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2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual Work Force › Section 9-515 - Employment of Incarcerated Individuals 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual Work Force › Section 9-516 - Employment of Incarcerated Individuals 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual Work Force › Section 9-517 - Maintenance of Parks and Public Areas by Incarcerated Individuals -- 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual Work Force › Section 9-519 - Incarcerated Individual 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 5 - Incarcerated Individual Work Force › Section 9-520 - Incarcerated Individuals 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-602 - Sick Incarcerated Individuals

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-602.1 - Investigation of Death of Incarcerated Individual

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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-604 - Payment of Burial and Funeral Expenses of Indigent Incarcerated Individuals

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-606 - Medical Treatment for Juvenile Incarcerated Individuals

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-609.1 - Identification Cards for Released Incarcerated Individuals

(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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-613 - Counseling and Referral of Incarcerated Individuals 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-614.2 - Restrictive Housing -- Direct Release of Incarcerated Individual to Community

(a)    In this section, “restrictive housing” has the meaning stated in § 9–614 of this subtitle.
(b)    To the extent possible, the Commissioner of Correction may not prohibit an inmate placed in restrictive housing from having access to a reentry specialist or case manager within 180 days before the direct release of the inmate from a correctional facility to the community.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-615 - Management of Incarcerated Individual 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.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-616 - Menstrual Hygiene Products for Female Incarcerated Individuals

(a)    (1)    In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2)    “Commission” means the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards.
(3)    “Menstrual hygiene products” includes tampons and sanitary napkins for use in connection with the menstrual cycle.
(b)    This section applies to local correctional facilities and correctional facilities in the Division of Correction.
(c)    (1)    Each correctional facility shall have a written policy and procedure in place requiring menstrual hygiene products to be provided at no cost to a female inmate on:
(i)    admission to the facility;
(ii)    a routine basis; and
(iii)    request.
(2)    The managing official of a correctional facility shall ensure that the facility has a sufficient supply of menstrual hygiene products available to meet the needs of the inmate population at all times.
(d)    The Commission shall establish standards regarding the proper disposal of menstrual hygiene products.
(e)    Each correctional facility shall maintain records on the provision and availability of menstrual hygiene products to inmates.
(f)    The Commission shall review each correctional facility’s policy and records relating to menstrual hygiene products during regular inspections.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 9 - State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals › Subtitle 6 - Miscellaneous › Section 9-617 - Identification Cards for Incarcerated Individuals

Each local correctional facility shall develop and implement a policy for assisting inmates to obtain identification cards issued by the Motor Vehicle Administration under § 12–301 of the Transportation Article either before or after release from confinement.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities › Section 10-101 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Board” means the Board of Public Works.
(c)    “State correctional facility” has the meaning stated in § 11–101(w) of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities › Section 10-102 - Architectural and Engineering Issues

(a)    The Department shall:
(1)    advise the Board in connection with each engineering question or matter concerning construction of a State correctional facility;
(2)    supervise each engineering question or matter concerning the design or construction of a State correctional facility;
(3)    subject to subsection (b) of this section, approve each architectural and engineering design and service in connection with the construction of a State correctional facility; and
(4)    examine and approve or disapprove each design, plan, and specification prepared in connection with the preparation or execution of a contract for construction of a State correctional facility.
(b)    Architectural and engineering services shall be procured as provided under Title 13, Subtitle 3 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities › Section 10-104 - Departmental Inspections

(a)    The Department shall:
(1)    inspect and approve or disapprove the material, equipment, and methods used to construct a State correctional facility; and
(2)    inspect the State correctional facility during the course of construction.
(b)    The duty of the Department under this section does not relieve an architect or engineer of a supervisory responsibility for which the architect or engineer is employed.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities › Section 10-105 - Bids

The Department shall:
(1)    represent the Board at the opening of bids for contracts related to construction of a State correctional facility;
(2)    tabulate and record the bids; and
(3)    advise the Board on the bids.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities › Section 10-106 - Secretary -- Powers and Duties

Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 4-310 through 4-315 of the State Finance and Procurement Article:
(1)    the purchase of all supplies, materials, and equipment for construction of a State correctional facility is subject to the approval of the Secretary;
(2)    payment of an invoice for supplies, materials, or equipment that the Department purchases for construction of a State correctional facility may not occur until the Secretary or the Secretary’s designee approves the invoice; and
(3)    the Secretary shall set standards that are consistent with the provisions of Division II of the State Finance and Procurement Article for the purchase of supplies, materials, and equipment by the Department for the construction of a State correctional facility.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 1 - Construction of Facilities › Section 10-107 - Jessup Area -- Limitation on Construction of State Correctional Facilities

(a)    (1)    The Board may not approve a contract to construct or renovate a State correctional facility for the Department, if the construction or renovation will provide more than 3,400 beds in the Jessup area of Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
(2)    The total number of beds shall be computed as follows:
(i)    Jessup Pre–Release Unit (including new drug unit)     184;
(ii)    Patuxent Institution    640;
(iii)    Maryland Correctional Institution for Women    249;
(iv)    Brockbridge Correctional Facility    515;
(v)    House of Correction, for renovation or replacements (512+500+400+400)     1,812; and
(vi)    Total    3,400.
(b)    The limitation established under this section does not apply to a community adult rehabilitation center.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office › Section 10-203 - Executive Director and Employees

(a)    (1)    With the approval of the Governor, the Secretary shall appoint an Executive Director of the Office.
(2)    The Executive Director serves at the pleasure of the Secretary.
(3)    The Executive Director is entitled to the compensation provided in the State budget.
(b)    In accordance with the State budget, the Secretary may provide the Office with the administrative, secretarial, and clerical employees necessary for the efficient administration of the powers and duties of the Office.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office › Section 10-206 - Submission of Complaint to Inmate Grievance Office

(a)    Subject to subsection (b) of this section, if an individual confined in a correctional facility in the Division of Correction, otherwise in the custody of the Commissioner of Correction, or confined in the Patuxent Institution has a grievance against an official or employee of the Division of Correction or the Patuxent Institution, the individual may submit a complaint to the Office within the time and in the manner required by regulations adopted by the Office.
(b)    If the Division of Correction or the Patuxent Institution has a grievance procedure applicable to the particular grievance of an individual described in subsection (a) of this section and the Office considers the procedure to be reasonable and fair, the Office, by regulation, may require that the procedure be exhausted before submission of a complaint to the Office.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office › Section 10-207 - Preliminary Review

(a)    The Executive Director or the Director’s designee shall conduct a preliminary review of each complaint submitted to the Office.
(b)    (1)    After preliminary review, if the complaint is determined to be wholly lacking in merit on its face, the Executive Director or the Director’s designee may dismiss the complaint without a hearing or specific findings of fact.
(2)    (i)    The order of dismissal shall be forwarded to the complainant within 60 days after the complaint was submitted to the Office.
(ii)    The order of dismissal constitutes the final decision of the Secretary for purposes of judicial review.
(c)    (1)    After preliminary review, if the complaint is not found to be wholly lacking in merit on its face, the Office shall refer the complaint to the Office of Administrative Hearings.
(2)    The Office of Administrative Hearings shall hold a hearing on the complaint as promptly as practicable.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office › Section 10-208 - Hearing

(a)    The Office of Administrative Hearings may conduct hearings under this subtitle at correctional facilities in the Division of Correction or at the Patuxent Institution.
(b)    With the approval of the Secretary, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall have access to documentary evidence of any person or facility that is the subject of an investigation or proceeding under this subtitle:
(1)    at all reasonable times; and
(2)    for the purpose of examining and copying the evidence.
(c)    (1)    The Office of Administrative Hearings may issue subpoenas requiring:
(i)    the attendance and testimony of witnesses; and
(ii)    the production of documentary evidence relating to any matter under investigation.
(2)    The administrative law judge presiding at a hearing may administer oaths.
(3)    A record of the testimony presented at the hearing shall be kept in accordance with regulations adopted by the Office of Administrative Hearings.
(d)    (1)    The complainant has the right to appear before the Office of Administrative Hearings and to be represented by an attorney of the complainant’s choice at the complainant’s expense.
(2)    (i)    The complainant shall have the opportunity to call a reasonable number of witnesses depending on the circumstances and the nature of the complaint, subject to the discretion of the Office of Administrative Hearings and the Inmate Grievance Office as to the relevance of the testimony and questions and the number of witnesses sought to be called.
(ii)    The complainant shall have a reasonable opportunity to question any witness who testifies before the Office of Administrative Hearings.
(3)    The rights of the complainant under this subsection may not be unreasonably withheld or restricted by the Office of Administrative Hearings or the Inmate Grievance Office.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office › Section 10-209 - Disposition; Review by Secretary

(a)    (1)    Promptly after the hearing on a complaint, the Office of Administrative Hearings shall issue a decision in the form of an order.
(2)    The order shall include a statement of the findings of fact, the conclusions of law, and the disposition of the complaint under subsection (b) of this section.
(b)    (1)    (i)    If the Office of Administrative Hearings dismisses the complaint as wholly lacking in merit, it promptly shall forward an order of dismissal to the complainant.
(ii)    The order of dismissal constitutes the final decision of the Secretary for purposes of judicial review.
(2)    If the Office of Administrative Hearings concludes that the complaint is wholly or partly meritorious, it promptly shall forward a proposed order to the Secretary.
(c)    (1)    Within 15 days after receiving a proposed order under subsection (b)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall issue an order affirming, reversing, or modifying the order of the Office of Administrative Hearings, or remanding the complaint to the Office of Administrative Hearings for further proceedings.
(2)    The Secretary may take any action the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the findings of the Office of Administrative Hearings, including ordering the appropriate official to accept as a whole or in part the recommendation of the Office of Administrative Hearings.
(3)    (i)    The Secretary’s order shall be forwarded promptly to the complainant.
(ii)    Unless the complaint is remanded, the Secretary’s order constitutes the final decision for purposes of judicial review.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 2 - Inmate Grievance Office › Section 10-210 - Judicial Review

(a)    A court may not consider an individual’s grievance that is within the jurisdiction of the Office or the Office of Administrative Hearings unless the individual has exhausted the remedies provided in this subtitle.
(b)    (1)    The complainant is entitled to judicial review of the final decision of the Secretary under § 10-207(b)(2)(ii) or § 10-209(b)(1)(ii) or (c)(3)(ii) of this subtitle.
(2)    Proceedings for review shall be instituted in the circuit court of the county in which the complainant is confined.
(3)    Review by the court shall be limited to:
(i)    a review of the record of the proceedings before the Office and the Office of Administrative Hearings and any order issued by the Secretary following those proceedings; and
(ii)    a determination of whether the complainant’s rights under federal or State law were violated.
(c)    (1)    The Administrative Procedure Act does not apply to appellate review of a final judgment of the circuit court under this section.
(2)    A party aggrieved by the decision of the circuit court may file an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Special Appeals in accordance with the Maryland Rules.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 3 - Sundry Claims Board › Section 10-301 - Definitions

(a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b)    “Board” means the Sundry Claims Board.
(c)    “Permanent partial disability” has the same meaning given under Title 9, Subtitle 6, Part IV of the Labor and Employment Article.
(d)    “Permanent total disability” has the same meaning given under Title 9, Subtitle 6, Part V of the Labor and Employment Article.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 3 - Sundry Claims Board › Section 10-303 - Membership and Expenses

(a)    The Board consists of the following three members:
(1)    the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services, or the Secretary’s representative;
(2)    the Secretary of Budget and Management, or the Secretary’s representative; and
(3)    the Comptroller, or the Comptroller’s representative.
(b)    The Governor shall designate one member of the Board as chairperson and another member as secretary of the Board.
(c)    The chairperson may call a meeting of the Board.
(d)    Each member of the Board is entitled to reimbursement of expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 3 - Sundry Claims Board › Section 10-304 - Administration of Benefits

The Board shall administer benefits as provided under this subtitle to an individual who, while an inmate in the Patuxent Institution, the Baltimore City Detention Center, or a correctional facility in the Division of Correction:
(1)    was engaged in work for which wages or a stipulated sum of money was paid by a correctional facility; and
(2)    sustained a permanent partial disability or permanent total disability:
(i)    as a result of a personal injury arising out of and in the course of work for which wages or a stipulated sum of money was paid by a correctional facility; and
(ii)    that incapacitated the individual or materially reduced the individual’s earning power in that type of work.
2023 Maryland Statutes › Correctional Services › Title 10 - State Correctional Facilities › Subtitle 3 - Sundry Claims Board › Section 10-305 - Filing a Claim

(a)    (1)    An injured inmate may file a claim for compensation against the State under this subtitle with the Board.
(2)    The Board may receive original papers representing a claim even if the State has not appropriated money to pay the claim.
(b)    An injured inmate shall file a claim with the Board by the later of:
(1)    12 months after being released from the correctional facility; or
(2)    24 months after the date of injury.
(c)    The Board shall file and properly designate each claim by number, short title, or both.