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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="9-401" title_number="9" title_name="Crimes Against Public Administration" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Harboring, Escape, and Contraband">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Concealment” means hiding, secreting, or keeping out of sight.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Escape” retains its judicially determined meaning.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Fugitive” means an individual for whom a felony arrest warrant has been issued and is outstanding.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Harbor” includes offering a fugitive or escaped incarcerated individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>concealment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>lodging;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>care after concealment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>obstruction of an effort of an authority to arrest the fugitive or escaped incarcerated individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Harbor” does not include failing to reveal the whereabouts of a fugitive or an escaped incarcerated individual by a person who did not participate in the effort of the fugitive or escaped incarcerated individual to elude arrest.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Hardware secure facility” means a facility that is securely locked or fenced to prevent escape.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Place of confinement” means:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a correctional facility;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a facility of the Maryland Department of Health; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any other facility in which a person is confined under color of law.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Place of confinement” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a detention center for juveniles;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a facility for juveniles listed in § 9–226(b) of the Human Services Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a place identified in a juvenile community detention order; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a privately operated, hardware secure facility for juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Services.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
