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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...