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MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-611 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 6 - Interstate Corrections Compact|Section 8-611 - Powers of the Secretary of Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

    The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services may do all things necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the Compact in every particular.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-701 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article.    (c)    “Participating agency” means any institution, association, or governmental unit described in § 8-705(a) of this subtitle that provides work projects for a community service program.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-702 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-702 - Establishment

    A county may establish a community service program.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-703 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-703 - Authority of Court

    Except as otherwise provided, a court may order a juvenile who is charged with the commission of a delinquent act or a criminal defendant who has not been convicted of a crime of violence to perform community service and assign the juvenile or defendant to a particular work project:         (1)    instead of payment of any fines and court costs imposed; or        (2)    as a condition of:            (i)    probation, whether granted under § 6-220 or § 6-225 of the Criminal Procedure Article or otherwise;            (ii)    a suspended sentence;            (iii)    a case being placed on a stet docket; or            (iv)    a juvenile being subject to a diversionary program.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-704 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-704 - Limitations on Work Projects

    A criminal defendant or a juvenile may be assigned to perform a work project under a community service program only if:         (1)    the juvenile or defendant consents to the assignment;        (2)    the juvenile or defendant is not compensated for the work performed; and        (3)    in the case of a defendant, the individual has not been convicted of a crime of violence.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-705 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-705 - Participation by Institutions, Associations, and Agencies

    (a)    A nonprofit charitable institution, public association, community service association, or governmental unit may provide work projects for a community service program.    (b)    (1)    A participating agency shall provide, on a written form, any information useful for assigning a juvenile or defendant to an appropriate work project, including:            (i)    a description of the work project;            (ii)    the days of the week and the hours of each day that each work project is to be performed;            (iii)    special skills or physical requirements to perform the work project; and            (iv)    for a work project of limited duration, the date when the availability of the project expires.        (2)    A participating agency shall send the form to the clerks of court.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-706 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-706 - Administration

    A community service program:         (1)    for adults, shall be administered either by the county or, within the county, by the Division of Parole and Probation; or        (2)    for juveniles, shall be administered either by the county or, within the county, by the Department of Juvenile Services.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-707 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-707 - Monitoring

    A county may elect to have a community service program monitored by:         (1)    the Division of Parole and Probation;        (2)    the Department of Juvenile Services; or        (3)    the county.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-708 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-708 - Payments by County

    A county shall pay for:         (1)    local monitoring of a community service program; and        (2)    supervising participants.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-709 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-709 - Reports

    (a)    A county shall report to the administering unit at the times and in the manner that the administering unit determines.    (b)    The administrator of each community service program shall prepare separate reports containing annual statistical data on all adults and juveniles in the program and submit:        (1)    the report on adults to the Division of Parole and Probation;        (2)    the report on juveniles to the Department of Juvenile Services; and        (3)    both reports to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-710 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-710 - Responsibility of Unit or Agency; Authority of Court

    (a)    A participating agency that requests the assignment of a community service worker:        (1)    is responsible for supervising the worker who is assigned to the agency; and        (2)    shall accept the assignment of the worker on the terms and conditions imposed by the court.    (b)    (1)    A participating agency may report the unsuitability of a community service worker to the court.        (2)    If a worker is reported to be unsuitable, the court:            (i)    shall remove the worker from the project; and            (ii)    after considering all the facts and circumstances, may reassign the worker or take other action allowed by law.    (c)    This subtitle does not limit the authority of a court to direct a juvenile or a defendant, under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation, the Department of Juvenile Services, or any other unit or individual as directed by the court, to make restitution to the victim of a particular crime or to perform certain services for the victim as an alternative means of restitution:        (1)    as a condition of probation;        (2)    as a condition of suspended sentence; or        (3)    instead of any fines and court costs imposed.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-711 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 7 - Community Service Programs|Section 8-711 - Rubbish Cleanup in Prince George's County

    (a)    This section applies only in Prince George’s County.    (b)    An owner of private property may request the assignment of a community service worker to clean up and dispose of rubbish on the owner’s property as a work project under this subtitle if:        (1)    the rubbish was dumped on the property without the knowledge and consent of the owner; and        (2)    the owner provides a signed release of all the owner’s personal and property claims that may arise from the performance of the work project.    (c)    Prince George’s County shall insure a community service worker assigned to a work project under this section to the same extent as a worker assigned to a work project provided by a participating local agency under this subtitle.    (d)    (1)    If an owner has received a notice of violation from the Prince George’s County Department of Environmental Resources because of rubbish dumped without the owner’s knowledge and consent, and the owner appeals to the Board of Administrative Appeals for the County, the Board shall allow the owner to defend against the notice by asserting the liability of a third party, whose identity may be known or unknown to the owner.        (2)    If the Board decides in favor of the owner, the Board shall grant the owner a reasonable amount of time to request the assignment of a community service worker under this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 8 - Prohibited Acts|Section 8-801 - False Imprisonment by Inmate

    (a)    An inmate may not falsely imprison an individual who:        (1)    is employed by a correctional facility;        (2)    performs volunteer work for a correctional facility;        (3)    performs duties in a correctional facility by virtue of federal, State, or local government employment; or        (4)    performs duties in a correctional facility by virtue of a contract with a local government or the federal or State government.    (b)    (1)    An inmate who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 30 years.        (2)    A sentence imposed under this section may not be suspended.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 8 - Prohibited Acts|Section 8-802 - Sale of Produce by Correctional Facilities

    (a)    An agent or employee of a State correctional facility or any other correctional facility that receives State aid may not raise or take part in the raising of perishable vegetable produce for sale unless the sale is to be made to another State unit, an institution receiving State aid, or a cannery.    (b)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine of not more than $100.    (c)    An employee of a State correctional facility who violates this section is subject to removal.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  8-803 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 8 - State and Local Correctional System -- Generally|Subtitle 8 - Prohibited Acts|Section 8-803 - Indecent Exposure by Inmate in the Presence of a Correctional Officer or Authorized Personnel

    (a)    Words or phrases in this section that describe the common-law crime of indecent exposure shall retain their judicially determined meanings except to the extent expressly or implicitly changed in this section.    (b)    An inmate may not, with intent to annoy, abuse, torment, harass, or embarrass a correctional officer or authorized personnel, lewdly, lasciviously, and indecently expose private parts of the inmate’s body in the presence of the correctional officer or authorized personnel.    (c)    An inmate who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-101 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally|Section 9-101 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction.    (c)    “Division” means the Division of Correction.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-102 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally|Section 9-102 - Scope

    This subtitle applies to any judge of the circuit court for a county or of the District Court.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-103 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally|Section 9-103 - Sentencing to the Jurisdiction of the Division

    (a)    (1)    Notwithstanding any other law, a judge who sentences an individual to imprisonment for an offense for which a law requires the imprisonment be served at a specific State correctional facility shall sentence the individual to the jurisdiction of the Division.        (2)    The judge shall commit the individual to the custody of the Commissioner and cause the individual to be delivered to the Commissioner for imprisonment.        (3)    If a law refers to the sentencing of an inmate to or confinement of an inmate in a specific correctional facility in the Division, the reference shall be construed to mean sentencing of an inmate to the jurisdiction of or confinement of an inmate in the Division rather than the specific correctional facility.    (b)    Each individual sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division and each individual still in confinement under a sentence imposed before June 1, 1967, shall be held by, confined in, assigned to, or transferred to:        (1)    a correctional facility in the Division, as the Division orders; or        (2)    if convenient and practical, a barracks of the Department of State Police.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-104 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally|Section 9-104 - Length of Sentences to the Jurisdiction of the Division

    (a)    This section does not apply to an individual sentenced in Baltimore City.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other law, a judge may not sentence an individual to the jurisdiction of the Division for 12 months or less unless:        (1)    the sentence is for an offense committed by an inmate in a correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the Division; and        (2)    the inmate is still under the jurisdiction of the Division.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-105 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally|Section 9-105 - Sentencing to Local Correctional Facilities

    Notwithstanding any other law, a judge may sentence an individual to a local correctional facility if:         (1)    the sentence to be then executed is for a period of not more than 18 months; and        (2)    the judge imposing the sentence is in a jurisdiction that is a party to the operation and maintenance of the local correctional facility to which the individual is sentenced.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-106 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 1 - Sentences -- Generally|Section 9-106 - Sentencing and Commitment -- Baltimore City

    (a)    This section applies only in Baltimore City.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other law, a judge who imposes a sentence of imprisonment on an individual shall commit the individual to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction.    (c)    A judge who commits an individual to custody for any purpose other than service of a sentence shall commit the individual to the custody of the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-201 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 2 - Sentences -- Consecutive and Concurrent|Section 9-201 - Consecutive Sentences -- Inmates Convicted of Sexual Offenses

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Sexual offense” means:            (i)    a violation of:                1.    § 3–305 or § 3–306 of the Criminal Law Article as the sections existed before October 1, 2017; or                2.    § 3–307, § 3–308, § 3–309, or § 3–310 of the Criminal Law Article or the former § 3–311 or § 3–312 of the Criminal Law Article as the sections existed on September 30, 2017; or            (ii)    an attempt to violate:                1.    § 3–305 or § 3–306 of the Criminal Law Article, as the sections existed before October 1, 2017, as a principal or an aider or abettor; or                2.    § 3–307 or § 3–308 of the Criminal Law Article as a principal or an aider or abettor.        (3)    “State correctional facility” does not include:            (i)    the Patuxent Institution; or            (ii)    the Baltimore City Detention Center.    (b)    If an inmate is convicted of and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a sexual offense that was committed while the inmate was serving a sentence in a State or local correctional facility, the sentence for the sexual offense shall run consecutive to the sentence that the inmate was serving at the time of the sexual offense.    (c)    (1)    If an inmate is convicted of and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a sexual offense that was committed while the inmate was being held for a bail hearing, arraignment, trial, or sentencing on another charge in a State or local correctional facility and, before the imposition of the sentence for the sexual offense, the inmate was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the charge for which the inmate was being held at the time of the sexual offense, the sentence imposed for the sexual offense shall run consecutive to the sentence imposed for the charge for which the inmate was being held at the time of the sexual offense.        (2)    If an inmate is convicted of and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a sexual offense that was committed while the inmate was being held for a bail hearing, arraignment, trial, or sentencing on another charge in a State or local correctional facility and, at the time that the sentence for the sexual offense is imposed, the inmate has not been sentenced on the other charge, any sentence of imprisonment eventually imposed for the other charge shall run consecutive to the sentence imposed for the sexual offense.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-202 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 2 - Sentences -- Consecutive and Concurrent|Section 9-202 - Consecutive and Concurrent Sentences -- Multiple Jurisdictions

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Division custody” means confinement resulting from a sentence to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction.        (3)    (i)    “Non–Division custody” means any postsentencing criminal confinement other than Division custody.            (ii)    “Non–Division custody” includes confinement resulting from a sentence to:                1.    a local correctional facility; or                2.    a correctional facility in a foreign jurisdiction.    (b)    (1)    A sentence to a term of Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Non-Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Non-Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.        (2)    A sentence to a term of Non-Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.    (c)    A sentence imposed consecutive to a term of confinement for which the defendant is on parole shall begin:        (1)    if, at the time of sentencing, parole is revoked, on expiration of the original term of confinement; or        (2)    if parole is not revoked, on the date that the consecutive sentence was imposed.    (d)    An inmate under a sentence to a term of Division custody that is concurrent or partially concurrent to a term of Non-Division custody shall be subject to Division custody immediately on release from Non-Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-301 - Transfer of Defendant When Case Is Removed to Another County

    If a criminal case is removed from one county to another and the defendant is detained in a correctional facility, the defendant may not be transferred to the county to which the case was removed until the presence of the defendant is required in the court to which the case was removed.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-302 - Cases That Have Been Removed to Another County

    (a)    If an individual whose trial has been removed is convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a local correctional facility, any sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court shall be to a local correctional facility of the county from which the case was removed.    (b)    The sheriff of the county in which the conviction occurred shall place the individual who was convicted and a certified copy of the docket entries in the case in the custody of the sheriff of the county in which the charging document was filed.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-303 - Transfer of Inmates From Local Correctional Facilities to the Division of Correction

    The Commissioner of Correction may accept the transfer of an inmate from a local correctional facility if:         (1)    the inmate requires special behavioral or medical treatment or maximum security detention;        (2)    the local correctional facility is not equipped to properly provide the necessary treatment or detention; and        (3)    when required by any other law, the committing court approves the transfer.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-304 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-304 - Transfer of Minimum Security Inmates to Local Correctional Facilities

    By mutual agreement with a county or counties, the Commissioner of Correction may transfer a minimum security inmate to a local correctional facility operated by the county or counties for participation in community-oriented correctional programs.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 3 - Transfers|Section 9-305 - Transfer of Maximum or Medium Security Inmates to Minimum Security Correctional Facility

    (a)    This section does not apply to the transfer of an inmate that is:        (1)    in accordance with a court order; and        (2)    in connection with a pending judicial proceeding.    (b)    Notwithstanding any other law, an inmate of a maximum or medium security correctional facility in the Division of Correction may not be transferred to a minimum security correctional facility in the Division of Correction or a local correctional facility unless the case management unit of the Division of Correction participates in, evaluates, reviews, and provides final approval for the transfer.    (c)    The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this section.