Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 6 - Inmates -- Case Records; Disciplinary Action; Property; Financial Accounts
Section 3-609 - Financial Accounts of Inmates

(a)    A correctional facility in the Division shall maintain a reserve financial account and a spending financial account for each inmate in the correctional facility.
    (b)    The accounts of an inmate may be charged for:
        (1)    the reasonable value of any State property that the inmate:
            (i)    willfully or maliciously destroys; or
            (ii)    destroys as the result of gross negligence; or
        (2)    any fees assessed under § 2-118 of this article.
    (c)    The Commissioner shall adopt regulations that:
        (1)    set forth those items that may be credited to or disbursed from an account under this section; and
        (2)    set forth procedures for carrying out this section, including procedures that provide due process of law to each inmate before the inmate’s accounts may be charged with a disbursement under subsection (b) of this section.

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