The party states, desiring by common action to fully utilize and improve their institutional facilities and provide adequate programs for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of various types of offenders, declare that it is the policy of each of the party states to provide such facilities and programs on a basis of cooperation with one another, thereby serving the best interests of such offenders and of society and effecting economies in capital expenditures and operational costs. The purpose of this Compact is to provide for the mutual development and execution of such programs of cooperation for the confinement, treatment, and rehabilitation of offenders with the most economical use of human and material resources.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally
Subtitle 6 - Interstate Corrections Compact
Section 8-601 - Inapplicability of a Certain Definition
Section 8-602 - Declaration of Policy; Purpose of Compact
Section 8-604 - Contracts for Confinement of Inmates
Section 8-605 - Rights, Duties, and Obligations of Party States and Inmates
Section 8-606 - Finality of Decisions; Escapes
Section 8-607 - Federally Aided Program or Activity
Section 8-608 - When Compact Effective
Section 8-609 - Withdrawal From Compact
Section 8-610 - Agreement or Arrangement With Nonparty State
Section 8-611 - Powers of the Secretary of Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services