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MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-306 - Transfer of Inmates From the Division of Correction to Federal Correctional Facilities

    The Commissioner of Correction may contract with the federal government for the transfer of inmates from correctional facilities in the Division of Correction to appropriate facilities operated by or for the federal government.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-307 - Transfer of Inmates Convicted by United States Courts

    (a)    On terms and conditions that it prescribes, the Division of Correction may accept custody of any individual who is sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.    (b)    While in a State correctional facility, an individual who is sentenced by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction is subject to the same rules and discipline that are applicable to inmates sentenced by State courts to the jurisdiction of the Division.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-308 - Transfer or Exchange of Convicted Offenders Under Treaty

    If a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may authorize, on behalf of the State and subject to the terms of the treaty, the Commissioner of Correction to consent to the transfer or exchange of offenders and take any other action necessary to initiate the participation of the State in the treaty.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 4 - State Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities|Section 9-402 - Reimbursement for Operating Costs -- Sentenced Inmates

    (a)    In this section, “sentenced inmates” means those inmates confined in a local correctional facility after being sentenced to the custody of the local correctional facility for more than 12 months and not more than 18 months.    (b)    Subject to subsection (d) of this section, for each fiscal year the State shall provide each county a grant equal to at least $45 for each day from the end of the 12th month through the end of the 18th month that a sentenced inmate was confined in a local correctional facility during the second preceding fiscal year.    (c)    Subject to subsection (d) of this section, for each fiscal year the State shall provide each county a grant equal to at least $45 for each day:        (1)    after the first day through the day of release that an inmate who has been sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction was confined in a local correctional facility during the second preceding fiscal year; or        (2)    that an inmate who has been sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction received reentry or other prerelease programming and services from a local correctional facility during the second preceding fiscal year.    (d)    (1)    On or before October 1 of each year, each county shall submit to the Department inmate days reports for the previous fiscal year.        (2)    If a county fails to submit the information required under paragraph (1) of this subsection when due, the Department shall deduct an amount equal to 20% of the grant under subsection (b) of this section for each 30 days or part of 30 days after the due date that the information has not been submitted.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 4 - State Reimbursement of Local Correctional Facilities|Section 9-405 - Reimbursement Procedures -- Medical Expenses

    After each fiscal year the State shall reimburse a county for medical expenses that exceed $25,000 for each inmate confined in a local correctional facility, regardless of whether the inmate has been sentenced.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-501 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-501 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    (1)    “County roads authority” means the governmental entity that has control of the public roads of a county.        (2)    “County roads authority” includes, in a county in which the board of county commissioners has control of the public roads of the county, the board of county commissioners.    (c)    “Public roads” includes highways, roads, bridges, and streets under the jurisdiction of the State or a county or municipal corporation of the State.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-502 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-502 - Policy

    It is the policy of the State that, because of the enforced idleness of inmates, it is necessary and desirable that useful work on projects in the State be found for inmates and that those inmates who may be used safely for maintenance, construction, or reconstruction projects shall be assigned that work.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-503 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-503 - County Road Work by County Inmates

    (a)    The county roads authority may employ on the public roads of the county male inmates who have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment in a local correctional facility in the county who the county roads authority finds are physically able to perform the work.    (b)    On the written order of the board of county commissioners or the county executive of a county, the managing official of a local correctional facility in the county shall send, under a competent guard, the number of able-bodied inmates who have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment in the local correctional facility that the county requires, to work on public roads of the county, including the adjacent land areas of municipal corporations in the county, or in any quarry, pit, or yard in preparing materials for use on public roads of the county.    (c)    While employing inmates as authorized under this section, the county roads authority shall provide for the guarding, transporting, lodging, feeding, and medical care of the inmates.    (d)    The governing body of the county shall reimburse the managing official out of the county fund for the expenses incurred in transporting the inmates to and from the work site and in properly guarding the inmates at the work site while at work under the direction of a county road representative and under the regulations that the managing official considers necessary for the health and safe custody of the inmates.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-504 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-504 - County Road Work by State Inmates

    (a)    (1)    A county roads authority may request that the Division of Correction furnish inmates who may be profitably employed in the repair or construction of public roads of the county.        (2)    After receiving a request from the county roads authority, the Division of Correction shall furnish the number of requested inmates who are available to work on the public roads of the county.    (b)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and subsection (c) of this section, the Division of Correction shall provide for the guarding, transporting, lodging, feeding, clothing, and medical care of State inmates employed on public roads of a county.        (2)    When State inmates are employed in the same work force as inmates of a county that requested that the Division of Correction furnish State inmates:            (i)    the Division of Correction shall furnish all necessary guards at the expense of the county roads authority; and            (ii)    the county roads authority shall provide for the lodging, feeding, and medical care of the inmates as required by § 9-503(c) of this subtitle.    (c)    The county roads authority shall reimburse the Division of Correction for all expenses incurred in guarding, transporting, and maintaining State inmates who are furnished for work on public roads of the county at the request of the county roads authority.    (d)    (1)    A county roads authority using State inmates as provided in this section shall pay to the Division of Correction the daily amount contractually agreed on by the county roads authority and the Division of Correction for each day that a State inmate works on public roads of the county.        (2)    The Division of Correction shall hold the payments made under this section to the credit of each inmate under applicable law.    (e)    The county roads authority may use money appropriated to construct county or State aid roads under its jurisdiction as necessary to maintain the inmate work force and to pay for the materials and equipment used by the inmate work force.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-505 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-505 - State Highway Work by State Inmates; Requirements

    (a)    The State Highway Administration may apply to the Division of Correction for a State inmate work force to be used to construct and maintain State highways.    (b)    For the purpose of this section, the State Highway Administration is subject to the requirements and conditions of this subtitle that apply to a county roads authority.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-506 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-506 - Good Behavior Allowance

    The Division of Correction may adopt regulations, applicable to each inmate who is employed in public work under this subtitle, that grant an additional good behavior allowance to the inmate conditioned on the inmate’s good deportment and compliance with the regulations adopted by the Division of Correction for the management and control of inmates employed in public work.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-507 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-507 - Inmates Subject to Labor on Road Work Force

    (a)    The provisions of this section and §§ 9-508 through 9-514 of this subtitle do not apply to:        (1)    the Baltimore City Detention Center;        (2)    the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore; or        (3)    the public roads of Baltimore City.    (b)    Each male inmate of a State or local correctional facility may be required to work on public roads in accordance with §§ 9-508 through 9-514 of this subtitle.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-508 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-508 - Certification to Governor of Inmates Available for Road Work Force

    (a)    The Governor may require that the Commissioner of Correction certify to the Governor the number of male inmates who are confined in correctional facilities in the Division of Correction and who are available and physically able to work on public roads of the State.    (b)    If the governing body of a county or municipal corporation desires that inmates of a correctional facility under its jurisdiction work on public roads of the State, the governing body may certify to the Governor the number of male inmates who are available and physically able to perform the work.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-509 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-509 - Assignment of Inmates by Governor -- State Highway Administration

    (a)    On receipt of a certification required under § 9-508 of this subtitle, the Governor may assign to the State Highway Administration as many of the inmates certified to the Governor as the State Highway Administration can profitably employ to construct, repair, or maintain the public roads under its jurisdiction.    (b)    The State Highway Administration shall employ the inmates assigned by the Governor under this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-510 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-510 - Assignment of Inmates by Governor -- Local Jurisdictions

    (a)    The governing body of a county or municipal corporation may request that the Governor furnish the number of inmates that the county or municipal corporation can profitably employ to construct, repair, or maintain the public roads under its jurisdiction.    (b)    After the Governor has assigned inmates to the State Highway Administration under § 9-509 of this subtitle, from the remaining inmates certified to the Governor under § 9-508 of this subtitle, the Governor may assign the number of inmates that the Governor considers equitable among counties and municipal corporations requesting inmates under subsection (a) of this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-511 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-511 - Inmates Assigned to Road Work by Governor -- Duty to Guard, Transport, and Provide Care

    (a)    The Division of Correction shall provide, or make arrangements that it considers to be adequate and proper to provide, for the guarding, transporting, lodging, feeding, clothing, and medical and other care of inmates while the inmates are working on public roads under §§ 9-508 through 9-514 of this subtitle.    (b)    The Division of Correction may adopt regulations as necessary to carry out §§ 9-508 through 9-514 of this subtitle.    (c)    (1)    For inmates assigned to the State Highway Administration under § 9-509 of this subtitle, the State shall pay the expenses incurred under subsection (a) of this section.        (2)    For inmates assigned to a municipal corporation or county under § 9-510 of this subtitle, the municipal corporation or county shall pay the expenses incurred under subsection (a) of this section under arrangements made with, or satisfactory to, the Division of Correction.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-512 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-512 - Daily Payments to Division; Disposition

    (a)    For each inmate assigned to and employed by the State Highway Administration or a county or municipal corporation, respectively, under § 9-509 or § 9-511 of this subtitle, the State Highway Administration, county, or municipal corporation shall pay to the Division of Correction the daily sum agreed on with the Division of Correction for each day that the inmate is employed.    (b)    (1)    Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, from the payments made under subsection (a) of this section, the Division of Correction:            (i)    shall hold an amount, as determined by the Division, to the credit of the inmate on whose account the payments were made; and            (ii)    on release or discharge of the inmate, shall pay to the inmate those payments held by the Division to the credit of the inmate.        (2)    If the Division of Correction finds that the wife, child, or other dependent of an inmate needs financial support, the Division may pay all or part of the payments made under subsection (a) of this section, as the Division considers proper, to the dependent.    (c)    The Division of Correction may adopt regulations as necessary to govern the collection and disbursement of payments made under this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-513 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-513 - Deductions and Allowances for Good Behavior, Forfeitures, and Punishment

    An inmate working on public roads under §§ 9-508 through 9-514 of this subtitle is entitled to the same deductions or allowances for good behavior, observance of discipline and rules, and diligent and faithful labor, and is subject to the same forfeitures or punishments for bad behavior and other violations that otherwise apply to inmates under the laws of the State.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-514 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-514 - Appropriations and Payments for Expenses

    (a)    (1)    All expenses incurred and disbursements made by the Division of Correction under § 9-511 of this subtitle for the guarding, transporting, lodging, feeding, clothing, and medical and other care of inmates working under §§ 9-508 through 9-513 of this subtitle for the State Highway Administration shall be paid out of money in the Treasury that has not been otherwise appropriated and is available for those purposes or, subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, out of money appropriated for those purposes.        (2)    (i)    The Division of Correction may not pay the expenses specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection out of money appropriated for those purposes unless the Governor approves the payment and orders the Comptroller to make the payment.            (ii)    The Comptroller shall draw a warrant on the Treasury, as otherwise provided by law, for the amount ordered by the Governor.    (b)    A county or municipal corporation to which inmates have been assigned under § 9-510 of this subtitle may make any appropriations, assessments, and levies necessary to enable the county or municipal corporation to pay the expenses and payments authorized or required under §§ 9-508 through 9-513 of this subtitle.    (c)    The payments required to be made by the State Highway Administration under § 9-512 of this subtitle shall be paid out of the State Highway Administration’s appropriation.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-515 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-515 - Employment of Inmates in Agricultural Work

    (a)    This section applies to:        (1)    inmates of any camp in Queen Anne’s County or in any other county in which similar camps are established; and        (2)    inmates in a county within a reasonable distance, to be determined by the Division of Correction, of a camp described in item (1) of this subsection.    (b)    Except for inmates needed or being utilized by the State Highway Administration for emergency road maintenance, the Division of Correction shall arrange for inmates to be employed in agricultural work during any part of the year.    (c)    A person that employs inmates in agricultural work under this section shall:        (1)    pay the reasonable value for the work at the estimated prevailing wage in the community where the inmates are employed; and        (2)    give any security for the payments that the Division of Correction requires.    (d)    A person that employs inmates under this section may sell the produce harvested by the inmates.    (e)    Inmates employed in agricultural work under this section shall be under the control and supervision of the Division of Correction to the same extent as when employed in the construction and maintenance of public roads.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-516 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-516 - Employment of Inmates in Carroll County

    (a)    The Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County may employ an inmate who is serving a term of confinement in the Carroll County Detention Center to perform any public service that Carroll County routinely provides to the citizens of the County.    (b)    The Sheriff of Carroll County, in consultation with and on the approval of the Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County, shall adopt regulations governing the inmate employment program authorized under this section, including supervision of inmates and security of the public and the Detention Center.    (c)    For each calendar month during which an inmate shows satisfactory industry, application, and progress in special selected work projects, the inmate may be allowed a deduction of not more than 5 days of the inmate’s term of confinement.    (d)    The Board of County Commissioners of Carroll County may:        (1)    authorize payment to inmates employed as provided under this section based on the normal rate of pay for the job performed; and        (2)    deduct from payments to inmates the costs of providing the employment, training, and confinement.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-517 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-517 - Maintenance of Parks and Public Areas by Inmates -- Somerset County

    (a)    At the request of the Board of County Commissioners of Somerset County or the mayor and city council of a municipal corporation in Somerset County, the Division of Correction shall supply inmates, if reasonably available, to work on projects to develop, improve, and maintain public areas, parks, and recreation areas in the County or municipal corporation.    (b)    The other provisions of this subtitle apply to employment of inmates under this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-518 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-518 - City of Frederick -- Assignment of Certain Offenders to Road Work

    (a)    This section applies only in the City of Frederick.    (b)    A District Court judge who tries and commits a vagrant or other offender of a municipal law or ordinance, whenever practicable, shall assign the offender to work on the public roads of the county or City of Frederick.    (c)    The Sheriff or other officer into whose custody an offender is committed under this section shall comply with the court’s order of assignment.    (d)    (1)    An offender ordered by the court to work on the public roads of the City shall be guarded by the superintendent of streets or by any other individual deputized by the Sheriff.        (2)    An offender ordered by the court to work on the public roads of the county shall be guarded by the road supervisor of the district in which the offender works.    (e)    For the purpose of guarding offenders employed in accordance with a court order issued under subsection (b) of this section, the Sheriff may deputize the superintendent of streets, the district road supervisor, or any other individual to take charge of the offenders.