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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...