-522 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council -- Annual Report - On or before October 1 of each year, the Management...

Section 3-523 - State and Local Units -- Cooperation - All State and local governmental units shall cooperate with the...

Section 3-524 - Customer Council -- Established - There is a Customer Council created to advise the Chief...

Section 3-525 - Customer Council -- Membership - The Customer Council shall consist of the following 11 members:...

Section 3-526 - Customer Council -- Chief Executive Officer - The Chief Executive Officer shall serve as chairperson of the...

Section 3-527 - Customer Council -- Meetings; Compensation; Expenses - (a) The Customer Council shall meet quarterly. (b) A member...

Section 3-528 - Customer Council -- Duties - (a) The Customer Council shall: (1) review the products and...

Subtitle 6 - Inmates -- Case Records; Disciplinary Action; Property; Financial Accounts

Section 3-601 - Case Record; Risk and Needs Assessment; Processing of Inmate - (a) In this section, “risk and needs assessment” has the...

Section 3-602 - Disclosure of Case Record - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, the contents...

Section 3-603 - Providing Case Record to Parole Commission - The managing official of a correctional facility shall present a...

Section 3-604 - State Reimbursement for Cost of Providing Case Record - (a) If an inmate is granted a rehearing or new...

Section 3-605 - Admissibility of Case Record in Evidence - If, in the trial of a criminal case, the fact...

Section 3-606 - Providing Case Record to Another State - On request, the Division shall provide a copy of a...

Section 3-607 - Providing Case Record and Other Information to Local Police - (a) The Division shall provide a copy of a case...

Section 3-608 - Exchange of Information - (a) To increase efficiency in the treatment, management, and rehabilitation...

Section 3-609 - Financial Accounts of Inmates - (a) A correctional facility in the Division shall maintain a...

Section 3-611 - Adoption of Regulations on Inmate Training and Job Pilot Program - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL JUNE 30, 2028 PER CHAPTER 677 OF...

Subtitle 7 - Diminution Credits

Section 3-701 - "Term of Confinement" Defined - In this subtitle, “term of confinement” means: (1) the length...

Section 3-702 - Inmates Entitled to Diminution Credits - (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section,...

Section 3-703 - Concurrent Sentence in Foreign Jurisdiction - Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, an inmate who...

Section 3-704 - Diminution Credits -- Good Conduct - (a) An inmate shall be allowed a deduction in advance...

Section 3-705 - Diminution Credits -- Work Tasks - (a) (1) In addition to any other deductions allowed under...

Section 3-706 - Diminution Credits -- Education - (a) In addition to any other deductions allowed under this...

Section 3-706.1 - Diminution Credits for Educational Certificates -- Deductions Allowed -- Uniform System Established - (a) In addition to any other deductions allowed under this...

Section 3-707 - Diminution Credits -- Special Projects - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...

Section 3-708 - Limitation on Total Number of Deductions - Except as provided in § 3–706.1 of this subtitle, and...

Section 3-709 - Revocation of Diminution Credits for Violations of Rules of Discipline - (a) If an inmate violates the applicable rules of discipline,...

Section 3-710 - Admittance to Mental Health Facility - If an inmate in the Patuxent Institution or a correctional...

Section 3-711 - Effect of Parole Violation on Diminution Credits - If an inmate is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for...

Subtitle 8 - Leave

Section 3-801 - Work-Release Program -- in General - (a) The Division may establish a work-release program. (b) Under...

Section 3-802 - Work-Release Program -- Weekend Leave - (a) The Commissioner may grant weekend leave to an inmate...

Section 3-803 - Work-Release Program -- Housing of Inmates - (a) (1) The Division shall designate correctional facilities in the...

Section 3-804 - Work-Release Program -- Disposition of Earnings - (a) An inmate who is employed in the community under...

Section 3-805 - Work-Release Program -- Injuries - (a) An inmate who is employed in the community as...

Section 3-806 - Work-Release Program -- Parole; Diminution Credits - Sections 3-801 through 3-805 of this subtitle do not affect:...

Section 3-807 - Extended Work-Release Program - (a) The Division may establish an extended work–release program. (b)...

Section 3-808 - Compassionate Leave - (a) The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for...

Section 3-809 - Special Leave and Weekend Leave for Inmates in Prerelease Program - (a) The Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner for...

Section 3-810 - Special Leave for Participation in Special or Meritorious Programs - (a) On the recommendation of treatment staff and with the...

Section 3-811 - Family Leave - (a) The Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee may grant family leave...

Title 4 - Patuxent Institution

Subtitle 1 - Definitions

Section 4-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Subtitle 2 - General Provisions

Section 4-201 - Established - There is a Patuxent Institution in the Department.

Section 4-202 - Purpose - (a) The purpose of the Institution is to provide remediation...

Section 4-203 - Director - (a) The Director is the chief administrative officer of the...

Section 4-204 - Staff - (a) The Institution shall have the following staff: (1) two...

Section 4-205 - Board of Review - (a) There is a Board of Review for the Institution....

Section 4-206 - Conflicts of Interest - (a) A member of the Board of Review, the Director,...

Section 4-207 - Citizens Advisory Board - (a) There is a Citizens Advisory Board. (b) Based on...

Section 4-208 - Regulations - (a) The Secretary shall adopt regulations to carry out this...

Section 4-209 - Inmate Record - (a) The Institution shall compile and maintain a complete record...

Section 4-210 - Medical Treatment of Juvenile Inmates - (a) On the recommendation of a health care provider, the...

Section 4-211 - State Use Industries - The Director may determine whether, to what extent, and which...

Section 4-212 - Grants - Subject to any approval required by law, the Director may...

Section 4-213 - Mandatory Supervision; Diminution of Credit Revocation - (a) An inmate confined at the Institution shall be released...

Section 4-214 - Menstrual Hygiene Products for Female Inmates - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 3 - Remediation Programs

Section 4-301 - Referral for Evaluation - (a) (1) The Director may request that the Commissioner refer...

Section 4-302 - Transfer to Institution - (a) (1) If the evaluation team determines under § 4-301(c)...

Section 4-303 - Work Release and Leave of Absence - (a) (1) Subject to § 4–305 of this subtitle, inmates...

Section 4-304 - Required Release - Unless previously released on parole or mandatory supervision, an inmate...

Section 4-305 - Parole - (a) After transfer of an inmate to the Institution for...

Section 4-306 - Transfers by Board of Review - (a) After transfer of an inmate to the Institution for...

Section 4-307 - Restitution - If a court has ordered that an eligible person make...

Section 4-308 - Diminution Credits - An inmate who is transferred to the Institution for evaluation...

Subtitle 4 - Youth Program

Section 4-401 - In General - (a) In this section, “Youth Program” means the Patuxent Institution...

Title 5 - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services

Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 5-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Section 5-102 - Legislative Findings and Policies - (a) The creation of the Division is based on the...

Subtitle 2 - Division of Pretrial Detention and Services

Section 5-201 - Established - (a) There is a Division of Pretrial Detention and Services...

Section 5-202 - Commissioner - (a) With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall...

Section 5-203 - Deputy Commissioner - (a) With the approval of the Secretary, the Commissioner shall...

Subtitle 3 - Pretrial Release Services Program

Section 5-301 - Established - (a) There is a Pretrial Release Services Program in the...

Section 5-302 - Director; Deputy Director - (a) (1) With the approval of the Secretary, the Commissioner...

Subtitle 4 - Baltimore City Detention Center

Section 5-401 - In General - (a) There is a Baltimore City Detention Center in the...

Section 5-402 - Warden - (a) With the approval of the Secretary, the Commissioner shall...

Section 5-403 - Assistant Wardens - (a) The Commissioner may appoint assistant wardens for the Baltimore...

Section 5-404 - Centralized Booking Facility - (a) The Division shall operate a centralized booking facility for...

Section 5-405 - Inmate Medical Care - (a) An inmate in the Baltimore City Detention Center who...

Section 5-406 - Authorization for Medical Treatment for Juvenile Inmates - (a) On the recommendation of a health care provider, the...

Title 6 - Parole and Probation

Subtitle 1 - Division of Parole and Probation

Section 6-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 6-102 - Scope of Subtitle - This subtitle does not apply to: (1) an inmate retained...

Section 6-103 - Established - There is a Division of Parole and Probation in the...

Section 6-104 - Duties and Powers Generally; Funding for Drinking Driver Monitor Program - (a) Subject to the authority of the Secretary and in...

Section 6-105 - Director - (a) With the approval of the Governor and the advice...

Section 6-107 - Retaking Alleged Violator - A sheriff or police officer authorized to serve criminal process...

Section 6-108 - Home Detention Program -- in General - (a) With the Secretary’s approval, the Director may establish a...

Section 6-109 - Home Detention Program -- Search of Dwelling - (a) The Director may apply to a judge of the...

Section 6-110 - Visitorial Powers of Parole Agents - Each duly qualified parole agent of the Division has visitorial...

Section 6-111 - Suspended Sentence; Supervision - If a court suspends the sentence of an individual convicted...

Section 6-112 - Presentence Investigation Report; Other Investigations and Probationary Services - (a) (1) On request of a court, a parole and...

Section 6-113 - Reports by State's Attorneys - The Division and the Division of Correction shall keep the...

Section 6-114 - Citizens' Support Unit - (a) The Division may establish a citizens’ support unit to...

Section 6-115 - Drinking Driver Monitor Program Supervision Fees - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 6-116 - Drinking Driver Monitor Program Fund - (a) There is a Drinking Driver Monitor Program Fund. (b)...

Section 6-117 - Earned Compliance Credit Program - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 6-118 - Considerations in Disciplinary Actions - When considering disciplinary action related to the performance of a...

Section 6-119 - Use of Programs and Practices to Encourage Probationer to Improve Conduct, Reduce Recidivism, and Pay Restitution - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 6-120 - Annual Training Required - The Department shall require all parole and probation agents and...

Section 6-121 - Graduated Sanction for Technical Violations - (a) This section shall apply to all individuals under the...

Subtitle 2 - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision

Section 6-201 - Short Title - This subtitle may be cited as the Interstate Compact for...

Section 6-202 - Purpose of Compact - Article I. Purpose. (a) The compacting states to this Interstate...

Section 6-203 - Definitions - Article II. Definitions. (a) As used in this subtitle the...

Section 6-204 - The Compact Commission - Article III. The Compact Commission. (a) The compacting states hereby...

Section 6-205 - The State Council - Article IV. The State Council. (a) Each member state shall...

Section 6-206 - Powers and Duties of Commission - Article V. Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission. The...

Section 6-207 - Organization and Operation of Commission - Article VI. Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission. (a)...

Section 6-208 - Activities of Commission - Article VII. Activities of the Interstate Commission. (a) The Interstate...

Section 6-209 - Rulemaking - Article VIII. Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission. (a) The...

Section 6-210 - Oversight, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution - Article IX. Oversight, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution by the Interstate...

Section 6-211 - Finance - Article X. Finance. (a) The Interstate Commission shall pay or...

Section 6-212 - Eligibility; Effectiveness and Amendment - Article XI. Compacting States, Effective Date and Amendment. (a) Any...

Section 6-213 - Withdrawal; Default; Suspension; Termination; Judicial Enforcement - Article XII. Withdrawal, Default, Termination, and Judicial Enforcement. (a) (1)...

Section 6-214 - Severability; Construction - Article XIII. Severability and Construction. (a) The provision of this...

Section 6-215 - Effect of Other Laws - Article XIV. Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws. (a)...

Title 7 - Parole, Release on Mandatory Supervision, and Executive Clemency

Subtitle 1 - Definitions; General Provisions

Section 7-101 - Definitions - (a) In this title the following words have the meanings...

Section 7-102 - Scope of Title - This title does not apply to: (1) an inmate retained...

Section 7-103 - Certificate of Completion - (a) In this section, “offender” has the meaning stated in...

Section 7-104 - Certificate of Rehabilitation; Employment of Ex-Offenders; Licensing; Regulation - (a) The Department shall issue a certificate of rehabilitation to...

Subtitle 2 - Maryland Parole Commission

Section 7-201 - Established - There is a Maryland Parole Commission in the Department.

Section 7-202 - Membership - (a) (1) The Commission consists of ten members. (2) With...

Section 7-203 - Compensation and Reimbursement for Expenses - (a) Each commissioner is entitled to: (1) compensation in accordance...

Section 7-204 - Staff; Hearing Examiners - (a) (1) The Commission shall appoint the staff necessary to...

Section 7-205 - Powers - (a) The Commission has the exclusive power to: (1) authorize...

Section 7-206 - Duties - The Commission shall: (1) evaluate information on the activities of...

Section 7-207 - Regulations - (a) (1) Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the...

Section 7-208 - Record of Actions; Annual Report; Recommendations - The Commission shall: (1) maintain a record of its actions;...

Subtitle 3 - Eligibility for Parole; Parole Hearings

Section 7-301 - Eligibility for Parole - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 7-301.1 - Administrative Release - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-302 - Frequency of Hearings - The Commission or the Commission’s hearing examiners shall hear cases...

Section 7-303 - Notice to Inmate - (a) Before any hearing on parole release, the Commission shall...

Section 7-304 - When Hearing Open to Public; Attendance by Victim or Victim's Representative - (a) A parole hearing shall be open to the public...

Section 7-305 - Factors and Information to Be Considered - Each hearing examiner and commissioner determining whether an inmate is...

Section 7-306 - Hearing Conducted by Hearing Examiner - (a) (1) The chairperson of the Commission shall assign hearing...

Section 7-307 - Hearing Conducted by Commission Panel - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this...

Section 7-308 - Parole Order - (a) A parole shall be evidenced by a written order....

Section 7-309 - Medical Parole - (a) This section applies to any inmate who is sentenced...

Subtitle 4 - Revocation of Parole; Modification of Parole; Conviction of Crime Committed While on Parole

Section 7-401 - Revocation of Parole - (a) If a parolee is alleged to have violated a...

Section 7-402 - Modification of Parole - (a) (1) On recommendation of the Division of Parole and...

Section 7-403 - Conviction of Crime Committed While on Parole - (a) (1) If a parolee is convicted of a crime...

Subtitle 5 - Mandatory Supervision

Section 7-501 - Release on Mandatory Supervision - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 7-502 - Legal Custody - (a) An individual on mandatory supervision remains in legal custody...

Section 7-503 - Written Order; Restitution - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the...

Section 7-504 - Revocation of Mandatory Supervision; Diminution Credits - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 7-505 - Responsibilities Before Release - (a) At least 60 days before the day that an...

Section 7-506 - Delivery of Inmate to State or Federal Authority - This subtitle does not prevent the delivery of an inmate...

Subtitle 6 - Commutation of Sentence; Pardon

Section 7-601 - Power of Governor - (a) On giving the notice required by the Maryland Constitution,...

Section 7-602 - Violation of Conditional Pardon - (a) Unless the order granting a pardon provides otherwise, the...

Section 7-603 - Effect of Violation of Conditional Pardon - Unless the Governor orders otherwise, if the Governor revokes a...

Subtitle 7 - Payment of Restitution and Fees

Section 7-701 - Restitution - (a) If the Commission grants parole to an individual whom...

Section 7-702 - Fees - (a) In this section, “supervisee” means an individual supervised by...

Subtitle 8 - Victims' Rights; Notice to Sentencing Judge

Section 7-801 - Parole Release Hearing - (a) (1) In this subtitle the following words have the...

Section 7-802 - Notice to Sentencing Judge of Parole Release Hearing - (a) If an inmate is sentenced to the Division of...

Section 7-803 - Notice to Victim of Predetermined Parole Release Agreement - (a) If a victim made a written request for notification...

Section 7-804 - Notice to Victim of Parole Violation - If an individual was convicted of a crime and the...

Section 7-805 - Notice to Victim of Commutation, Pardon, or Remission of Sentence - (a) If the victim made a written request to the...

Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally

Subtitle 1 - Standards for Correctional Facilities

Section 8-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-102 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds that there is a need to...

Section 8-103 - Establishment of Standards - (a) (1) With the advice of the Commission, the Secretary...

Section 8-105 - Enforcement - The standards adopted under § 8-103 of this subtitle shall...

Section 8-106 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Established - There is a Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards in the...

Section 8-107 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Membership; Terms - (a) The Commission consists of the following 12 members: (1)...

Section 8-108 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Officers - The Commission shall elect annually a chairperson and vice chairperson...

Section 8-109 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Quorum; Meetings; Compensation - (a) A majority of the authorized membership of the Commission...

Section 8-110 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Annual Report - (a) The Commission shall report annually to the Governor and,...

Section 8-111 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Executive Director - (a) (1) With the approval of the Secretary, the Commission...

Section 8-112 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Standards; Regulations; Staff - (a) (1) The Commission shall: (i) advise the Secretary regarding...

Section 8-113 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Inspections - (a) The Commission shall: (1) establish and implement a process...

Section 8-114 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Sanctions - (a) (1) If the Commission determines that a correctional facility...

Section 8-115 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Life-Threatening or Health-Endangering Conditions - (a) If the Commission or an authorized inspector finds a...

Section 8-116 - Commission on Correctional Standards -- Advisory Boards - (a) (1) The Commission shall establish advisory boards to assist...

Section 8-117 - General Powers and Duties - The Commission may perform any acts necessary and appropriate to...

Subtitle 2 - Correctional Training Commission

Section 8-201 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-202 - Legislative Findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) there is a need...

Section 8-203 - Established - There is a Correctional Training Commission in the Department.

Section 8-204 - Membership - (a) The Commission consists of the following members: (1) the...

Section 8-205 - Officers - (a) The Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services or...

Section 8-206 - Staff - (a) (1) With the approval of the Secretary, the Commission...

Section 8-207 - Meetings; Quorum; Compensation; Records - (a) The Commission shall meet in the State at the...

Section 8-208 - Powers and Duties - (a) Subject to the authority of the Secretary, the Commission...

Section 8-209 - Probationary Appointment of Correctional Officers - (a) An individual may not be given or accept a...

Section 8-209.1 - Applicants -- State and National Criminal History Records Check - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 8-209.2 - Revocation and Reinstatement of Certification - (a) The Commission may revoke the certification of a correctional...

Section 8-210 - Powers and Duties of Local Government - Except as expressly provided in this subtitle, this subtitle does...

Subtitle 4 - Interstate Agreement on Detainers and Related Matters

Section 8-401 - Subtitle Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-402 - Agreement -- Preamble - The contracting states solemnly agree that:

Section 8-403 - Agreement -- Findings of Party States; Purpose of Agreement - Article I The party states find that charges outstanding against...

Section 8-404 - Agreement -- Definitions - Article II (a) As used in this Agreement the following...

Section 8-405 - Agreement -- Request for Final Disposition of Untried Indictment, Information, or Complaint - Article III (a) Whenever a person has entered upon a...

Section 8-406 - Agreement -- Request for Temporary Custody - Article IV (a) The appropriate officer of the jurisdiction in...

Section 8-407 - Agreement -- Temporary Custody for Prosecution - Article V (a) In response to a request made under...

Section 8-408 - Agreement -- Tolling of Time Periods When Prisoner Unable to Stand Trial; Mentally Ill Individuals - Article VI (a) In determining the duration and expiration dates...

Section 8-409 - Agreement -- Designation of Officer to Promulgate Rules and Provide Information - Article VII Each state party to this Agreement shall designate...

Section 8-410 - Agreement -- Effective Date of Agreement; Withdrawal From Agreement - Article VIII This Agreement shall enter into full force and...

Section 8-411 - Agreement -- Construction of Agreement; Severability of Provisions - Article IX This Agreement shall be liberally construed so as...

Section 8-412 - Enforcement of Agreement - All courts, departments, agencies, officers, and employees of the State...

Section 8-413 - Punishment for Escape From Temporary Custody - If an individual legally detained and confined in a correctional...

Section 8-414 - Transfer of Inmate - The managing official of a correctional institution in this State...

Section 8-415 - Duties of the Attorney General - The Attorney General is designated as the officer to carry...

Section 8-416 - Actual Receipt of Notice Required - As to any request by an individual confined in another...

Section 8-417 - Determination of Credit for Time Served - An individual delivered to the custody of another party state...

Subtitle 5 - Intrastate Detainers

Section 8-501 - Legislative Findings; Policy; Purpose - (a) Outstanding charges against an inmate and detainers based on...

Section 8-502 - Request by Inmate for Final Disposition - (a) This section applies whenever the Division of Correction, the...

Section 8-503 - Receipt of Notice of Untried Indictment - (a) On receipt of notice of an untried indictment, information,...

Subtitle 6 - Interstate Corrections Compact

Section 8-601 - Inapplicability of a Certain Definition - The definition of “correctional facility” in § 1-101(d) of this...

Section 8-602 - Declaration of Policy; Purpose of Compact - The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize...

Section 8-603 - Definitions - (a) As used in this Compact, unless the context clearly...

Section 8-604 - Contracts for Confinement of Inmates - (a) Each party state may make one or more contracts...

Section 8-605 - Rights, Duties, and Obligations of Party States and Inmates - (a) Whenever the duly constituted authorities in a state party...

Section 8-606 - Finality of Decisions; Escapes - (a) Any decision of the sending state in respect of...

Section 8-607 - Federally Aided Program or Activity - Any state party to this Compact may accept federal aid...

Section 8-608 - When Compact Effective - This Compact shall enter into force and become effective and...

Section 8-609 - Withdrawal From Compact - This Compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon...

Section 8-610 - Agreement or Arrangement With Nonparty State - Nothing contained in this Compact shall be construed to abrogate...

Section 8-611 - Powers of the Secretary of Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services - The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional...

Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs

Section 8-701 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 8-702 - Establishment - A county may establish a community service program.

Section 8-703 - Authority of Court - Except as otherwise provided, a court may order a juvenile...

Section 8-704 - Limitations on Work Projects - A criminal defendant or a juvenile may be assigned to...

Section 8-705 - Participation by Institutions, Associations, and Agencies - (a) A nonprofit charitable institution, public association, community service association,...

Section 8-706 - Administration - A community service program: (1) for adults, shall be administered...

Section 8-707 - Monitoring - A county may elect to have a community service program...

Section 8-708 - Payments by County - A county shall pay for: (1) local monitoring of a...

Section 8-709 - Reports - (a) A county shall report to the administering unit at...

Section 8-710 - Responsibility of Unit or Agency; Authority of Court - (a) A participating agency that requests the assignment of a...

Section 8-711 - Rubbish Cleanup in Prince George's County - (a) This section applies only in Prince George’s County. (b)...

Subtitle 8 - Prohibited Acts

Section 8-801 - False Imprisonment by Inmate - (a) An inmate may not falsely imprison an individual who:...

Section 8-802 - Sale of Produce by Correctional Facilities - (a) An agent or employee of a State correctional facility...

Section 8-803 - Indecent Exposure by Inmate in the Presence of a Correctional Officer or Authorized Personnel - (a) Words or phrases in this section that describe the...

Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates

Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally

Section 9-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-102 - Scope - This subtitle applies to any judge of the circuit court...

Section 9-103 - Sentencing to the Jurisdiction of the Division - (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a judge who sentences...

Section 9-104 - Length of Sentences to the Jurisdiction of the Division - (a) This section does not apply to an individual sentenced...

Section 9-105 - Sentencing to Local Correctional Facilities - Notwithstanding any other law, a judge may sentence an individual...

Section 9-106 - Sentencing and Commitment -- Baltimore City - (a) This section applies only in Baltimore City. (b) Notwithstanding...

Subtitle 2 - Sentences -- Consecutive and Concurrent

Section 9-201 - Consecutive Sentences -- Inmates Convicted of Sexual Offenses - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-202 - Consecutive and Concurrent Sentences -- Multiple Jurisdictions - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 3 - Transfers

Section 9-301 - Transfer of Defendant When Case Is Removed to Another County - If a criminal case is removed from one county to...

Section 9-302 - Cases That Have Been Removed to Another County - (a) If an individual whose trial has been removed is...

Section 9-303 - Transfer of Inmates From Local Correctional Facilities to the Division of Correction - The Commissioner of Correction may accept the transfer of an...

Section 9-304 - Transfer of Minimum Security Inmates to Local Correctional Facilities - By mutual agreement with a county or counties, the Commissioner...

Section 9-305 - Transfer of Maximum or Medium Security Inmates to Minimum Security Correctional Facility - (a) This section does not apply to the transfer of...

Section 9-306 - Transfer of Inmates From the Division of Correction to Federal Correctional Facilities - The Commissioner of Correction may contract with the federal government...

Section 9-307 - Transfer of Inmates Convicted by United States Courts - (a) On terms and conditions that it prescribes, the Division...

Section 9-308 - Transfer or Exchange of Convicted Offenders Under Treaty - If a treaty between the United States and a foreign...

Subtitle 4 - State Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities

Section 9-402 - Reimbursement for Operating Costs -- Sentenced Inmates - (a) In this section, “sentenced inmates” means those inmates confined...

Section 9-405 - Reimbursement Procedures -- Medical Expenses - After each fiscal year the State shall reimburse a county...

Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force

Section 9-501 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 9-502 - Policy - It is the policy of the State that, because of...

Section 9-503 - County Road Work by County Inmates - (a) The county roads authority may employ on the public...

Section 9-504 - County Road Work by State Inmates - (a) (1) A county roads authority may request that the...

Section 9-505 - State Highway Work by State Inmates; Requirements - (a) The State Highway Administration may apply to the Division...

Section 9-506 - Good Behavior Allowance - The Division of Correction may adopt regulations, applicable to each...

Section 9-507 - Inmates Subject to Labor on Road Work Force - (a) The provisions of this section and §§ 9-508 through...

Section 9-508 - Certification to Governor of Inmates Available for Road Work Force - (a) The Governor may require that the Commissioner of Correction...

Section 9-509 - Assignment of Inmates by Governor -- State Highway Administration - (a) On receipt of a certification required under § 9-508...

Section 9-510 - Assignment of Inmates by Governor -- Local Jurisdictions - (a) The governing body of a county or municipal corporation...

Section 9-511 - Inmates Assigned to Road Work by Governor -- Duty to Guard, Transport, and Provide Care - (a) The Division of Correction shall provide, or make arrangements...

Section 9-512 - Daily Payments to Division; Disposition - (a) For each inmate assigned to and employed by the...

Section 9-513 - Deductions and Allowances for Good Behavior, Forfeitures, and Punishment - An inmate working on public roads under §§ 9-508 through...

Section 9-514 - Appropriations and Payments for Expenses - (a) (1) All expenses incurred and disbursements made by the...

Section 9-515 - Employment of Inmates in Agricultural Work - (a) This section applies to: (1) inmates of any camp...

Section 9-516 - Employment of Inmates in Carroll County - (a) The Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County may...

Section 9-517 - Maintenance of Parks and Public Areas by Inmates -- Somerset County - (a) At the request of the Board of County Commissioners...

Section 9-518 - City of Frederick -- Assignment of Certain Offenders to Road Work - (a) This section applies only in the City of Frederick....

Section 9-519 - Inmate Labor for State Projects - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, at the...

Section 9-520 - Inmates Assigned to Department of State Police - (a) After reaching an agreement with the Department of State...

Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous

Section 9-601 - Pregnant Inmates - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-601.1 - Involuntary Placement of Pregnant Inmate in Restrictive Housing - (a) In this section, “restrictive housing” has the meaning stated...

Section 9-602 - Sick Inmates - (a) Whenever the Division of Correction determines that an inmate...

Section 9-602.1 - Investigation of Death of Inmate - The Department of State Police shall investigate any death of...

Section 9-603 - Methadone Detoxification Program - (a) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the...

Section 9-603.1 - Medication-Assisted Treatment Program - // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 PER CHAPTER 532 OF...

Section 9-604 - Payment of Burial and Funeral Expenses of Indigent Inmates - (a) Subject to subsections (c) and (d) of this section,...

Section 9-605 - Liability of Estate of Inmate for Damages and Expenses - (a) The estate of an individual who is sentenced to...

Section 9-606 - Medical Treatment for Juvenile Inmates - (a) This section applies to local correctional facilities and correctional...

Section 9-607 - Investigation of State Correctional Facilities by Grand Juries - At least once each year, the circuit court of each...

Section 9-608 - Visitation of Local Correctional Facilities by Grand Juries - At least once each year, the grand jury in each...

Section 9-609 - Release Date; Saturday, Sunday or Holiday - (a) Whenever a date of release from confinement in a...

Section 9-609.1 - Identification Cards for Released Inmates - (a) The Commissioner of Correction shall issue an identification card...

Section 9-610 - Construction of Penalty Provision - If a provision of the Code imposes a penalty of...

Section 9-611 - Copy of the Warrant or Detainer - (a) An individual who is committed or detained, or another...

Section 9-612 - Medication for Mental Illness - (a) The Department or the managing official of a local...

Section 9-613 - Counseling and Referral of Inmates With Hepatitis C - (a) On or before July 1, 2010, the Department, in...

Section 9-614 - Restrictive Housing Reports - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-614.1 - Placing Minor in Restrictive Housing - (a) In this section, “restrictive housing” has the meaning stated...

Section 9-615 - Management of Inmate Earnings - (a) This section applies to an inmate in a State...

Section 9-616 - Menstrual Hygiene Products for Female Inmates - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Section 9-617 - Identification Cards for Inmates - Each local correctional facility shall develop and implement a policy...

Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities

Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities

Section 10-101 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-102 - Architectural and Engineering Issues - (a) The Department shall: (1) advise the Board in connection...

Section 10-103 - Engineering Question -- Secretary's Approval - A contract, plan, design, or specification for construction of a...

Section 10-104 - Departmental Inspections - (a) The Department shall: (1) inspect and approve or disapprove...

Section 10-105 - Bids - The Department shall: (1) represent the Board at the opening...

Section 10-106 - Secretary -- Powers and Duties - Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 4-310 through 4-315 of the...

Section 10-107 - Jessup Area -- Limitation on Construction of State Correctional Facilities - (a) (1) The Board may not approve a contract to...

Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office

Section 10-201 - "Office" Defined - In this subtitle, “Office” means the Inmate Grievance Office.

Section 10-202 - Established - There is an Inmate Grievance Office in the Department.

Section 10-203 - Executive Director and Employees - (a) (1) With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary...

Section 10-204 - Regulations - Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the Office may...

Section 10-205 - Record of Complaints - (a) The Office shall keep a record of all complaints...

Section 10-206 - Submission of Complaint to Inmate Grievance Office - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if an...

Section 10-207 - Preliminary Review - (a) The Executive Director or the Director’s designee shall conduct...

Section 10-208 - Hearing - (a) The Office of Administrative Hearings may conduct hearings under...

Section 10-209 - Disposition; Review by Secretary - (a) (1) Promptly after the hearing on a complaint, the...

Section 10-210 - Judicial Review - (a) A court may not consider an individual’s grievance that...

Subtitle 3 - Sundry Claims Board

Section 10-301 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-302 - Established - There is a Sundry Claims Board in the Department.

Section 10-303 - Membership and Expenses - (a) The Board consists of the following three members: (1)...

Section 10-304 - Administration of Benefits - The Board shall administer benefits as provided under this subtitle...

Section 10-305 - Filing a Claim - (a) (1) An injured inmate may file a claim for...

Section 10-306 - Oaths, Witnesses, Documents, and Subpoenas - (a) With respect to any claim, a member of the...

Section 10-307 - Disposition of Claims - (a) (1) The Board shall investigate each claim filed under...

Section 10-308 - Claim Payments - (a) In determining what compensation, if any, to allow a...

Section 10-309 - Judicial Review - (a) (1) A claimant aggrieved by a final determination of...

Section 10-310 - Regulations - Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the Board may...

Subtitle 4 - Citizens' Advisory Committee

Section 10-401 - "Committee" Defined - In this subtitle, “committee” means a citizens’ advisory committee established...

Section 10-402 - Established - There is a citizens’ advisory committee for the State correctional...

Section 10-403 - Membership - (a) Except as provided in subsection (f)(1) of this section,...

Section 10-404 - Chairperson - (a) From among its members, each committee shall elect a...

Section 10-405 - Quorum; Meetings; Compensation - (a) A majority of the members then serving on a...

Section 10-406 - Staff - The Department shall provide staff to a committee in accordance...

Section 10-407 - Powers - A committee may: (1) report to the Commissioner of Correction...

Subtitle 5 - Inmate Welfare Funds

Section 10-501 - "Fund" Defined - In this subtitle, “fund” means an inmate welfare fund established...

Section 10-502 - Established; Uses - (a) There is an inmate welfare fund in each State...

Section 10-503 - Status; Investments - (a) (1) Each fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund...

Section 10-504 - Expenditures - The Comptroller shall pay out money from each fund as...

Subtitle 6 - Correctional Facilities Operated by Other States

Section 10-601 - Correctional Facilities Operated by Other States - (a) As used in this section, “facility” means a correctional...

Subtitle 7 - Intelligence and Investigative Division

Section 10-701 - Intelligence and Investigative Division - (a) (1) There is an Intelligence and Investigative Division in...

Section 10-702 - Warrant Apprehension Unit -- Authorized Actions -- Individual Training -- Powers - (a) (1) In this section the following words have the...

Subtitle 8 - Miscellaneous

Section 10-801 - Personal Property of Inmate; Contraband; Abandoned Property - (a) In this section: (1) “contraband” means any item, material,...

Subtitle 9 - State Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights

Section 10-901 - Definitions - (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings...

Section 10-902 - Purpose of Subtitle; Disciplinary Actions - (a) The purpose of this subtitle is to establish exclusive...

Section 10-903 - Conflict of Provisions; Authority to Regulate - (a) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this subtitle...

Section 10-904 - Correctional Officer's Rights - (a) A correctional officer may not be required or requested...

Section 10-905 - Investigation or Interrogation - (a) The investigation or interrogation by the appointing authority or...

Section 10-906 - Order to Show Cause - (a) A correctional officer who is denied a right granted...

Section 10-907 - Limitations on Bringing Disciplinary Actions - (a) The appointing authority may not bring charges recommending the...

Section 10-908 - Charges; Procedure - (a) If the appointing authority brings charges recommending discipline against...

Section 10-909 - Hearings - (a) A correctional officer who has been charged with a...

Section 10-910 - Decision, Order, or Action - (a) (1) A decision, order, or action taken as a...

Section 10-911 - Appeal - (a) An appeal from a decision made under § 10–910...

Section 10-912 - Expungement of Records - (a) On request, a correctional officer may have expunged from...

Section 10-913 - Emergency Suspension - (a) This subtitle does not prohibit emergency suspension with pay...

Title 11 - Local Correctional Facilities

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