# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 10. State Correctional Facilities

### Subtitle 1. Construction of Facilities

#### Section 10-102

(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.

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Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)