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MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-519 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-519 - Inmate Labor for State Projects

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, at the request of another unit of State government, the Division of Correction may provide inmates for labor on State work projects if the Division of Correction considers the placement expedient and proper.    (b)    The Division of Correction may provide inmates for a work project only if the unit of State government that requests the inmates agrees to the terms and conditions that the Division of Correction specifies.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-520 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 5 - Inmate Work Force|Section 9-520 - Inmates Assigned to Department of State Police

    (a)    After reaching an agreement with the Department of State Police regarding the custody, supervision, transportation, and subsistence of inmates, the Division of Correction or the managing official of a local correctional facility may assign inmates who have been sentenced to imprisonment to perform labor or provide services in and about the facilities of the Department of State Police.    (b)    An inmate who escapes while assigned to perform labor or provide services under this section is guilty of escape under § 9-404 of the Criminal Law Article.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-602 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-602 - Sick Inmates

    (a)    Whenever the Division of Correction determines that an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division is ill and the facilities of the correctional facility are inadequate to provide treatment for the illness, the Division may direct the managing official of the correctional facility to order the temporary removal of the inmate from the correctional facility to a facility in the State in which the inmate may receive adequate treatment.    (b)    The Division of Correction may direct the temporary removal of an inmate from a correctional facility under subsection (a) of this section for a specified or unspecified time period.    (c)    An order of temporary removal under subsection (a) of this section shall:        (1)    be carried out with correctional officers and under supervision and safeguards as necessary to prevent the escape of the inmate; and        (2)    require the inmate to be returned to a correctional facility in the Division of Correction as soon as the inmate’s health allows.    (d)    During the period of the inmate’s temporary removal under this section, an inmate remains in the custody of the Division of Correction for the purposes of determining:        (1)    the release date of the inmate; and        (2)    diminution of the inmate’s term of confinement in accordance with §§ 3-702 through 3-704 of this article.    (e)    An inmate who escapes while temporarily removed under this section is guilty of escape and subject to the penalties of § 9-404 of the Criminal Law Article.    (f)    (1)    The expenses of an inmate’s accommodation, maintenance, and medical care incurred as a result of the inmate’s temporary removal under this section shall be paid:            (i)    by the inmate;            (ii)    by relatives or friends of the inmate; or            (iii)    from any available fund that may be used to pay the hospital expenses of an inmate in the correctional facility.        (2)    If money is not available under any of the sources identified in paragraph (1) of this subsection to pay the specified expenses:            (i)    the county from which the inmate was committed shall be billed for payment of the expenses; and            (ii)    the managing official of the correctional facility to which the inmate was committed shall collect payment in accordance with Title 16 of the Health - General Article.    (g)    The temporary removal of an inmate from a correctional facility under this section is subject to any regulations adopted by the Division of Correction regarding correctional officers, supervision, and terms of temporary removal.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-602.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-602.1 - Investigation of Death of Inmate

    The Department of State Police shall investigate any death of an inmate suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the inmate is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facility.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-603.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-603.1 - Medication-Assisted Treatment Program

    // EFFECTIVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 PER CHAPTER 532 OF 2019 //    (a)    Beginning January 1, 2020, the Department shall establish a medication–assisted treatment program that utilizes at least one formulation of each FDA–approved full opioid agonist, partial opioid agonist, and long–acting opioid antagonists used for the treatment of opioid use disorders in the Baltimore Pre–trial Complex.    (b)    Funding for the program shall be as provided in the State budget.    (c)    The Department shall, in consultation with its head of medical treatment services, determine whether the program is capable of being administered in existing structures of the Baltimore Pre–trial Complex.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-604 - Payment of Burial and Funeral Expenses of Indigent Inmates

    (a)    Subject to subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the State shall pay the funeral and burial expenses of an indigent inmate who dies while in the custody of a State correctional facility.    (b)    The State shall pay the same amount for the funeral and burial expenses of an indigent inmate as the Department of Human Services pays under § 5–415 of the Human Services Article.    (c)    To be eligible to receive the benefit under this section, the family of an indigent inmate must be known or registered with the Department of Human Services.    (d)    If the body of an indigent inmate is not claimed within 48 hours after death, the State Anatomy Board shall take control of the body for final disposition in accordance with § 5–406 of the Health – General Article.    (e)    The Commissioner of Correction, the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services, and the Director of the Patuxent Institution shall adopt regulations establishing procedures to carry out this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-605 - Liability of Estate of Inmate for Damages and Expenses

    (a)    The estate of an individual who is sentenced to imprisonment in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction or is to be executed is liable:        (1)    first, for payment of reparation to each person injured by the individual; and        (2)    second, for expenses incurred by the State to apprehend, prosecute, convict, and remove the individual.    (b)    To determine the amount of liability under subsection (a) of this section, the court in which the individual is convicted shall direct its clerk to certify to the managing official of the correctional facility the amount of reparation determined by the court and the costs incurred by the State in the prosecution and conviction of the individual.    (c)    The managing official shall maintain a record of the liability of the estate of the individual as certified by the clerk under subsection (b) of this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-606 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-606 - Medical Treatment for Juvenile Inmates

    (a)    This section applies to local correctional facilities and correctional facilities in the Division of Correction.    (b)    On the recommendation of a health care provider, the managing official of a correctional facility or the managing official’s designee may authorize medical treatment of a juvenile inmate if:        (1)    in the judgment of the managing official or designee, the treatment is necessary; and        (2)    a parent, guardian, or person in loco parentis of the juvenile is not available on a timely basis to give the authorization.    (c)    A managing official or designee may not be held liable for authorizing medically necessary treatment in good faith.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-607 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-607 - Investigation of State Correctional Facilities by Grand Juries

    At least once each year, the circuit court of each county shall charge its grand jury to:         (1)    inquire into the operation and management of each State correctional facility located in the county; and        (2)    present a report of all offenses and omissions of any individual in or that relate to a State correctional facility.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-608 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-608 - Visitation of Local Correctional Facilities by Grand Juries

    At least once each year, the grand jury in each county shall:         (1)    visit each local correctional facility in the county;        (2)    inquire into the condition of the correctional facility, the manner in which it is maintained, and the treatment of inmates; and        (3)    report its findings to the circuit court of the county.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-609 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-609 - Release Date; Saturday, Sunday or Holiday

    (a)    Whenever a date of release from confinement in a State correctional facility is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the inmate shall be released on the first preceding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.    (b)    The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations:        (1)    establishing a release plan for inmates upon release from confinement in a State correctional facility to help identify resources to assist inmates following release, including the provision of transportation from the facility for an inmate upon release; and        (2)    implementing the provisions of § 9–609.1 of this subtitle concerning issuance of an identification card to inmates on release from confinement in a State correctional facility.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-609.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-609.1 - Identification Cards for Released Inmates

    (a)    The Commissioner of Correction shall issue an identification card to an inmate before release from confinement in a State correctional facility.    (b)    The identification card issued under subsection (a) of this section shall meet the requirements for secondary identification for the purpose of an identification card issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration under § 12–301 of the Transportation Article.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-610 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-610 - Construction of Penalty Provision

    If a provision of the Code imposes a penalty of 3 months of imprisonment, the period of 3 months shall be calculated to be 90 calendar days.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-611 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-611 - Copy of the Warrant or Detainer

    (a)    An individual who is committed or detained, or another individual on that individual’s behalf, may demand a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer.    (b)    If an officer or other individual neglects or refuses to deliver a true copy of the warrant of commitment or detainer, if there is one, within 6 hours after the copy has been demanded, the officer or other individual shall forfeit $500 to the individual who is committed or detained.    (c)    The right of action to recover the forfeiture provided under this section or § 2-305 of the Courts Article survives the death of either party.    (d)    The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not apply to the officials and employees of the Division of Correction and the Patuxent Institution.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-612 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-612 - Medication for Mental Illness

    (a)    The Department or the managing official of a local correctional facility shall provide an inmate who has been sentenced to a term of incarceration in the Division of Correction or a term of at least 60 days in a local correctional facility and who has been diagnosed with a mental illness with access to a 30–day supply of medication for the mental illness on the release of the inmate.    (b)    Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to pretrial inmates.    (c)    Part of the 30–day supply of medication provided under subsection (a) of this section may be provided by prescription if the inmate is provided sufficient medication on release that enables the inmate to remain medication–compliant until additional medication becomes available from filling the prescription.    (d)    This section shall apply only if a treating physician determines that:        (1)    the released inmate’s possession of medication in the quantity prescribed is in the best interest of the inmate; and        (2)    possession of the prescribed medication will not constitute a danger to the released inmate.    (e)    The Department, an employee of the Department, a local correctional facility, an employee of a local correctional facility, or an agent of the Department or local correctional facility, including a physician or corporate entity providing medical services to inmates on behalf of the Department or local correctional facility, may not be held liable under this section for issuing medication or a prescription for medication to an inmate on the inmate’s release notwithstanding that the released inmate:        (1)    is no longer under the care or supervision of the prescribing physician; and        (2)    may be without medical supervision for the period during which the medication has been administered.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-613 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-613 - Counseling and Referral of Inmates With Hepatitis C

    (a)    On or before July 1, 2010, the Department, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Maryland Department of Health, shall develop a process to refer an inmate who has been diagnosed with hepatitis C to the Department of Human Services or the Maryland Department of Health for enrollment in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program or the Primary Adult Care Program on release of the inmate.    (b)    The Department shall provide counseling to inmates with hepatitis C on the management of hepatitis C and methods to reduce the transmission of hepatitis C.    (c)    The Department, in collaboration with the Department of Human Services and the Maryland Department of Health, shall develop regulations to implement subsection (a) of this section.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-614 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-614 - Restrictive Housing Reports

    (a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.        (2)    “Correctional unit” has the meaning stated in § 2–401 of this article.        (3)    (i)    “Restrictive housing” means a form of physical separation that has not been requested by the inmate in which the inmate is placed in a locked room or cell for approximately 22 hours or more out of a 24–hour period.            (ii)    “Restrictive housing” includes administrative segregation and disciplinary segregation.    (b)    (1)    On or before December 31 each year, each correctional unit shall submit data to the Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services showing, by correctional unit:            (i)    the total population of the correctional unit;            (ii)    the number of inmates who have been placed in restrictive housing during the preceding year by age, race, gender, classification of housing, and the basis for the inmate’s placement in restrictive housing;            (iii)    the number of inmates with serious mental illness that were placed in restrictive housing during the preceding year;            (iv)    the definition of “serious mental illness” used by the correctional unit in making the report;            (v)    the number of inmates known to be pregnant when placed in restrictive housing during the preceding year;            (vi)    the average and median lengths of stay in restrictive housing of the inmates placed in restrictive housing during the preceding year;            (vii)    the number of incidents of death, self–harm, and attempts at self–harm by inmates in restrictive housing during the preceding year;            (viii)    the number of inmates released from restrictive housing directly into the community during the preceding year;            (ix)    any other data the correctional unit considers relevant to the use of restrictive housing by correctional facilities in the State; and            (x)    any changes to written policies or procedures at each correctional unit relating to the use and conditions of restrictive housing, including steps to reduce reliance on restrictive housing.        (2)    The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services shall make the information submitted in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection available on its website and, when the information has been received from every correctional unit in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection, promptly submit the information in a report to the General Assembly, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-614.1 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-614.1 - Placing Minor in Restrictive Housing

    (a)    In this section, “restrictive housing” has the meaning stated in § 9–614 of this subtitle.    (b)    This section applies to a facility operated by a correctional unit, as defined in § 2–401 of this article.    (c)    A minor may not be placed in restrictive housing unless the managing official of the facility finds by clear and convincing evidence that there is an immediate and substantial risk:        (1)    of physical harm to the minor, other inmates, or staff; or        (2)    to the security of the facility.    (d)    A minor placed in restrictive housing shall be provided:        (1)    daily physical and mental health assessments to determine whether the minor may be released from restrictive housing;        (2)    the same standard of access that is provided to inmates not in restrictive housing to:            (i)    phone calls;            (ii)    visits;            (iii)    mail;            (iv)    food;            (v)    water;            (vi)    showers;            (vii)    sanitary supplies;            (viii)    property, including clothing and bedding; and            (ix)    medical, mental, and dental health care; and        (3)    unless it would pose a risk of physical harm to the minor or another, maximized access to recreation, education, and programming.    (e)    If a privilege or condition described in subsection (d) of this section is not provided to the minor, the managing official or the managing official’s designee shall record the reason in the minor’s file.
MD. Correctional Services Code Ann. §  9-615 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Correctional Services|Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Inmates|Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous|Section 9-615 - Management of Inmate Earnings

    (a)    This section applies to an inmate in a State or local correctional facility.    (b)    The Department shall collect an inmate’s earnings.    (c)    From an inmate’s earnings, the Department shall:        (1)    if required by law, reimburse the county or State for the cost of providing food, lodging, and clothing to the inmate;        (2)    pay court ordered payments for support of dependents;        (3)    pay court ordered payments for restitution; and        (4)    pay compensation for victims of crime in accordance with subsection (d) of this section.    (d)    (1)    Of the earnings of an inmate in the Private Sector/Prison Industry Enhancement Certification Program of the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Department shall withhold 20% for compensation for victims of crime, in accordance with the requirements of the Program.        (2)    (i)    This paragraph applies to an inmate who is subject to an unsatisfied judgment of restitution.            (ii)    If an inmate has earnings that are not covered under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall withhold 25% for compensation for victims of crime until the judgment is satisfied.        (3)    (i)    If a court in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding has ordered the inmate to pay restitution, the Department shall forward the money withheld under paragraph (1) of this subsection to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established under § 11–819 of the Criminal Procedure Article.            (ii)    The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board shall distribute from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund any amount received under this paragraph to the person or governmental unit specified in the judgment of restitution to pay the restitution as required under § 11–607(b)(2) of the Criminal Procedure Article.        (4)    If the inmate is not subject to a judgment of restitution or the judgment of restitution is satisfied, of the money withheld under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Department shall pay:            (i)    50% into the Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund established under § 11–819 of the Criminal Procedure Article; and            (ii)    50% into the State Victims of Crime Fund established under § 11–916 of the Criminal Procedure Article.    (e)    The Department shall:        (1)    credit to the inmate’s account any balance that remains after paying the items in subsection (c)(1) through (4) of this section; and        (2)    pay the balance in the inmate’s account to the inmate within 15 days after the inmate is released.