Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 1 - Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities
Section 11-106 - Contract Between State and County or Counties

(a)    On approving local correctional facility plans that require State financial assistance, the Secretary shall enter into a written contract with the county or counties involved setting forth the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of all parties.
    (b)    The contract may provide for the housing and rehabilitation in a local correctional facility of inmates sentenced to State correctional facilities under conditions agreed on by all parties.
    (c)    The Secretary may not approve a contract unless the contract provides:
        (1)    for a periodic review of the facilities and rehabilitation and training programs of the local correctional facility by the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards; and
        (2)    that the local correctional facility is in substantial compliance with the minimum mandatory standards described in § 8-103(a) of this article.
    (d)    In the absence of any contract, court order, or consent decree, inmates sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction may not be housed in a local correctional facility for more than 30 days while awaiting transfer to the Division of Correction.

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