(a) Any decision of the sending state in respect of any matter over which it retains jurisdiction pursuant to this Compact shall be conclusive upon and not reviewable within the receiving state, but if at the time the sending state seeks to remove an inmate from an institution in the receiving state there is pending against the inmate within such state any criminal charge or if the inmate is formally accused of having committed within such state a criminal offense, the inmate shall not be returned without the consent of the receiving state until discharged from prosecution or other form of proceeding, imprisonment, or detention for such offense. The duly accredited officers of the sending state shall be permitted to transport inmates pursuant to this Compact through any and all states party to this Compact without interference.
(b) An inmate who escapes from an institution in which the inmate is confined pursuant to this Compact shall be deemed a fugitive from the sending state and from the state in which the institution is situated. In the case of an escape to a jurisdiction other than the sending or receiving state, the responsibility for institution of extradition or rendition proceedings shall be that of the sending state, but nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent or affect the activities of officers and agencies of any jurisdiction directed toward the apprehension and return of an escapee.
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