<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-101" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <text>Except as provided in § 11-102.1 of this subtitle, this subtitle does not apply to Baltimore City.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-102" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>The governing body of one or more counties may establish and maintain a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The governing bodies of two or more counties may enter into a written agreement with each other as to allocation of responsibility, construction, operation, maintenance, and appointment of personnel in connection with a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The State may be a party to an agreement under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-102.1" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <text>A municipal corporation or Baltimore City may not establish a local correctional facility outside its corporate limits unless it has obtained approval from the governing body of the county in which the local correctional facility is proposed to be established.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-103" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>The managing official of a local correctional facility is responsible for the safekeeping and care of each incarcerated individual or other individual detained in or sentenced to the local correctional facility from the time the incarcerated individual or individual is lawfully detained in or committed to the local correctional facility until discharged, released, or withdrawn under a court order or other lawful authority.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except when an incarcerated individual or other individual is lawfully assigned to a local correctional facility operated by more than one county, this section does not affect the powers and duties of the sheriff of a county with respect to the safekeeping and custody of an incarcerated individual or other individual.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-104" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies except as provided in § 11-105 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>If a county or counties determine to construct or maintain a local correctional facility, the county or counties may apply to the Secretary for financial assistance for the construction or enlargement of the local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The applicant shall provide information in the form required by the Secretary, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the program and plans for construction; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the rehabilitation and training programs to be instituted.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the Secretary approves a construction plan under this section, the State shall pay the same share as that provided for jail construction or rehabilitation.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary may receive a grant of funds from the federal government or any other public or private foundation or agency for the purposes designated in this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a county that maintains, operates, or participates in a local correctional facility provides for improvements to the local correctional facility that are required as the result of the adoption of mandatory or approved standards, the Board of Public Works shall make provision for the State to pay 50% of the costs of the construction or improvements.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The plans and costs for construction or improvements under this section shall be subject to approval by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Secretary;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Division of Correction;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the Department of General Services; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the Department of Budget and Management.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-105" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>If the Secretary determines that the anticipated confinement of incarcerated individuals who are serving sentences of more than 6 months but not exceeding 12 months in a county’s local correctional facility would exceed the capacity of the local correctional facility, a county may apply to the Secretary for financial assistance for the construction of a new or enlarged existing local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>For the purpose of anticipating incarcerated individual confinement under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary annually shall review and study each county’s local correctional facility population in conjunction with data relevant to patterns of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>sentencing;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>geographic distribution of incarcerated individuals; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the rates of growth in the number of incarcerated individuals sentenced to more than 6 months but not exceeding 12 months as compared to the number similarly sentenced before January 1, 1988.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the State budget appropriation process and in accordance with this section, if a county applies for financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section and a county’s construction plan is approved by the Secretary under this section, the State shall pay 100% of the approved costs of acquisition, construction, architectural and engineering services, and capital equipment for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a new local correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>enlargement of an existing local correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a county’s construction plan is disapproved by the Secretary, the county may appeal to the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to the State budget appropriation process, if a county applies for financial assistance under subsection (a) of this section and the Board of Public Works approves the construction plan, the State shall pay 100% of the approved costs of acquisition, construction, architectural and engineering services, and capital equipment for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a new local correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>enlargement of an existing local correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The plans and costs for construction or enlargement of a local correctional facility by a county under this section are subject to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the procedures followed by State units for requested capital projects; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>approval by the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-106" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <level label="a"> <text>On approving local correctional facility plans that require State financial assistance, the Secretary shall enter into a written contract with the county or counties involved setting forth the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of all parties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The contract may provide for the housing and rehabilitation in a local correctional facility of incarcerated individuals sentenced to State correctional facilities under conditions agreed on by all parties.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary may not approve a contract unless the contract provides:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for a periodic review of the facilities and rehabilitation and training programs of the local correctional facility by the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>that the local correctional facility is in substantial compliance with the minimum mandatory standards described in § 8–103(a) of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>In the absence of any contract, court order, or consent decree, incarcerated individuals sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction may not be housed in a local correctional facility for more than 30 days while awaiting transfer to the Division of Correction.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-107" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Establishment of Local Correctional Facilities"> <text>An agreement, contract, or other instrument approved by the Secretary shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Public Works before final execution.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-201" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The sheriff of a county shall keep safely each individual committed by lawful authority to the custody of the sheriff until the individual is discharged by due course of law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The sheriff shall receive and keep safely in a local correctional facility each individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under authority of the United States until the individual is discharged by due course of law.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>An individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under the authority of the United States shall be kept in the same manner and be subject to the same penalties as an individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under the authority of the State.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>For keeping and supporting an individual committed to the custody of the sheriff under the authority of the United States, a sheriff is entitled to receive 30 cents per day to be paid by the United States.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>In a county that has adopted a charter under Article XI–A of the Maryland Constitution, the county council, by resolution or law, may provide for the appointment of a qualified individual as managing official of the local correctional facility and for qualified assistants necessary to perform the duties of that office.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A managing official is responsible for the safekeeping, care, and feeding of incarcerated individuals in the custody of a local correctional facility, including an incarcerated individual who is working on the public highways or going to and from that work, until the incarcerated individual is discharged, released, or withdrawn from the local correctional facility by due course of law.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Except as specifically provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, this subsection does not affect the powers and duties of the sheriff of a county relating to custody and safekeeping of incarcerated individuals.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The County Council of Anne Arundel County, by resolution or law, may provide for the custody, safekeeping, and transportation of incarcerated individuals by certified law enforcement officers other than the Sheriff.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The County Commissioners of Kent County, by resolution or law, may provide for the custody, safekeeping, and transportation of incarcerated individuals by corrections officers or law enforcement officers other than the Sheriff.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The County Council of Baltimore County, by resolution or law, may require that the Sheriff of Baltimore County operate and administer the Baltimore County Jail.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The County Commissioners of Queen Anne’s County, by resolution or law, may authorize the Warden of the County Detention Center to continue the management of the County Detention Center.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-202" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, when an individual is convicted in any court of the State and sentenced to imprisonment in the Division of Correction, the sheriff of the county in which the court is located shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>remove the individual from the court as soon as possible; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>deliver the individual to the Division of Correction at the expense of the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The County Council of Anne Arundel County, by resolution or law, may provide that a certified law enforcement officer other than the Sheriff shall remove an individual from court after conviction.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A sheriff who does not comply with subsection (a) of this section shall forfeit $1,000.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-203" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The managing official of a local correctional facility shall provide to an incarcerated individual in the custody of the managing official:</text> <level label="i"> <text>food and board; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any article of comfort that is considered necessary for a sick incarcerated individual by the physician attending the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Except as provided in §§ 11–204 and 11–205 of this subtitle and subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, the county shall pay the costs associated with food, board, and articles of comfort provided to incarcerated individuals under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An incarcerated individual in a local correctional facility who is sick, injured, or disabled shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>reimburse the county, as appropriate, for the payment of medical expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provide the managing official with any information relating to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the existence of any health insurance, group health plan, or prepaid medical care coverage under which the incarcerated individual is insured or covered;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the incarcerated individual’s eligibility for benefits under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the name and address of any third party payor; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>any policy or other identifying number relating to items (i) through (iii) of this item.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>In addition to obtaining any reimbursement authorized under subsection (b) of this section and subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, the governing body of each county shall establish a reasonable fee, not to exceed $4, for each visit by an incarcerated individual in a local correctional facility to an institutional medical unit or noninstitutional physician, dentist, or optometrist.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The per visit fee shall be deducted from an incarcerated individual’s spending financial account, reserve financial account, or similar account held by the managing official on behalf of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the county.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>This subsection does not apply to a visit by an incarcerated individual to a medical unit or a physician, dentist, or optometrist if the visit is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>required as a part of the intake process;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>required for an initial physical examination;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>due to a referral by a nurse or physician’s assistant;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>provided during a follow–up visit that is initiated by a medical professional from the local correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>initiated by a medical or mental health staff member of the local correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>required for necessary treatment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Subsections (b) and (c) of this section do not impose liability for reimbursement or payment of medical expenses on any person other than an incarcerated individual personally or through a person that provides insurance, coverage, or other benefits described under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-204" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals"> <text>A county or managing official is not responsible for payment for services or treatment rendered to an incarcerated individual as a result of admission to a State facility for individuals who have mental disorders as defined in § 10–101(i) of the Health – General Article.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-205" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>“Health care provider” has the meaning stated in § 19–132 of the Health – General Article.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>“Health care provider” does not include a hospital regulated by the Health Services Cost Review Commission.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Health care service” has the meaning stated in § 19–132 of the Health – General Article.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Medicaid rate” means:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the amount a health care provider would be paid for health care services under a contract or provider agreement with the Maryland Medical Assistance Program; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if the health care provider is a federally qualified health center, the amount that a federally qualified health center would be paid by the Maryland Medical Assistance Program using the payment methodology described in 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(bb).</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Liability for payment to a health care provider for any health care service provided to an incarcerated individual committed to a local correctional facility that is not provided on the premises of the facility may not exceed the lesser of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the actual amount billed by the health care provider for the health care service; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Medicaid rate for the health care service.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A county may elect to declare the provisions of this section inapplicable to the county by filing with the county health officer a written declaration by the highest official of the local correctional facility, approved by the chief executive officer of the county.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The highest official of the local correctional facility, with the approval of the chief executive officer of the county, may withdraw at any time an election made under paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-206" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Safety, Health, and Welfare of Incarcerated Individuals"> <level label="a"> <text>If a representation is made to the managing official of a local correctional facility that an incarcerated individual in the custody of the managing official is pregnant, the managing official may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>before the anticipated birth, have the incarcerated individual transferred from the local correctional facility to another facility that provides comfortable accommodations, maintenance, and medical care under supervision and safeguards that the managing official determines necessary to prevent the incarcerated individual’s escape from custody; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>return the incarcerated individual to the local correctional facility as soon after giving birth as the incarcerated individual’s health allows, as determined by the medical professional responsible for the care of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The use of physical restraints on an incarcerated individual during a transfer made under this section shall be in accordance with § 9–601 of this article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-301" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Center” means a community adult rehabilitation center.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Regional center” means a center that serves more than one county.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-302" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle, provisions of this subtitle that apply to a center shall also apply to a regional center.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-303" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <text>The General Assembly finds that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>there is a need for centers for the housing and rehabilitation of individuals who have been convicted of crimes but who, in the judgment of the courts and appropriate correctional personnel, can best be rehabilitated without substantial danger to the community in a local community facility;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the centers should be only one component in the overall correctional system and be utilized only for individuals who can best be rehabilitated in them and who will not present a substantial danger to the community;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>to assure the public that the centers will be safe, the centers should, to the maximum extent practicable, be located and operated by the counties, consistent with statewide standards, and with State financial and technical support; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the State should have the authority to locate, construct, and operate a center only if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>there is a demonstrated need for a center; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the county fails to provide for the location of a center after a reasonable time.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-304" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle does not affect:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the authority granted under Subtitles 1 and 7 of this title; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a work release program established under Subtitles 1 and 7 of this title.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>With the approval of the Secretary, a county may convert a work release program established under Subtitles 1 and 7 of this title into a center that is subject to this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations for the conversion of a work release program into a center.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-305" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>The regulations adopted by the Secretary under § 8-103(a) and (b) of this article shall include minimum State standards for centers.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The minimum State standards for centers shall include criteria and guidelines for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>siting;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>physical characteristics, including design and layout;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>programs and staffing;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>screening procedures for placement;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>accounting, reporting, and accountability; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>general program and management operations.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-306" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>With the assistance and advice of the Commissioner, the Secretary shall evaluate and determine the need, if any, for one or more centers or regional centers in each county or multicounty region of the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In preparing an evaluation of need as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Secretary shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>for a center that serves a single county, consult with the governing body of that county; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for a regional center, consult with the governing body of each county in the region.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A county or the counties in a region may request a completed evaluation of need study from the Secretary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The standard to be used by the Secretary in making a determination of need is whether and to what extent, based on historic data and reasonable projections, there are and will be residents of the county or region convicted of crimes who can best be rehabilitated in community-based facilities without substantial danger to the community.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If the Secretary determines that a center or a regional center is needed, the Secretary shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>for a center that serves a single county, certify the determination of need to the governing body of that county; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for a regional center, certify the determination of need to the governing body of each county in the region.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The determination that is certified by the Secretary as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall include the present and future needs over at least a 10-year period.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-307" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>If the Secretary determines and certifies that there is a present need for a center or regional center, the county or counties in a region shall promptly initiate and pursue appropriate procedures to select a suitable site for the center.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary shall cooperate with and assist the county or counties in a region in the selection of a site that will be consistent with the standards adopted under § 11-305 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Before selecting a site, the governing body of a county in which a site is proposed shall hold at least one public hearing in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, a county may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>acquire a site or facility that is located in the county for use as a center by lease, purchase, condemnation, or other lawful manner; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>construct or renovate a facility on a site acquired by the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A county may not exercise the authority granted under paragraph (1) of this subsection unless the Secretary has determined that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>there is a need for the center;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the proposed site and facility are appropriate; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the facility is or, on completion, will be, consistent with the standards adopted under § 11-305 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Subject to the requirements of and authority granted under subsection (b) of this section, counties may enter into agreements with each other and with the State for the location, acquisition, construction, and renovation of facilities for a regional center.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If a county is divided into councilmanic districts or contains more than one legislative district, the county may provide by ordinance that it will not place more than one center in a councilmanic or legislative district unless there is a center in each councilmanic or legislative district in the county.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if a county or the counties in a region fail to submit to the Secretary a proposed site and plans for a facility on it consistent with the standards adopted under § 11-305 of this subtitle within 18 months after the Secretary has certified the need for a center under § 11-306(c) of this subtitle, the Secretary shall declare the county or counties in default.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For good cause shown, the Secretary may extend the time allowed under paragraph (1) of this subsection for not more than 6 months.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, if the Secretary declares a county or counties in a region in default under subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary shall recommend a site for a center or a regional center to the Board of Public Works.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary may recommend to the Board of Public Works a site for a regional center in lieu of a center that serves a single county.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Secretary shall make a recommendation for a site:</text> <level label="i"> <text>within 6 months of a default; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>after holding a public hearing in the county in which the site is proposed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>If the Board of Public Works approves a site, the State may exercise the authority granted to counties under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <text>A center may not be established or expanded beyond a capacity of 108 beds without the approval of the Secretary and:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for a single county center, the county in which the center is located or is to be located; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for a regional center, the counties in the region.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-310" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>Repealed.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Repealed.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Repealed.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>A county may accept and use federal funds specifically designated to finance programs or staff in excess of the minimum State standards adopted by the Secretary under § 11–305 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>As long as the specifically designated federal funds are used for programs or staff in excess of the minimum State standards, the State subsidy may not be reduced because of the specifically designated federal funds.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-311" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A center that is acquired, constructed, or renovated by a county as authorized under § 11-307(b) of this subtitle shall be operated by the county.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The director, staff, and other employees of the center shall be employees of the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A regional center that is acquired, constructed, or renovated by the counties in a region as authorized under § 11-307(c) of this subtitle shall be operated in accordance with the agreement entered into by the counties.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The director, staff, and other employees of the regional center shall be employees of one or more of the counties as provided in the agreement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A center that is acquired, constructed, or renovated by the State on the default of a county or counties in a region under § 11-307(f) of this subtitle shall be operated by the State.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The director, staff, and other employees of the center shall be employees of the State.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Subject to terms and conditions approved by the Secretary, a county, the counties in a region, or the State may provide for the operation of a center by contract with a nonpublic person.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-312" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>A center shall have a community advisory board.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The county operating the center shall determine the advisory function, composition, and appointment of members of the community advisory board.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The director of the center shall consult with and generally inform the community advisory board periodically concerning incarcerated individuals in the center.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-313" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>If a center is operated by a county in accordance with § 11-311(a) of this subtitle and the county is a charter county, the director and any assistant director shall be appointed and removed by the chief executive officer of the county government with the advice of the community advisory board and the advice and consent of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, if a center is operated by a county in accordance with § 11-311(a) of this subtitle and the county is not a charter county subject to Article XI-A of the Maryland Constitution, the director and any assistant director shall be appointed and removed by the county commissioners with the advice of the community advisory board and the advice and consent of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If a center is a regional center operated by agreement of the counties in the region in accordance with § 11-311(b) of this subtitle, the director and any assistant director shall be appointed and removed by the officials of the county governments in accordance with the regional agreement and with the advice of the community advisory board and the advice and consent of the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>If a center is operated by the State in accordance with § 11-311(c) of this subtitle, the director and any assistant director shall be appointed and removed by the Commissioner with the advice of the community advisory board.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If a center is operated by Cecil County:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the Sheriff shall appoint a center director;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the director serves at the pleasure of the Sheriff; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Sheriff may remove the director at any time with or without cause.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-314" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <text>Subject to applicable budgetary rules, regulations, and procedures and any applicable regional agreement, the State, a county, or a body created in accordance with a regional agreement may enter into contracts and take other appropriate actions necessary or desirable to carry out this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-315" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A center shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>have a properly monitored work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>make arrangements for appropriate counseling, educational, and rehabilitative programs and services.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A center may arrange for counseling, educational, and rehabilitative programs and services by a purchase of service agreement or contract with a person or governmental unit.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>To the extent practicable, a center shall utilize appropriate programs and services that exist in the community.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>A center may establish, direct, and implement a prerelease program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The recreational, educational, vocational, and other facilities of a center may be made available for use by the community.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-316" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Commissioner may place an incarcerated individual in a center if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is a resident of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the county in which the center is located; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for a regional center, one of the counties in the region;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has:</text> <level label="i"> <text>less than 6 months remaining on a sentence;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>less than 6 months remaining until a determined parole date; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a sentence of 3 years or less; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>has been screened by a center staff member and approved by the center director as provided under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A center staff member shall screen an incarcerated individual for placement in a center.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>After a review of the screening data, the center director may approve a placement based on screening standards that are established by the community advisory board, the center director, and the Commissioner.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The screening standards shall include a presentence investigation report if available and a complete record of previous convictions.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>This subsection applies only to Cecil County.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Commissioner may place an incarcerated individual in a center operated by Cecil County if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has been committed by the court to the custody of the Commissioner;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is a legal resident of Cecil County;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>has:</text> <level label="1"> <text>less than 6 months remaining on a sentence;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>less than 6 months remaining until a determined parole date; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a sentence of 3 years or less; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>has been screened by a center staff member and approved by the center director in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may recommend that an incarcerated individual be placed in a center.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-317" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to incarcerated individuals transferred to a center or regional center from a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A center director may recommend to the court that an incarcerated individual in a local correctional facility be placed in a center based on locally established procedures.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a center director makes a recommendation as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the judge ordering the confinement, or, if that judge is unable to act, another judge of the court that committed the incarcerated individual may approve the placement of the incarcerated individual in a center.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The center director may make a recommendation to a court that an incarcerated individual in a center be released from custody.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The recommendation shall be based on a report of the incarcerated individual’s performance in the center.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If a center director recommends the release of an incarcerated individual, the judge who ordered the confinement, or if that judge is unable to act, another judge of the court that committed the incarcerated individual may order the release of the incarcerated individual from custody.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to § 11–318 of this subtitle, the center director may revoke the participation of an incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>If the remaining term of confinement of the incarcerated individual exceeds 12 months, the court that committed the incarcerated individual may designate the Division of Correction as the agency of custody.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The decision of the judge shall be based on a report of the center director to the judge that shows cause for revocation.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-318" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>The center director shall establish the terms and conditions of the center with the advice of the community advisory board.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The center director may revoke the participation of an incarcerated individual in a center if the incarcerated individual violates the terms or conditions of the center.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-319" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In accordance with guidelines developed under paragraph (2) of this subsection, the center director or the director’s designee may grant an incarcerated individual the privilege of leaving the confines of a center for the following purposes:</text> <level label="i"> <text>employment or seeking employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>educational programs;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>vocational training;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>community and civic activities;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>volunteer work;</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>athletic competition;</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>personal or family visits; or</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>other similar rehabilitative activities.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The guidelines for leave shall be developed by the county or counties that operate the center, reviewed by the community advisory board, and approved by the Secretary.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>When outside the confines of a center, an incarcerated individual shall carry, at all times, a copy of the form signed by the center director or the director’s designee containing the terms and conditions governing the grant of leave.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual on leave shall be deemed to be in the custody of the center to the same extent, and subject to the same supervision and control, as an incarcerated individual actually in confinement in the Division of Correction.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>An incarcerated individual who escapes while on leave under this section is subject to the penalties of § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The center director or the director’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual, less payroll deductions required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The center director or the director’s designee shall keep an accurate account of the earnings of an incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>From the earnings of an incarcerated individual, the center director may deduct:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an amount determined by the director to be the cost of providing food, lodging, and clothing to the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>actual and necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in work release and rehabilitation programs;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>any amount required by court order or agreement of the incarcerated individual, and not otherwise deducted, for the support of dependents; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>court ordered restitution payments.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, any remaining balance shall be credited to the incarcerated individual’s account and paid to the incarcerated individual on release.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If approved by the director, any remaining balance may be paid to the incarcerated individual on the request of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-320" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Community Adult Rehabilitation Centers"> <level label="a"> <text>The center director or the director’s designee may release personal information about an incarcerated individual on a “need to know” basis to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>essential community resources and volunteer staff for the purpose of obtaining employment, training, education, or treatment services for the incarcerated individual on release; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an individual who agrees to sponsor the incarcerated individual in the individual’s home for authorized furloughs.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The incarcerated individual shall be informed of confidentiality requirements.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The staff of the center shall request that the incarcerated individual waive, in writing, the incarcerated individual’s right of confidentiality for the purpose of implementing this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-401" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <text>In this subtitle, “governing body” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the county council of a county with a charter form of government established under Article XI-A of the Maryland Constitution; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the board of county commissioners of any other county.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-402" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <text>This subtitle does not apply to Frederick, Garrett, Harford, Howard, Washington, and Worcester counties.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-403" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <text>The governing body of a county may establish a correctional farm.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-404" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <level label="a"> <text>A governing body may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>purchase or otherwise acquire real or personal property needed for a correctional farm; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>provide for the disposition or retention of existing local correctional facilities in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>After considering the probable income from the correctional farm property, a governing body shall prepare an annual budget of proposed expenditures for the:</text> <level label="i"> <text>care, operation, and maintenance of the property; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>feeding of incarcerated individuals.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A budget prepared as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be included in the county’s annual budget.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Any levy imposed for the budget prepared as provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be collected as part of the county tax.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-405" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <level label="a"> <text>The governing body:</text> <level label="1"> <text>shall have full and complete jurisdiction and control over all:</text> <level label="i"> <text>real property leased in connection with a correctional farm; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>personal property used in connection with a correctional farm; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may acquire by lease, purchase, or otherwise all real property, equipment, food, uniforms, clothing, books, ledgers, stationery, and other supplies necessary to carry out this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The county officials who are required by law to maintain, operate, and administer the local correctional facilities in a county shall maintain, operate, and administer any correctional farm established under this subtitle in the county.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>With the advice of the individual in charge of farming operations at a correctional farm, the governing body shall determine:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the crops to be planted and grown on the correctional farm or real property held under lease; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the acreage for each crop.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>To the extent expedient, produce or proceeds from the sale of produce from the correctional farm shall be used to feed incarcerated individuals committed to the correctional farm.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-406" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <level label="a"> <text>An incarcerated individual committed to or held in a local correctional facility may be transferred to the correctional farm in the county.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Unless excused for good cause, an incarcerated individual committed to a correctional farm shall work as directed on the correctional farm or any real property leased in connection with the correctional farm.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-407" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Correctional Farms"> <level label="a"> <text>The governing body shall determine if an incarcerated individual shall be compensated for work performed by the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a governing body determines that an incarcerated individual shall be compensated as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the governing body shall determine whether the incarcerated individual’s compensation shall be:</text> <level label="1"> <text>paid to the incarcerated individual during the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>withheld until the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement expires; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>paid periodically to an incarcerated individual’s dependent family.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-501" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <text>In this subtitle, the provisions that apply to a local correctional facility also apply to the Baltimore City Detention Center.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-502" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, an incarcerated individual who has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment shall be allowed deductions from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement as provided under this subtitle for any period of presentence or postsentence confinement in a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3–303 or § 3–304 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, or an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3–305 or § 3–306 of the Criminal Law Article, as the sections existed before October 1, 2017, involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, may not be allowed deductions from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement as provided under this subtitle for any period of presentence or postsentence confinement in a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3–303 of the Criminal Law Article that occurred on or after October 1, 2024, may not be allowed deductions from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement as provided under this subtitle for any period of presentence or postsentence confinement in a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>This subsection may not be construed to require an incarcerated individual to serve a longer sentence of confinement than is authorized by the statute under which the incarcerated individual was convicted.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of § 3–307 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, who has previously been convicted of violating § 3–307 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, may not be allowed deductions from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement as provided under this subtitle for any period of presentence or postsentence confinement in a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This subsection may not be construed to require an incarcerated individual to serve a longer sentence of confinement than is authorized by the statute under which the incarcerated individual was convicted.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-503" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <level label="a"> <text>An incarcerated individual shall be allowed a deduction of 5 days from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement for each calendar month of presentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>does not violate the rules of discipline; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>labors with diligence and fidelity when the opportunity for labor is available.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The deductions described in this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>begin on the day the incarcerated individual arrives at the local correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>be made on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month of presentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual is committed to the local correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>cease on the day the incarcerated individual is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>sentenced to a local correctional facility;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>released.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-504" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <level label="a"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is sentenced to a local correctional facility shall be allowed an initial deduction from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The deduction described in subsection (a) of this section shall be calculated:</text> <level label="1"> <text>from the first day of the incarcerated individual’s postsentence commitment to the custody of the local correctional facility to the last day of the incarcerated individual’s maximum term of confinement;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>at the rate of 5 days for each calendar month if the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement includes a consecutive or concurrent sentence for a crime of violence, as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article or a crime of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing a controlled dangerous substance in violation of § 5–612 or § 5–613 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>at the rate of 10 days for each calendar month for all other incarcerated individuals; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-505" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <level label="a"> <text>In addition to any other deductions allowed under this subtitle, an incarcerated individual may be allowed a deduction of 5 days from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement for each calendar month of presentence or postsentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual manifests:</text> <level label="1"> <text>exceptional industry, application, and skill in the performance of any industrial, agricultural, or administrative tasks assigned to the incarcerated individual; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>satisfactory industry, application, and progress in a vocational or other educational or training course.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The deductions described in subsection (a) of this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>begin on the first day that the task is performed or the course is taken;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>be made on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month during which the incarcerated individual performed the task or attended the course; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>cease on the day the incarcerated individual is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>released.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-506" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In addition to any other deductions allowed under this subtitle, an incarcerated individual may be allowed a deduction of not more than 5 days from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement for each calendar month or portion of a calendar month of presentence or postsentence confinement during which an incarcerated individual manifests satisfactory industry, application, and progress in special selected work projects or other special programs.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The deduction described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be calculated from the first day that an incarcerated individual is assigned a project or program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The managing official of a local correctional facility shall designate the projects and programs that make an incarcerated individual eligible for diminution credits under this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-507" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <level label="a"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates the rules of discipline of a local correctional facility, the managing official, for each violation, may revoke some or all of the diminution credits awarded under § 11–503 (presentence good conduct) or § 11–504 (postsentence good conduct) of this subtitle for the month in which the violation occurs.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In addition to the revocation authorized under subsection (a) of this section, if a violation is aggravated or the incarcerated individual commits frequent violations, the managing official may revoke some or all of the diminution credits awarded under § 11–503 (presentence good conduct) or § 11–504 (postsentence good conduct) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>This section does not affect the diminution credits awarded under §§ 11–505 (industrial, agricultural, or administrative tasks) and 11–506 (special selected work projects) of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A managing official may not revoke diminution credits awarded to an incarcerated individual unless the incarcerated individual is afforded due process of law before the revocation.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-508" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <text>If an incarcerated individual is committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction or transferred to another local correctional facility:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the incarcerated individual’s record of accrued diminution credits shall be forwarded to the receiving correctional facility; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the receiving correctional facility shall apply the credits to reduce the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-509" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits"> <text>If an incarcerated individual is entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement under this subtitle and is transferred to a hospital or mental institution, the incarcerated individual may not be denied credit authorized by this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-601" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Alternatives to Incarceration -- Generally"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and Subtitle 7 of this title, this subtitle applies in all counties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not apply in Montgomery County.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-602" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Alternatives to Incarceration -- Generally"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>When an individual is convicted of a crime and sentenced to a local correctional facility, the sentencing judge may allow the individual, to the extent possible, to continue the individual’s regular employment or obtain new employment during the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>When an individual is adjudicated to be in contempt of court and committed to the custody of a local correctional facility, the judge who commits the individual may allow the individual, to the extent possible, to continue the individual’s regular employment or obtain new employment during the period in which the individual is committed to the custody of the local correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a judge allows an individual to continue employment or obtain new employment under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the judge shall designate either the managing official of the local correctional facility or the Division of Parole and Probation to supervise, arrange for, or obtain employment for the individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a judge designates a managing official or the Division of Parole and Probation to arrange for or obtain employment for an incarcerated individual as provided under subsection (a)(2) of this section, the managing official or Division:</text> <level label="1"> <text>in the case of an incarcerated individual who has been regularly employed, shall arrange for continuation of employment without interruption to the extent possible; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>in the case of an incarcerated individual who is not employed, shall make every effort to secure suitable employment that pays a fair and reasonable wage.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If a managing official or the Division of Parole and Probation secures suitable employment for an incarcerated individual that pays a fair and reasonable wage, the incarcerated individual shall work a fair and reasonable number of hours each day and week.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-603" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Alternatives to Incarceration -- Generally"> <text>Unless the court directs otherwise, an incarcerated individual shall be confined in the local correctional facility:</text> <level label="1"> <text>when not employed; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>between periods of employment.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-605" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Alternatives to Incarceration -- Generally"> <text>If the committing court determines that an incarcerated individual’s conduct, diligence, and general attitude merit a diminution of sentence, the court may allow diminution of one–fourth of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-606" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Alternatives to Incarceration -- Generally"> <level label="a"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a condition imposed for the incarcerated individual’s conduct, custody, or employment, the incarcerated individual shall be returned to the court.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The court may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>require that the balance of the incarcerated individual’s sentence be served in actual confinement; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>cancel any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-607" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Alternatives to Incarceration -- Generally"> <text>The managing official of a local correctional facility shall receive an extra expense or mileage allowance as the local governing body determines for additional services provided under this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-701" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Court” means the Maryland District Court or a circuit court of a county.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-702" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Allegany County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations to administer the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order an individual to participate in the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>appears before the court after being charged and detained on bond; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may make the order at the imposition of bond, on review of bond, or any other time during the individual’s pretrial detention.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual is eligible for the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended to the court for placement in the program by the program staff;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not in detention for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the crime of escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Department may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and direct a work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt guidelines for the operation of the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an incarcerated individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may order that the incarcerated individual participate in the work release program, subject to the guidelines adopted by the Sheriff.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If the sentencing judge is unable to act at the time of an incarcerated individual’s petition for work release, another judge of the committing court may order that the incarcerated individual participate in the work release program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In ordering an incarcerated individual to participate in the work release program, the court may allow the incarcerated individual to leave actual confinement to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>work at gainful, private employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>seek gainful, private employment; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>participate in an educational, rehabilitative, or training program in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Unless the committing court directs otherwise, an incarcerated individual shall be confined in the detention center when not participating in the work release program.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>The Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual in the work release program, less payroll deductions required by law.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Sheriff shall deduct and disburse:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an amount determined to be the cost to the county for food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the actual cost of necessary food and travel and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any amount a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>any amount that the incarcerated individual is legally obligated or reasonably desires to pay for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if applicable, any amount that a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or to the county for the services of an attorney appointed by the court.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account the remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the incarcerated individual reasonably requests and as the Sheriff approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a judge or the Sheriff establishes for conduct or employment, after an administrative hearing that upholds the violation, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer a home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may allow an individual who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment to participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual is eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended for the program by the sentencing judge; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>While participating in the home detention program an incarcerated individual is responsible for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the incarcerated individual’s medical care and related expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>costs of lodging, food, clothing, transportation, restitution, and taxes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect a reasonable fee from each incarcerated individual participating in the home detention program; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The Sheriff may determine the maximum number of incarcerated individuals that may participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>An incarcerated individual who knowingly violates a term or a condition of the home detention program is subject to the penalties provided under § 11–726 of this subtitle and other disciplinary action provided by law.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-703" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Administrator” means the Administrator of the county’s local correctional facilities.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Participant” means an individual who participates in a program under this section.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Program” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a rehabilitation, home detention, pretrial release, or work program established and conducted under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Anne Arundel County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If a provision of this section is inconsistent with another provision in the Code, the provision of this section controls.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The privileges and penalties set forth in subsection (e)(1)(v) and (vi) of this section are the exclusive privileges and penalties that relate to the length of sentence of a participant in a program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>While released from confinement under the terms of a program, a participant is not an agent, employee, or servant of the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer a home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>When an individual who is convicted of a crime is sentenced or at any time during the individual’s confinement as an incarcerated individual, a judge may allow the individual to participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>In addition to participation at the recommendation of a judge under subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Administrator may place the incarcerated individual in the home detention program unless the court has ordered otherwise.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual is eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended for the program by a judge or placed in the program by the Administrator under paragraph (2) of this subsection; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>While participating in the home detention program, an incarcerated individual is responsible for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the costs of the incarcerated individual’s medical care and related expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the costs of the incarcerated individual’s lodging, food, clothing, transportation, restitution, and taxes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The Administrator may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect a reasonable fee from each incarcerated individual participating in the home detention program; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The Administrator may determine the maximum number of participants in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>An incarcerated individual who knowingly violates a term or condition of the home detention program is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the penalties provided under § 11–726 of this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any other disciplinary action authorized under law.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish, for the rehabilitation and training of an incarcerated individual who is sentenced to imprisonment in a local correctional facility, a program that enables the incarcerated individual to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>attend a vocational or educational institution;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>work at gainful, private employment; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>participate in any other training or rehabilitation program;</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>establish eligibility criteria for participation in a program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>release an eligible incarcerated individual from actual confinement to participate in a program;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>establish any other training or rehabilitation program;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>reduce a participant’s sentence 1 day for each day that the participant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>performs with exceptional industry, application, and skill any industrial, agricultural, or administrative task assigned to the participant; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>performs with satisfactory industry, application, and progress in the program to which the participant is assigned; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>after an administrative hearing, cancel any earned diminution of an incarcerated individual’s term of confinement if the incarcerated individual violates a regulation adopted under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The Administrator shall adopt regulations to conduct each program.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>In adopting the regulations, the Administrator shall consider the safety of the public and the security of a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (g)(2) of this section, if a condition of the sentence imposed by a court on an incarcerated individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this subsection, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>While not released from confinement under the terms of a program, each participant shall be confined in a local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>The Administrator or Administrator’s designee shall collect each participant’s total earnings, less payroll deductions.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>From the participant’s earnings, the Administrator or designee shall pay:</text> <level label="1"> <text>voluntary or court–ordered payments for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Administrator may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>deduct a reasonable fee from the earnings of each incarcerated individual participating in the program; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The Administrator or designee shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>credit to the participant’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>dispose of the balance as requested by the participant and as approved by the Administrator.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A participant who knowingly violates a regulation adopted under this section:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is subject to removal from the program;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>after an administrative hearing, is subject to cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is subject to the provisions of § 11–726 of this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations to carry out the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order an individual to participate in the pretrial release program if the individual appears before the court after being charged and detained on bond.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may enter the order at the imposition of bond, on review of bond, or any other time during the individual’s pretrial detention.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge or the Administrator may allow an individual who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment to participate in a program established under subsection (e) of this section, provided that the individual meets the eligibility criteria established by the Administrator for participation in that program.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to the eligibility criteria established by the Administrator, a judge may order that an individual participate in a program established under subsection (e) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Administrator may not allow an individual to participate in a program established under subsection (e) of this section if a court order prohibits the individual from participating in that program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>A court may require an individual who is convicted of a crime to satisfy a fine or court costs by participating in a work program established under the jurisdiction of the Division of Parole and Probation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An individual who participates in the work program shall receive credit of at least the federal minimum wage per hour toward the fine and court costs.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>If the Administrator establishes and operates a community service program authorized by §§ 8–701 through 8–711 of this article, the Administrator may charge a reasonable fee to each individual participating in the program.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-704" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Commissioner may allow an incarcerated individual of the Baltimore City Detention Center to participate in one of the activities specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection during the period of custody if the participation:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is approved by the judge ordering confinement or, if that judge is unable to act, by another judge of the committing court; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is in accordance with available programs.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to paragraph (1) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continue regular employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>obtain new employment;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>participate in a training, rehabilitation, or other special program; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>attend an educational institution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is authorized to participate in a program under this subsection shall be held in custody between program hours or periods.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee may allow an incarcerated individual who is authorized to participate in a program under this subsection to be held in custody through home detention by the use of electronic monitoring devices.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>Subject to the availability of funds, the Commissioner may contract for halfway houses or other suitable housing facilities or electronic monitoring devices for incarcerated individuals authorized to participate in a program under this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is employed under a work release program shall surrender to the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee the total earnings of the incarcerated individual under the program, less payroll deductions required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the net earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee shall deduct in the following order of priority:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an amount not to exceed one–third of the incarcerated individual’s net earnings for the cost to the State of providing food, lodging, electronic monitoring devices, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the actual and necessary food, travel, and other expenses of the incarcerated individual when released from actual custody under the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the amount, if any, that the incarcerated individual is legally obligated to pay for the support of a dependent by court order directed to the Commissioner; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the amount for court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee shall pay any amount deducted as required by paragraph (2)(iii) of this subsection as the court order directs.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Commissioner or Commissioner’s designee shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>pay the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account to the incarcerated individual on release.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>If any part of the incarcerated individual’s final earnings under a work release program are required to satisfy the deductions specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the balance of the final earnings shall be forwarded to the incarcerated individual within 15 days after the date of release from the Baltimore City Detention Center.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>A court may require an individual who is convicted of a crime to satisfy a fine or court costs by participating in a work program established under the jurisdiction of the Division of Parole and Probation in Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An individual who participates in the work program shall receive a credit of at least the federal minimum wage per hour toward the fine or court costs.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-705" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Administrator” means the Administrator of the Baltimore County detention facilities or the Administrator’s designee.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Leave” means authorized time away from a Baltimore County detention facility.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>“Participant” means an incarcerated individual in a Baltimore County detention facility who participates in a program under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Baltimore County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator may establish and administer a work release program.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Administrator establishes a work release program, the Administrator shall establish:</text> <level label="i"> <text>eligibility criteria for participation in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for each participant, a work release plan that includes the terms and conditions of the work release and employment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Participation in the work release program is a privilege authorized by court.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This section does not create a right to participate in the work release program or to remain in the program after the participant has been suspended or removed from the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Administrator may recommend to a court that an individual participate in the work release program if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the individual has applied to participate in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Administrator has approved the application.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>If the Administrator recommends participation in the work release program, a court may authorize an individual to participate in the program:</text> <level label="1"> <text>when the court imposes a sentence;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>when the court commits an individual to the custody of a Baltimore County detention facility; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>at any time during the individual’s confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator may suspend or remove a participant from the work release program:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at any time;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>without prior approval from the court; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>for any reason that the Administrator determines.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administrator shall notify the court within 15 days after the Administrator suspends or removes a participant from the work release program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator shall collect each participant’s total earnings, less payroll deductions.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the participant’s earnings, the Administrator:</text> <level label="i"> <text>may pay the reasonable cost to the county of providing food, lodging, and clothing for the participant;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>may make court–ordered payments for dependents;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>may pay court–ordered costs, fines, and restitution;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>if ordered by the court, may reimburse the State for the court–appointed counsel; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>if ordered by the court, may reimburse the State for the services of the public defender.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Any balance that remains after payments are made under paragraph (2) of this subsection:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall be credited to an account held by the Administrator for the participant; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if the Administrator approves, shall be disposed of as requested by the participant.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Any balance remaining in the participant’s account when the participant is released from the detention facility shall be paid to the participant.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>A participant employed in the community under this section is not an agent or employee of Baltimore County, the Administrator, any judicial officer, or any other public officer of the county or State.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <text>The Administrator may charge a participant a reasonable fee in an amount not to exceed the actual costs incurred by the county for food, travel, and other expenses related to the participant’s participation in the work release program.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator may establish and administer a home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Administrator establishes a home detention program, the Administrator:</text> <level label="i"> <text>shall establish eligibility criteria for participation in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>for each participant, shall establish a home detention plan that includes the terms and conditions of the home detention.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="l"> <level label="1"> <text>Participation in the home detention program is a privilege authorized by court.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>This section does not create a right to participate in the home detention program or to remain in the program after the participant has been suspended or removed from the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="m"> <text>The Administrator may recommend to a court that an individual participate in the home detention program if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the individual has applied to participate in the program;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>except for a violation of the Transportation Article or other traffic law or ordinance for which a penalty of incarceration is not authorized, the individual has no other charges pending in any municipal corporation, county, or state; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the Administrator has approved the application.</text> </level> </level> <level label="n"> <text>If the Administrator recommends participation in the home detention program, a court may authorize an individual to participate in the program:</text> <level label="1"> <text>after imposing a sentence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at any time during the individual’s confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="o"> <level label="1"> <text>The Administrator may suspend or remove a participant from the home detention program:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at any time;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>without prior approval from the court; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>for any reason that the Administrator determines.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Administrator shall notify the court within 15 days after the Administrator suspends or removes a participant from the home detention program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="p"> <text>A participant is not eligible for the home detention program if the participant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has been found guilty of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="q"> <text>The Administrator may charge a reasonable fee for the actual cost of electronic supervision and other administrative costs of the program.</text> </level> <level label="r"> <text>The Administrator may adopt regulations to carry out this section.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-706" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Calvert County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time of sentencing or on a hearing of a motion for reconsideration of sentence, the court may sentence an individual who has been convicted of a crime to participate for a fixed period in the work release program at the Calvert County Detention Center.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>After an incarcerated individual enters the work release program, the sentencing judge or, if the sentencing judge is unable to act, the judge of any court in the county may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>order the release of the incarcerated individual from custody; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>consider the supervisor’s recommendations and report of the incarcerated individual’s performance in making a determination to release the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to the directives and orders of the courts in the county, the supervisor of the county work release program shall establish and administer the work release program.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>During reasonable hours, an incarcerated individual in the work release program may leave confinement to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>work at gainful employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>participate in an outside counseling or rehabilitative program; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>obtain other services that the supervisor of the program considers necessary.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is employed in accordance with this subsection shall surrender to the supervisor of the program the incarcerated individual’s total earnings, less payroll deductions required by law.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the supervisor shall deduct and disburse in the following order of priority:</text> <level label="1"> <text>food costs to the county;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>lodging costs to the county;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>travel costs to the county;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>fines and costs imposed by the court;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>amounts that the incarcerated individual is obligated to pay for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The supervisor of the program may assist in the financial management of the incarcerated individual’s other bills and debts.</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The supervisor of the program shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account to the incarcerated individual on final release from confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>An incarcerated individual employed in the community under this subsection is not an agent or employee of the county, the Sheriff, any judicial officer, or any public officer of the county.</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>An incarcerated individual who violates a trust or a condition that the supervisor establishes for conduct and employment is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>In this subsection, “Program” means the Community Services Alternative Sentencing Program.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>There is a Community Services Alternative Sentencing Program in the county Department of Public Safety.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Program shall administer community service projects for individuals who are convicted of an offense and are referred to the Program by a court.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The County Commissioners may charge a reasonable fee to individuals who participate in the Program to help defray Program expenses.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>An individual who is sentenced to participate in the substance abuse treatment program at the county treatment facility shall pay a per diem fee in an amount that the court determines to cover food, lodging, clothing, and other expenses incidental to participation in the treatment program.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A court may waive part or all of the fee based on an individual’s ability to pay.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The county attorney may bring a civil action to collect any arrearage incidental to the per diem charge that remains unpaid 30 days after the individual’s discharge from the county treatment facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations to administer the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order an individual to participate in the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>appears before the court after being charged and detained on bond; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may make the order at the imposition of bond, on review of bond, or any other time during the individual’s pretrial detention.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual is eligible for the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended to the court for placement in the program by the program staff;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges for a felony or a violation of a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article pending in any jurisdiction; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not in detention for or been previously convicted of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a crime of violence listed in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the crime of escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a crime under § 5–612, § 5–613, or § 5–614 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-707" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Caroline County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>While confined in the Caroline County Jail, an incarcerated individual employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text> <level label="1"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the cost of the incarcerated individual’s food, lodging, and clothing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Commissioners shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish the per diem rate for an incarcerated individual’s food, lodging, and clothing; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>designate an agent to collect the costs specified in this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-708" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Carroll County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In this section, “crime of violence” has the meaning stated in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations to administer the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order an individual to participate in the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>appears before the court after being charged and detained on bond; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may make the order at the imposition of bond, on review of bond, or any other time during the individual’s pretrial detention.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual is eligible for the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction for a crime of violence; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is not in detention for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the crime of escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect from each individual participating in the pretrial release program a reasonable fee for the cost of supervision and administration of the program; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office may establish a work release program.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the court may sentence the individual to participate in the work release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has been sentenced to the custody of the Sheriff; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction for a crime of violence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An incarcerated individual who has been sentenced to participate in the work release program may continue regular employment or obtain new employment.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>On approval of the Sheriff or Warden, an incarcerated individual who has been sentenced to the Carroll County Detention Center may leave the Detention Center to work, seek employment, obtain medical services, or participate in educational, rehabilitative, or training programs.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>An incarcerated individual who has been sentenced to the Carroll County Detention Center shall be confined to the Detention Center:</text> <level label="i"> <text>except as provided in this subsection; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>unless a court orders otherwise.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is employed under the work release program shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reimburse the Sheriff’s Office for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the estimated cost to the Sheriff’s Office of food and lodging for the incarcerated individual; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>estimated expenses incurred by the Sheriff’s Office because of the participation of the incarcerated individual in the program; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>pay to the Sheriff court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>An incarcerated individual who violates a condition or provision of trust that a court, the Sheriff, or Sheriff’s designee establishes is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer a home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the home detention program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may require an individual who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment under the custody of the Sheriff to participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual is eligible for the home detention program if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the sentencing judge recommends the incarcerated individual for sentencing to the home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the incarcerated individual has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>While participating in the home detention program, an incarcerated individual is responsible for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>medical care and related expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>costs of clothes, food, lodging, restitution, taxes, and transportation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect from each incarcerated individual participating in the home detention program a reasonable fee for the cost of electronic supervision and administration of the program; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The Sheriff may limit the number of incarcerated individuals in the home detention program.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-709" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Sheriff” means the Sheriff of Cecil County.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Warden” means the Warden of the Cecil County Community Corrections Center.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Cecil County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may establish programs for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>home detention;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>pretrial release;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>work release; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>prerelease.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The Sheriff shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an incarcerated individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this subsection, the condition imposed by the court supersedes the regulation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the court may allow the individual to participate in a program established under this section if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is sentenced to the custody of the Warden; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other felony charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual designated to participate in a program under this section may leave the Community Corrections Center to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continue regular employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>seek new employment;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>attend court–ordered treatment appointments;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>undergo intensive counseling;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>pursue academic education; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>use other community resources or participate in other activities for the purpose of rehabilitation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The Sheriff may charge an incarcerated individual participating in a program established under this section a reasonable program participation fee to pay for the costs incurred by the county for the management and administration of the program.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or the Sheriff has established for participating in a program under this section, the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee shall notify the court in writing of the violation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual who violates a trust or condition that a court or the Sheriff has established for participating in a program established under this section is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-710" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Charles County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>While confined in the Charles County Detention Center, an incarcerated individual employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text> <level label="1"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an amount not to exceed one–third of the incarcerated individual’s net earnings for the cost to Charles County of providing food, lodging, electronic monitoring devices, and clothing for the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Charles County Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish the per diem rate for an incarcerated individual’s food, lodging, electronic monitoring, and clothing; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>designate an agent to collect the costs specified in this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Sheriff’s designee shall deliver the amounts collected under subsection (b)(2) of this section to the Charles County Treasurer.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the Board of County Commissioners may establish and provide for the administration of a community service program in the county.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order a person to participate in the community service program if the person:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has been convicted of a criminal offense or received probation before judgment for a criminal offense; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is recommended to the court for placement in the program by the program staff.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>A community service program established under this subsection may charge a fee not exceeding $40 for each 8–hour period of community service.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The court may waive all or part of a fee charged under this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The community service program staff shall report to the court when a person has completed or failed to complete community service in the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to the requirements of this subsection, the Board of County Commissioners may establish and provide for the administration of a pretrial release program in the county.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order a person to participate in the pretrial release program if the person appears before the court after being charged with a criminal offense and detained.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>The court may order participation at any time during pretrial detention of a person.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The court shall require a person to comply with all rules and conditions of supervision for the program if the court orders the person to participate in the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Staff of the pretrial release program shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>assess each person referred for assessment to the program by the court;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>develop standards and criteria for recommended levels of supervision for the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>make recommendations to the court regarding placement of a person in the program, including whether the person is suitable for placement in the program, based on supervision levels developed under item (ii) of this paragraph;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>supervise each person ordered to participate in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>immediately report to the court any violation of a condition established by the court or the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>Supervision in the pretrial release program may include the use of electronic monitoring and drug and alcohol testing.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>For each person ordered to participate in the pretrial release program under this subsection, the Board of County Commissioners and the Sheriff may enter into an agreement providing for the following services to be performed:</text> <level label="i"> <text>drug and alcohol testing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>electronic monitoring;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>conducting meetings with each person ordered to participate in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>notification by the Sheriff to staff of the pretrial release program of any violations.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>Staff of the pretrial release program shall immediately report to the court any violations of a person’s pretrial release.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>A person who violates a condition established by the court or the program is subject to removal from the program.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-711" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “warden” means the warden of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Dorchester County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Commissioners may establish under the County Department of Corrections programs for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>community service;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>home detention;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>pretrial release; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>work release.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The County Commissioners shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the court may allow the individual to participate in a program established under this section if the individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is sentenced to the custody of the warden; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>An incarcerated individual designated to participate in a program under this section may leave the detention center to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>continue regular employment; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>seek new employment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The warden or warden’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual designated to participate in a work release program, less any payroll deduction required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the warden shall deduct and disburse an amount that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the warden determines to be a reasonable cost for providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the County actually incurs for necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the incarcerated individual is legally obligated to pay, or reasonably wants to pay, for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or the County for the services of an attorney appointed by the court.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The warden shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the individual reasonably requests and as the warden approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or the County Department of Corrections establishes for participation in a program under this section, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an incarcerated individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this section, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that the court or the County Department of Corrections establishes, the County Department of Corrections shall notify the sentencing court in writing of the violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>The warden or warden’s designee may authorize compassionate leave under this subsection for any incarcerated individual committed to the County Department of Corrections:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to visit a seriously ill member of the incarcerated individual’s immediate family; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to attend the viewing or funeral of a member of the incarcerated individual’s immediate family.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual who violates the terms of an authorization for compassionate leave is subject to the sanctions specified in subsection (h)(1) and (2) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is granted compassionate leave under this subsection may be required to reimburse the County Department of Corrections for any expenses that the Department incurs in granting the leave.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The warden shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-712" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Frederick County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations to administer the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order an individual to participate in the pretrial release program, if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>appears before the court after being charged and detained on bond; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may make the order at the imposition of bond, on review of bond, or any other time during the individual’s pretrial detention.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual is eligible for the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended to the court for placement in the program by the program staff;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not in detention for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the crime of escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Department may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and direct a work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt guidelines for the operation of the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may order that an individual participate in the work release program, subject to the guidelines adopted by the Sheriff.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If the sentencing judge is unable to act at the time of an incarcerated individual’s petition for work release, another judge of the committing court may order that the incarcerated individual participate in the work release program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In ordering an incarcerated individual to participate in the work release program, the court may allow the incarcerated individual to leave actual confinement to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>work at gainful, private employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>seek gainful, private employment; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>participate in an educational, rehabilitative, or training program in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Unless the committing court directs otherwise, an incarcerated individual shall be confined in the detention center when not participating in the work release program.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>The Sheriff or Sheriff’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual in the work release program, less payroll deductions required by law.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Sheriff shall deduct and disburse:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an amount determined to be the cost to the county for food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the actual cost of necessary food and travel and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any amount a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>any amount that the incarcerated individual is legally obligated or reasonably desires to pay for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if applicable, any amount that a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or to the county for the services of an attorney appointed by the court.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account the remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the incarcerated individual reasonably requests and as the Sheriff approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a judge or the Sheriff establishes for conduct or employment, after an administrative hearing that upholds the violation, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer a home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may require that the individual participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An incarcerated individual is eligible for the home detention program if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the sentencing judge recommended that the incarcerated individual participate in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the individual has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-713" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Garrett County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a pretrial release program that offers alternatives to pretrial detention; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations to administer the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may order an individual to participate in the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>appears before the court after being charged and detained on bond; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets the eligibility requirements of paragraph (4) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The court may make the order at the imposition of bond, on review of bond, or at any other time during the individual’s pretrial detention.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An individual is eligible for the pretrial release program if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended to the court for placement in the program by the program staff;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is not in detention for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the crime of escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and direct a work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt guidelines for the operation of the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>At the time of sentencing, or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may order that an individual participate in the work release program, subject to the guidelines adopted by the Sheriff.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If the sentencing judge is unable to act at the time of an incarcerated individual’s petition for work release, another judge of the committing court may order the incarcerated individual to participate in the work release program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>In ordering an incarcerated individual to participate in the work release program, the court may allow the incarcerated individual to leave actual confinement to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>work at gainful, private employment; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>participate in an educational, rehabilitative, or training program in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Unless the committing court directs otherwise, an incarcerated individual shall be confined in the detention center when not participating in the work release program.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <level label="i"> <text>The Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual in the work release program, less payroll deductions required by law.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Sheriff shall deduct and disburse:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an amount determined to be the cost to the county for food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the actual cost of necessary food and travel and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>any amount a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>any amount that the incarcerated individual is legally obligated or reasonably desires to pay for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>if applicable, any amount that a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or to the county for the services of an attorney appointed by the court.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account the remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the incarcerated individual reasonably requests and as the Sheriff approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a judge or the Sheriff establishes for conduct or employment, after an administrative hearing that upholds the violation, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer a home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing, or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may allow an individual who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment to participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual is eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended for the program by the sentencing judge; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>While participating in the home detention program, an incarcerated individual is responsible for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the incarcerated individual’s medical care and related expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>costs of lodging, food, clothing, transportation, restitution, and taxes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect a reasonable fee from each incarcerated individual participating in the home detention program; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The Sheriff may determine the maximum number of incarcerated individuals that may participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>An incarcerated individual who knowingly violates a term or a condition of the home detention program is subject to the penalties provided under § 11–726 of this subtitle and other disciplinary action provided by law.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-714" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Harford County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may allow an individual who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment in a local correctional facility to participate in one of the activities specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection during the individual’s confinement.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is allowed to do so under paragraph (1) of this subsection may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continue regular employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>obtain new employment;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>participate in a training or rehabilitation program; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>attend an educational institution in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>The sentencing judge may require that the incarcerated individual comply with the terms and conditions that the judge considers appropriate.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The incarcerated individual’s participation in an authorized activity may not affect the length of the incarcerated individual’s sentence.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The county government shall cooperate in and provide fiscal support for a work release program as provided under subsection (b) of this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an incarcerated individual of a local correctional facility who participates in the work release program may leave actual confinement:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at necessary and reasonable times, to work at gainful, private employment; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>under appropriate conditions, to seek gainful, private employment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Unless the committing court directs otherwise, an incarcerated individual shall be confined in the local correctional facility when not participating in the work release program.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual who participates in the work release program shall surrender to the Sheriff:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a reasonable fee, as determined by the Sheriff, for the cost of providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the actual cost of necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the participation by the incarcerated individual in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>If an incarcerated individual in the work release program violates a trust or a condition that the court establishes for conduct or employment, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer a home detention program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations for the program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge may allow an individual who is convicted of a crime and sentenced to imprisonment in a local correctional facility to participate in the home detention program.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual is eligible for the home detention program if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the sentencing judge recommends that the incarcerated individual participate in the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the incarcerated individual has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible for the home detention program if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is serving a sentence for a crime of violence; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-715" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>In this section the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Department” means the Howard County Department of Correction.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>“Director” means the Director of the Howard County Department of Correction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Howard County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The Department may establish programs for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>work release;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>community service; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>pretrial services.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A program established under this section may include an incarcerated individual’s participation in a program of employment, rehabilitation, training, education, or home detention.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Director may adopt regulations relating to the operation of a program established under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the sentencing judge if available, or otherwise the court may allow an individual to participate in a program established under this section if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>has been sentenced to the custody of the Department; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction for a crime of violence as defined under § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Department approves, an incarcerated individual in the custody of the Howard County Detention Center may leave the Center to participate in a program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An incarcerated individual who has been designated to participate in a program established under this section may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continue regular employment; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>obtain new employment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual who has been sentenced to the custody of the Department shall be confined to the Howard County Detention Center:</text> <level label="i"> <text>except as provided in this section; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>unless a court orders otherwise.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is employed while in a program established under this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>reimburse the Department by paying a fee based on:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Department’s estimated cost of providing food and lodging to the incarcerated individual; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the estimated expenses incurred by the Department because of the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay to the Director court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>An incarcerated individual employed in the community under this section is not an agent or employee of the county, the Director, the court or any judicial officer, or any public officer of the county.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>An incarcerated individual who violates a condition or provision of trust that the court or the Department establishes is subject to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-716" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “warden” means the warden of the Kent County Detention Center.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Kent County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Commissioners may establish under the Kent County Detention Center programs for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>community service;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>home detention;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>pretrial release; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>work release.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The County Commissioners shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the court may allow an individual to participate in any program established under this section if the individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is sentenced to the custody of the warden; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>An incarcerated individual designated to participate in a program under this section may leave the Kent County Detention Center to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>continue regular employment;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>seek new employment; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>receive therapy for drug or alcohol addiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The warden or warden’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual designated to participate in a work release program, less any payroll deduction required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the warden shall deduct and disburse an amount:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the warden determines to be the cost to the county for providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the county actually incurs for necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to participation by the incarcerated individual in the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the incarcerated individual is legally obligated to pay, or reasonably wants to pay, for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or to the county for the services of an attorney appointed by the court.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The warden shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the incarcerated individual reasonably requests and as the warden approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that the court or the Kent County Detention Center establishes for conduct or employment, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from a program specified in subsection (c) of this section; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an incarcerated individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this section, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or the detention center establishes, the Kent County Detention Center shall notify the sentencing court in writing of the violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>Incarcerated individuals of the Kent County Detention Center who are employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text> <level label="i"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the reasonable cost of the food, lodging, and clothing of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The County Commissioners shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish a reasonable per diem rate for the food, lodging, and clothing of an incarcerated individual; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>designate the warden as the agent to collect these costs.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the county may collect from an incarcerated individual who is sentenced to the Kent County Detention Center for nonconsecutive periods of 48 hours or less an amount determined to be the average cost to the county of providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A court may waive any or all of the charge specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="k"> <level label="1"> <text>The warden or warden’s designee may authorize compassionate leave under this subsection for any incarcerated individual committed to the Kent County Detention Center:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to visit a seriously ill member of the immediate family of the incarcerated individual; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to attend a viewing or funeral of a member of the immediate family of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is granted compassionate leave may be required to reimburse the Kent County Detention Center for any expenses that the detention center incurs in granting the leave.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The warden shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-717" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “Director” means the Director of the Montgomery County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Montgomery County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The County Council shall establish work release and prerelease programs in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A work release or prerelease program shall provide that an incarcerated individual of the County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, on approval of the Director, may leave confinement during necessary and reasonable hours to seek or work at gainful employment and to participate in other rehabilitative activities, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>intensive counseling;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>academic education;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>home visitation;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>transitional phased release programs; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>maximum use of other community resources or other similar rehabilitative activities.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>At any time during the confinement of an incarcerated individual of the County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, the judge who ordered the confinement or, if that judge is unable to act, another judge of the committing court, may approve the transfer of the incarcerated individual to the work release/prerelease center to participate in a work release or prerelease program:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in accordance with the selection requirements and programs established by the County Council; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>after a recommendation by the Director or the Director’s designee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>After the incarcerated individual enters the work release or prerelease program, the judge who ordered confinement or, if that judge is unable to act, another judge of the committing court, may order the release of the incarcerated individual from custody based on:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the recommendation of the Director or Director’s designee; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the report of the incarcerated individual’s performance in the work release or prerelease program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>When not employed or otherwise participating in a work release program, the incarcerated individual shall be confined in the prerelease center unless the committing court directs otherwise.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The Director or the Director’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual participating in a work release or prerelease program under this section, less any payroll deduction required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Director may deduct:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the amount determined to be the cost to the county of providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>actual and necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an amount the incarcerated individual is legally obligated or desires to pay for the support of a dependent;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>if applicable, a reasonable amount to repay the State or the county for an attorney appointed by the court; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Director shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the incarcerated individual requests and the Director approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that the County Council establishes for conduct or employment, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a condition or a term of the program and the Director or the Director’s designee removes the incarcerated individual from the program because of the violation, a judge of the committing court may redesignate the Division of Correction as the agency of custody for the remaining term of the incarcerated individual’s confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation shall provide all work release, prerelease, and similar services to county residents who are sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Commissioner of Correction may transfer to the County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation only those eligible individuals who are screened and recommended for approval for the work release or prerelease program, or both programs, by both correctional agencies.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The county facilities shall operate in accordance with general operational standards that the Commissioner of Correction approves.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation and the Division of Correction shall negotiate a contract each year that provides for State reimbursement on a per diem basis for operational costs to the county for providing the community correctional services described in this section to incarcerated individuals sentenced to the Division of Correction and confined in the County Department of Correction and Rehabilitation.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-718" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “administrator” means an administrator of a county detention center.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Prince George’s County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an administrator may allow an incarcerated individual sentenced to imprisonment in a detention center after being convicted of a crime or found in contempt of court to leave actual confinement to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>seek or work at gainful, private employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>participate in a training or rehabilitation program; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>attend educational or vocational institutions in the county.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The administrator may allow the incarcerated individual to leave confinement:</text> <level label="i"> <text>in accordance with established programs;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>during necessary and reasonable hours; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>after determining that the incarcerated individual is eligible for the program and recommending it to and receiving written approval from the sentencing or administrative judge.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The administrator shall adopt guidelines and rules for the conduct of the work release program that shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>take into consideration the security of the detention center and the safety of the public; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>conform with conditions that a sentencing or administrative judge may impose in a particular case.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>When an incarcerated individual is not employed or otherwise participating in a work release program, the incarcerated individual shall be confined in the detention center in the same manner as any other incarcerated individual committed to the custody of the administrator.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that the administrator establishes in the rules for conduct or employment, the incarcerated individual is:</text> <level label="i"> <text>subject to removal from the work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>after an administrative hearing, subject to cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The authorized representative of a detention center shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual, less any payroll deductions.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the authorized representative of the detention center shall deduct:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the amount determined to be the cost to the county for food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>actual and necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an amount the incarcerated individual is legally obligated or desires to pay for the support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The authorized representative of the detention center shall credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>An administrator may develop educational and vocational programs to further the educational and vocational training of an incarcerated individual sentenced to the detention center.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The administrator shall adopt regulations to govern the conduct and participation of an incarcerated individual in an educational or vocational program as necessary for the security of the detention center and the safety of the public.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that the administrator establishes for conduct during participation in an educational or vocational program, the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is subject to removal from the program, with notice to the sentencing judge; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>after an administrative hearing, is subject to cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-719" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Queen Anne’s County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>While confined in the Queen Anne’s County Jail, an incarcerated individual employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text> <level label="1"> <text>court–ordered payments, including restitution payments; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the reasonable cost of the food, lodging, and clothing of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Commissioners shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish a reasonable per diem rate for the food, lodging, and clothing of an incarcerated individual; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>designate the Warden of the Queen Anne’s County Jail as the agent to collect the costs and payments specified in this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-720" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in St. Mary’s County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may establish:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a home detention program;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a day reporting program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a work release program;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>an in–patient treatment program;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a pretrial release supervision program; and</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>a prerelease program.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>If the Sheriff establishes a program under this section, the Sheriff shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this subsection, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that individual.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>At the time of a court proceeding or at any time during an individual’s participation in a program, the court may allow the individual to participate in any program established under this section if the individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is court–ordered to the custody of the Sheriff; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has no other charges for a felony or a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An individual who is participating in any program established under this section and who is authorized to participate in a St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center program may, with the approval of the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee:</text> <level label="i"> <text>continue regular employment;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>seek new employment;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>attend any court–ordered treatment appointments;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>receive intensive counseling;</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>obtain academic education; or</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>maximize use of other community resources or other similar rehabilitative activities.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee may direct an individual participating in a program established under this section to provide proof that the individual has made payments toward any of the following obligations:</text> <level label="1"> <text>an amount the individual is legally obligated to pay for the support of a dependent;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>court–ordered fees or fines.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>If an individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or Sheriff has established for participating in any program established under this section, the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee shall notify the court in writing of the violation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An individual who violates a trust or a condition that a court or Sheriff has established for participating in any program established under this section is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-722" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Talbot County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>While confined in the Talbot County Jail, an incarcerated individual employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text> <level label="1"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the cost of the food, lodging, and clothing of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Council shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish the per diem rate for the food, lodging, and clothing of an incarcerated individual; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>designate an agent to collect the costs specified in this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-723" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Washington County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>establish and administer:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a home detention program;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a work release program; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a pretrial release program; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the court may allow an individual who is placed in the custody of the Sheriff to participate in any program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Subject to paragraph (4) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual is eligible to participate in any program established under this section if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is recommended for the program by the court; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets eligibility criteria set by the Sheriff.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>An incarcerated individual is not eligible to participate in any program established under this section if the incarcerated individual:</text> <level label="i"> <text>is incarcerated for or has been convicted previously of a crime of violence listed in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>has been found guilty of the crime of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>child abuse under § 3–601 or § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>escape under § 9–404 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>While participating in any program established under this section an incarcerated individual is responsible for:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the incarcerated individual’s medical care and related expenses; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>costs of lodging, food, clothing, transportation, restitution, child support, and taxes.</text> </level> </level> <level label="6"> <text>The Sheriff may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>collect a reasonable fee from each incarcerated individual participating in any program established under this section; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>waive or reduce the fee.</text> </level> </level> <level label="7"> <text>The Sheriff may determine the maximum number of incarcerated individuals that may participate in any program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>An incarcerated individual who knowingly violates a term or a condition of any program established under this section is subject to the penalties provided under § 11–726 of this subtitle and to other disciplinary action provided by law.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-724" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “Director” means the Director of the Wicomico County Department of Corrections.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section applies only in Wicomico County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Council may establish under the County Department of Corrections programs for:</text> <level label="1"> <text>community service;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>home detention;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>pretrial release; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>work release.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The County Council shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established under this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>At the time of sentencing or at any time during an individual’s confinement, the court may allow the individual to participate in any program established under this section if the individual:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is sentenced to the custody of the Director; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <text>An incarcerated individual designated to participate in a program specified under subsection (c) of this section may leave the detention center to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>continue regular employment; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>seek new employment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The Director or Director’s designee, shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual designated to participate in a work release program, less any payroll deduction required by law.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the Director shall deduct and disburse an amount:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the Director determines to be a reasonable cost for providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the County actually incurs for necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the incarcerated individual is legally obligated to pay, or reasonably desires to pay, for support of a dependent; and</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or to the County for the services of an attorney appointed by a court.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Director shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the incarcerated individual reasonably requests and as the Director approves.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or the County Department of Corrections has established for participation in a program specified in subsection (c) of this section, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>removal from the program; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>cancellation of any earned diminution of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an incarcerated individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this section, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that incarcerated individual.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or the County Department of Corrections establishes, the County Department of Corrections shall notify the sentencing court in writing of the violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>The Director or the Director’s designee may authorize compassionate leave under this subsection for any incarcerated individual committed to the County Department of Corrections:</text> <level label="i"> <text>to visit a seriously ill member of the incarcerated individual’s immediate family; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>to attend the viewing or funeral of a member of the incarcerated individual’s immediate family.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An incarcerated individual who violates the terms of an authorization for compassionate leave is subject to the sanctions specified in subsection (h)(1) of this section and § 11–726 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>An incarcerated individual who is granted compassionate leave under this subsection may be required to reimburse the Department for any expenses that the County Department of Corrections incurs in granting the leave.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Director shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-725" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies only in Worcester County.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>While confined in the Worcester County Jail, an incarcerated individual employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text> <level label="1"> <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the cost of the food, lodging, and clothing of the incarcerated individual.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The County Commissioners shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>establish the per diem rate for the food, lodging, and clothing of an incarcerated individual; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>designate an agent to collect the costs specified in this section.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-726" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>An individual who knowingly violates a restriction on movement imposed as a condition of leave, work release, or a home detention order or agreement under this subtitle is guilty of escape as provided in §§ 9-404 through 9-407 of the Criminal Law Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>An individual who knowingly violates any other condition of leave, work release, or a home detention order or agreement imposed under this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-801" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “weekend incarcerated individual” means an incarcerated individual sentenced to a local correctional facility for nonconsecutive periods of 48 hours or less per week.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The governing body of a county may impose on and collect from a weekend incarcerated individual a reasonable fee in an amount not to exceed the average cost of providing food, lodging, and clothing for an incarcerated individual for the time the incarcerated individual is confined in the local correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If the governing body of a county imposes a fee under this section, the governing body shall adopt standard procedures to implement this section, including a procedure for the waiver of a part or all of the fee based on the ability of an incarcerated individual to pay the fee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-802" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the managing official of a local correctional facility may designate correctional officers employed by the local correctional facility to have the power to make arrests as authorized by § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Correctional officers designated by a managing official to make arrests as authorized under § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article shall meet the minimum qualifications and satisfactorily complete the training required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-803" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous"> <level label="a"> <text>The managing official of a local correctional facility or the managing official’s designee may issue a retake warrant for the apprehension and return of an escapee.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a managing official or managing official’s designee issues a retake warrant under subsection (a) of this section, the managing official or designee shall forward a copy of the retake warrant to the State’s Attorney for the county in which the escape occurred.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A sheriff or police officer who is authorized to serve criminal process and to whom a warrant issued under this section is delivered shall execute the warrant in accordance with the directions in the warrant.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A sheriff or police officer who makes an arrest under this section shall promptly notify the managing official, or managing official’s designee, who issued the warrant of the arrest.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-901" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <text>In this subtitle, “fund” means an incarcerated individual welfare fund established under § 11–902 of this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-902" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <level label="a"> <text>Each local correctional facility may establish an incarcerated individual welfare fund.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A fund may be used only for goods and services that benefit the general incarcerated individual population as defined by regulations that the managing official of the local correctional facility adopts.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-903" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Each fund is a special continuing, nonlapsing fund.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Each fund consists of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>profits derived from the sale of goods through the commissary operation and telephone and vending machine commissions; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, money received from other sources.</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Money from the General Fund of the State or county, including any federal funds, may not be transferred by budget amendment or otherwise to a fund.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, the chief financial officer for a county shall separately hold and shall account for each fund in the county.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The chief financial officer for Dorchester County or the managing official of the local correctional facility as designated by Dorchester County shall separately hold and shall account for each fund in Dorchester County.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <text>This section may not be construed to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>prohibit a periodic or special audit by the State, the federal government, or a county that provides funds for a local correctional facility; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>affect the calculation of reimbursement rates, as provided in § 9-403 of this article.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Each fund shall be invested and reinvested in the same manner as other county funds.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Any investment earnings of a fund shall be credited to the fund.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-904" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="9" subtitle_name="Incarcerated Individual Welfare Funds"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the chief financial officer for the county shall pay out money from each fund as approved in the county budget.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The chief financial officer for Dorchester County or the managing official of the local correctional facility as designated by Dorchester County shall pay out money from the fund as approved in the county budget.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1001" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In Harford County, “agency” means the Office of the Sheriff of Harford County.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“Correctional officer” has the meaning stated in § 8–201 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Correctional officer” does not include an officer who is in probationary status on initial entry into the correctional agency except if an allegation of brutality in the execution of the officer’s duties is made against the officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>“Hearing” means a proceeding during an investigation conducted by a hearing board to take testimony or receive other evidence.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Hearing” does not include an interrogation at which no testimony is taken under oath.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Hearing board” means a board that is authorized by the managing official to hold a hearing on a complaint against a correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Internal investigation unit” means the internal investigation unit of a correctional facility charged with the investigation of complaints within a correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>In Harford County, “managing official” means the Sheriff of Harford County.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1002" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <text>This subtitle applies only in Allegany County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Garrett County, Harford County, and St. Mary’s County.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1003" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this subtitle supersede any inconsistent provisions of any other State or local law that conflicts with this subtitle to the extent of the conflict.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not limit the authority of the managing official to regulate the competent and efficient operation and management of a county correctional facility by any reasonable means including transfer and reassignment if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>that action is not punitive in nature; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the managing official determines that action to be in the best interests of the internal management of the correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1004" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a correctional officer has the same rights to engage in political activity as a State employee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The right of a correctional officer to engage in political activity does not apply when the correctional officer is on duty or acting in an official capacity.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A managing official:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not prohibit secondary employment by a correctional officer; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may adopt reasonable regulations that relate to secondary employment by a correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A correctional officer may not be required or requested to disclose an item of the correctional officer’s property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of a member of the correctional officer’s family or household, unless:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the information is necessary to investigate a possible conflict of interest with respect to the performance of the correctional officer’s official duties; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the disclosure is required by federal or State law.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A correctional officer may not be discharged, disciplined, demoted, or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to the correctional officer’s employment or be threatened with that treatment because the correctional officer:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has exercised or demanded the rights granted by this subtitle; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has lawfully exercised constitutional rights.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A statute may not abridge and a correctional facility may not adopt a regulation that prohibits the right of a correctional officer to bring suit that arises out of the correctional officer’s duties as a correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A correctional officer may waive in writing any or all rights granted by this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1005" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>The investigation or interrogation by an internal investigation unit of a correctional officer for a reason that may lead to disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal shall be conducted in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>For purposes of this section, the investigating officer or interrogating officer shall be a sworn law enforcement or correctional official or an individual with former law enforcement or corrections experience.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A complaint against a correctional officer that alleges brutality in the execution of the correctional officer’s duties may not be investigated unless the complaint is sworn to, before an official authorized to administer oaths, by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the aggrieved individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a member of the aggrieved individual’s immediate family;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an individual with firsthand knowledge obtained because the individual was present at and observed the alleged incident; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the parent or guardian of the minor child, if the alleged incident involves a minor child.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Unless a complaint is filed within 90 days after the alleged brutality, an investigation that may lead to disciplinary action under this subtitle for brutality may not be initiated.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The correctional officer under investigation shall be informed of the name, rank, and command of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the law enforcement or correctional official or other individual in charge of the investigation;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the interrogating official; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>each individual present during an interrogation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Before an interrogation, the correctional officer under investigation shall be informed in writing of the nature of the investigation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>If the correctional officer under interrogation is under arrest, or is likely to be placed under arrest as a result of the interrogation, the correctional officer shall be informed completely of all of the correctional officer’s rights before the interrogation begins.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>Unless the seriousness of the investigation is of a degree that an immediate interrogation is required, the interrogation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably when the correctional officer is on duty.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The interrogation shall take place:</text> <level label="i"> <text>at the office of the command of the investigating officer or at the office of the managing official of the correctional facility in which the incident allegedly occurred, as designated by the investigating official; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>at another reasonable and appropriate place.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The correctional officer under investigation may waive the right described in paragraph (1)(i) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>All questions directed to the correctional officer under interrogation shall be asked by and through one interrogating officer during any one session of interrogation consistent with paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each session of interrogation shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>be for a reasonable period; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>allow for personal necessities and rest periods as reasonably necessary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <text>The correctional officer under interrogation may not be threatened with transfer, dismissal, or disciplinary action.</text> </level> <level label="j"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>On request, the correctional officer under interrogation has the right to be represented by counsel or another responsible representative of the correctional officer’s choice who shall be present and available for consultation at all times during the interrogation.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The correctional officer may waive the right described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The interrogation shall be suspended for a period not exceeding 10 days until representation is obtained.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Within the 10–day period described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the managing official, for good cause shown, may extend the period for obtaining representation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>During the interrogation, the correctional officer’s counsel or representative may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>request a recess at any time to consult with the correctional officer;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>object to any question posed; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>state on the record outside the presence of the correctional officer the reason for the objection.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="k"> <level label="1"> <text>A complete record shall be kept of the entire interrogation, including all recess periods, of the correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The record may be written, taped, or transcribed.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On completion of the investigation, and on request of the correctional officer under investigation or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative, a copy of the record of the interrogation shall be made available at least 10 days before a hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="l"> <level label="1"> <text>The internal investigation unit may order the correctional officer under investigation to submit to blood alcohol tests, blood, breath, or urine tests for controlled dangerous substances, polygraph examinations, or interrogations that specifically relate to the subject matter of the investigation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the internal investigation unit orders the correctional officer to submit to a test, examination, or interrogation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection and the correctional officer refuses to do so, the internal investigation unit may commence an action that may lead to a punitive measure as a result of the refusal.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the internal investigation unit orders the correctional officer to submit to a test, examination, or interrogation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the results of the test, examination, or interrogation are not admissible or discoverable in a criminal proceeding against the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="m"> <level label="1"> <text>If the internal investigation unit orders the correctional officer to submit to a polygraph examination, the results of the polygraph examination may not be used as evidence in an administrative hearing unless the internal investigation unit and the correctional officer agree to the admission of the results.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The correctional officer’s counsel or representative need not be present during the actual administration of a polygraph examination by a certified polygrapher if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the questions to be asked are reviewed with the correctional officer or the counsel or representative before the administration of the examination;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the counsel or representative is allowed to observe the administration of the examination; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a copy of the final report of the examination by the certified polygrapher is made available to the correctional officer or the counsel or representative within a reasonable time, not exceeding 10 days, after completion of the examination.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="n"> <level label="1"> <text>On completion of an investigation and at least 10 days before a hearing, the correctional officer under investigation shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notified of the name of each witness and of each charge and specification against the correctional officer; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>provided with a copy of the investigatory file and any exculpatory information, if the correctional officer and the correctional officer’s representative agree to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>execute a confidentiality agreement with the internal investigation unit not to disclose any material contained in the investigatory file and exculpatory information for any purpose other than to defend the correctional officer; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay a reasonable charge for the cost of reproducing the material.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The internal investigation unit may exclude from the exculpatory information provided to a correctional officer under this subsection:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the identity of confidential sources;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>nonexculpatory information; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>recommendations as to charges, disposition, or punishment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="o"> <level label="1"> <text>The internal investigation unit may not insert adverse material into a file of the correctional officer, except the file of the internal investigation, unless the correctional officer has an opportunity to review, sign, receive a copy of, and comment in writing on the adverse material.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The correctional officer may waive the right described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1006" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>A correctional officer who is denied a right granted by this subtitle may apply to the circuit court of the county where the correctional officer is regularly employed for an order that directs the internal investigation unit to show cause why the right should not be granted.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The correctional officer may apply for the show cause order:</text> <level label="1"> <text>either individually or through the correctional officer’s certified or recognized employee organization; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at any time prior to the beginning of a hearing by the hearing board.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1007" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, an internal investigation unit may not bring administrative charges against a correctional officer unless the unit files the charges within 1 year after the act that gives rise to the charges comes to the attention of the managing official.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The 1–year limitation of subsection (a) of this section does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity or excessive force.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1008" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection and § 11–1012 of this subtitle, if the investigation or interrogation of a correctional officer results in a recommendation of demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or similar action that is considered punitive, the correctional officer is entitled to a hearing on the issues by a hearing board before the managing official takes that action.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A correctional officer who has been convicted of a felony is not entitled to a hearing under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The internal investigation unit shall give notice to the correctional officer of the right to a hearing by a hearing board under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The notice required under this subsection shall state the time and place of the hearing and the issues involved.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection and in § 11–1012 of this subtitle, the hearing board authorized under this section shall consist of at least three members who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>are appointed by the managing official and chosen from correctional officers within that correctional facility, or from correctional officers of another correctional facility with the approval of the managing official of the other facility; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>have had no part in the investigation or interrogation of the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At least one member of the hearing board shall be of the same rank as the correctional officer against whom the complaint is filed.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <level label="i"> <text>This paragraph does not apply in Harford County.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>If the managing official is the correctional officer under investigation, the managing official of another correctional facility in the State shall function as the correctional officer of the same rank on the hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>If the managing official of a correctional facility of a county or municipal corporation is under investigation, the official authorized to appoint the managing official’s successor shall select the managing official of another correctional facility to function as the correctional officer of the same rank on the hearing board.</text> </level> </level> <level label="4"> <level label="i"> <text>This paragraph does not apply in Harford County.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>A correctional facility or the facility’s superior governmental authority that has recognized and certified an exclusive collective bargaining representative may negotiate with the representative an alternative method of forming a hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>A correctional officer may elect the alternative method of forming a hearing board if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the correctional officer works in a correctional facility described in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the correctional officer is included in the collective bargaining unit.</text> </level> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>The internal investigation unit shall notify the correctional officer in writing before a hearing board is formed that the correctional officer may elect an alternative method of forming a hearing board if one has been negotiated under this paragraph.</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>If the correctional officer elects the alternative method, that method shall be used to form the hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="vi"> <text>A correctional facility or exclusive collective bargaining representative may not require a correctional officer to elect an alternative method of forming a hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="vii"> <text>If the correctional officer has been offered summary punishment, an alternative method of forming a hearing board may not be used.</text> </level> <level label="viii"> <text>This paragraph is not subject to binding arbitration.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>In connection with a disciplinary hearing, the managing official or hearing board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, and documents as relevant or necessary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The subpoenas may be served without cost in accordance with the Maryland Rules that relate to service of process issued by a court.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Each party may request the managing official or hearing board to issue a subpoena or order under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>In case of disobedience or refusal to obey a subpoena served under this subsection, the managing official may apply without cost to the circuit court of a county where the subpoenaed party resides or conducts business, for an order to compel the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the books, papers, records, and documents.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>On a finding that the attendance and testimony of the witness or the production of the books, papers, records, and documents is relevant or necessary:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the court may issue without cost an order that requires the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of books, papers, records, and documents; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>failure to obey the order may be punished by the court as contempt.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing shall be conducted by a hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall give the internal investigation unit and correctional officer ample opportunity to present evidence and argument about the issues involved.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The correctional facility and correctional officer may be represented by counsel.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Each party has the right to cross–examine witnesses who testify and each party may submit rebuttal evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Evidence with probative value that is commonly accepted by reasonable and prudent individuals in the conduct of their affairs is admissible and shall be given probative effect.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law and shall exclude incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and unduly repetitious evidence.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Each record or document that a party desires to use shall be offered and made a part of the record.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, or by incorporation by reference.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing board may take notice of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>judicially cognizable facts; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>general, technical, or scientific facts within its specialized knowledge.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notify each party of the facts so noticed either before or during the hearing, or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>give each party an opportunity and reasonable time to contest the facts so noticed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The hearing board may utilize its experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge in the evaluation of the evidence presented.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <level label="1"> <text>With respect to the subject of a hearing conducted under this subtitle, the managing official shall administer oaths or affirmations and examine individuals under oath.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>In connection with a disciplinary hearing, the managing official or a hearing board may administer oaths.</text> </level> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <text>Witness fees and mileage, if claimed, shall be allowed the same as for testimony in a circuit court.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Witness fees, mileage, and the actual expenses necessarily incurred in securing the attendance of witnesses and their testimony shall be itemized and paid by the correctional facility.</text> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <text>An official record, including testimony and exhibits, shall be kept of the hearing.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1009" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A decision, order, or action taken as a result of a hearing under § 11–1008 of this subtitle shall be in writing and accompanied by findings of fact.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement on each issue in the case.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A finding of not guilty terminates the action.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>If the hearing board makes a finding of guilt, the hearing board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reconvene the hearing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>receive evidence; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>consider the correctional officer’s past job performance and other relevant information as factors before making recommendations to the managing official.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A copy of the decision or order, findings of fact, conclusions, and written recommendations for action shall be delivered or mailed promptly to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the correctional officer or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative of record; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the managing official.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>After a disciplinary hearing and a finding of guilt, the hearing board may recommend the penalty it considers appropriate under the circumstances, including demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or other similar action that is considered punitive.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The recommendation of a penalty shall be in writing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the decision of the hearing board as to findings of fact and any penalty is final if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a managing official is an eyewitness to the incident under investigation; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>except in Harford County, a managing official has agreed with an exclusive collective bargaining representative recognized or certified under applicable law that the decision is final.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The decision of the hearing board then may be appealed in accordance with § 11–1010 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Paragraph (1)(ii) of this subsection is not subject to binding arbitration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>Within 30 days after receipt of the recommendations of the hearing board, the managing official shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>review the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the hearing board; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>issue a final order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The final order and decision of the managing official is binding and then may be appealed in accordance with § 11–1010 of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The recommendation of a penalty by the hearing board is not binding on the managing official.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The managing official shall consider the correctional officer’s past job performance as a factor before imposing a penalty.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>The managing official may increase the recommended penalty of the hearing board only if the managing official personally:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reviews the entire record of the proceedings of the hearing board;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>meets with the correctional officer and allows the correctional officer to be heard on the record;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>discloses and provides in writing to the correctional officer, at least 10 days before the meeting, any oral or written communication not included in the record of the hearing board on which the decision to consider increasing the penalty is wholly or partly based; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>states on the record the substantial evidence relied on to support the increase of the recommended penalty.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1010" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>An appeal from a decision made under § 11–1009 of this subtitle shall be taken to the circuit court for the county in accordance with Maryland Rule 7–202.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A party aggrieved by a decision of a court under this subtitle may appeal to the Appellate Court of Maryland.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1011" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <text>On written request, a correctional officer may have expunged from any file the record of a formal complaint made against the correctional officer if:</text> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>the internal investigation unit that investigated the complaint:</text> <level label="1"> <text>exonerated the correctional officer of all charges in the complaint; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>determined that the charges were unsustained or unfounded; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a hearing board acquitted the correctional officer, dismissed the action, or made a finding of not guilty; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at least 3 years have passed since the final disposition by the correctional facility or hearing board.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1012" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle does not prohibit summary punishment by higher–ranking correctional officers as designated by the managing official.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Summary punishment may be imposed for minor violations of correctional facility rules and regulations if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the facts that constitute the minor violation are not in dispute;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the correctional officer waives the hearing provided under this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the correctional officer accepts the punishment imposed by the highest–ranking correctional officer, or individual acting in that capacity, of the unit to which the correctional officer is attached.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Summary punishment imposed under this subsection may not exceed suspension of 3 days without pay or a fine of $150.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If a correctional officer is offered summary punishment in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and refuses:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the managing official may convene a hearing board of one or more members; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the hearing board has only the authority to recommend the sanctions provided in this section for summary punishment.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If a single member hearing board is convened:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the member need not be of the same rank as the correctional officer; but</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>all other provisions of this subtitle apply.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1013" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>This subtitle does not prohibit emergency suspension by higher–ranking correctional officers as designated by the managing official.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The managing official may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the incarcerated individuals, public, and the correctional facility.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the managing official may suspend the correctional powers of the correctional officer and reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a final determination by a hearing board with respect to a correctional facility violation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A correctional officer who is suspended under this subsection is entitled to a prompt hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>If a correctional officer is charged with a felony, the managing official may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A correctional officer who is suspended under paragraph (1) of this subsection is entitled to a prompt hearing.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1014" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="10" subtitle_name="Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>A person may not knowingly make a false statement, report, or complaint during an investigation or proceeding conducted under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1101" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>“Correctional officer” has the meaning stated in § 8–201 of this article.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Correctional officer” does not include an officer who is in probationary status on initial entry into the Sheriff’s Office except if an allegation of brutality in the execution of the officer’s duties is made against the officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>“Hearing” means a proceeding during an investigation conducted by a hearing board to take testimony or receive other evidence.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Hearing” does not include an interrogation at which no testimony is taken under oath.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Hearing board” means a board that is authorized by the managing official to hold a hearing on a complaint against a correctional officer.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1102" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <text>This subtitle applies only in Calvert County and Charles County.</text> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1103" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this subtitle supersede any inconsistent provisions of any other State or local law that conflicts with this subtitle to the extent of the conflict.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This subtitle does not limit the authority of the Sheriff to regulate the competent and efficient operation and management of the Sheriff’s Office by any reasonable means including transfer and reassignment if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>that action is not punitive in nature; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the Sheriff determines that action to be in the best interests of the internal management of the Sheriff’s Office.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1104" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a correctional officer has the same rights to engage in political activity as a State employee.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The right of a correctional officer to engage in political activity does not apply when the correctional officer is on duty or acting in an official capacity.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may not prohibit secondary employment by a correctional officer; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may adopt reasonable regulations that relate to secondary employment by a correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A correctional officer may not be required or requested to disclose an item of the correctional officer’s property, income, assets, source of income, debts, or personal or domestic expenditures, including those of a member of the correctional officer’s family or household, unless:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the information is necessary to investigate a possible conflict of interest with respect to the performance of the correctional officer’s official duties; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the disclosure is required by federal or State law.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A correctional officer may not be discharged, disciplined, demoted, or denied promotion, transfer, or reassignment, or otherwise discriminated against in regard to the correctional officer’s employment or be threatened with that treatment because the correctional officer:</text> <level label="1"> <text>has exercised or demanded the rights granted by this subtitle; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>has lawfully exercised constitutional rights.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A statute may not abridge and the Sheriff’s Office may not adopt a regulation that prohibits the right of a correctional officer to bring suit that arises out of the correctional officer’s duties as a correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>A correctional officer may waive in writing any or all rights granted by this subtitle.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1105" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>The investigation or interrogation by an internal investigation unit of a correctional officer for a reason that may lead to disciplinary action, demotion, or dismissal shall be conducted in accordance with this section.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>For purposes of this section, the investigating officer or interrogating officer shall be a member of the Sheriff’s Office.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>A complaint against a correctional officer that alleges brutality in the execution of the correctional officer’s duties may not be investigated unless the complaint is sworn to, before an official authorized to administer oaths, by:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the aggrieved individual;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a member of the aggrieved individual’s immediate family;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an individual with firsthand knowledge obtained because the individual was present at and observed the alleged incident; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the parent or guardian of the minor child, if the alleged incident involves a minor child.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>Subject to subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, unless a complaint is filed within 90 days after the alleged brutality, an investigation that may lead to disciplinary action under this subtitle for brutality may not be initiated and an action may not be taken.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office may investigate any complaint of brutality at any time if the complaint is made by an employee or a member of the Sheriff’s Office.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>The correctional officer under investigation shall be informed of the name, rank, and command of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the officer in charge of the investigation;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the interrogating officer; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>each individual present during an interrogation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Before an interrogation, the correctional officer under investigation shall be informed in writing of the nature of the investigation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>Unless the seriousness of the investigation is of a degree that an immediate interrogation is required, the interrogation shall be conducted at a reasonable hour, preferably when the correctional officer is on duty.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>The interrogation shall take place:</text> <level label="1"> <text>at the office of the command of the investigating officer or at the office of the correctional officer under investigation, as designated by the investigating officer; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>at another reasonable and appropriate place.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>All questions directed to the correctional officer under interrogation shall be asked by and through one interrogating officer during any one session of interrogation consistent with paragraph (2) of this subsection.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>Each session of interrogation shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>be for a reasonable period; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>allow for personal necessities and rest periods as reasonably necessary.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>The correctional officer under interrogation may not be threatened with transfer, dismissal, or disciplinary action.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <level label="1"> <level label="i"> <text>On request, the correctional officer under interrogation has the right to be represented by counsel or another responsible representative of the correctional officer’s choice who shall be present and available for consultation at all times during the interrogation.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>The correctional officer may waive the right described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <level label="i"> <text>The interrogation shall be suspended for a period not exceeding 5 days until representation is obtained.</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>Within the 5–day period described in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the Sheriff, for good cause shown, may extend the period for obtaining representation.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>During the interrogation, the correctional officer’s counsel or representative may:</text> <level label="i"> <text>request a recess at any time to consult with the correctional officer;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>object to any question posed; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>state on the record outside the presence of the correctional officer the reason for the objection.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <level label="1"> <text>A complete record shall be kept of the entire interrogation, including all recess periods, of the correctional officer.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The record may be written, taped, or transcribed.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>On completion of the investigation, and on request of the correctional officer under investigation or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative, a copy of the record of the interrogation shall be made available at least 10 days before a hearing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="k"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office may order the correctional officer under investigation to submit to blood alcohol tests, blood, breath, or urine tests for controlled dangerous substances, polygraph examinations, or interrogations that specifically relate to the subject matter of the investigation.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the Sheriff’s Office orders the correctional officer to submit to a test, an examination, or an interrogation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection and the correctional officer refuses to do so, the Sheriff’s Office may commence an action that may lead to a punitive measure as a result of the refusal.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>If the Sheriff’s Office orders the correctional officer to submit to a test, an examination, or an interrogation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection, the results of the test, examination, or interrogation are not admissible or discoverable in a criminal proceeding against the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="l"> <level label="1"> <text>If the Sheriff’s Office orders the correctional officer to submit to a polygraph examination, the results of the polygraph examination may not be used as evidence in an administrative hearing unless the Sheriff’s Office and the correctional officer agree to the admission of the results.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The correctional officer’s counsel or representative need not be present during the actual administration of a polygraph examination by a certified polygrapher if:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the questions to be asked are reviewed with the correctional officer or the counsel or representative before the administration of the examination;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the counsel or representative is allowed to observe the administration of the examination; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a copy of the final report of the examination by the certified polygrapher is made available to the correctional officer or the counsel or representative within a reasonable time, not exceeding 10 days, after completion of the examination.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="m"> <level label="1"> <text>On completion of an investigation and at least 10 days before a hearing, the correctional officer under investigation shall be:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notified of the name of each witness and of each charge and specification against the correctional officer; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>provided with a copy of the investigatory file and any exculpatory information, if the correctional officer and the correctional officer’s representative agree to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>execute a confidentiality agreement with the Sheriff’s Office not to disclose any material contained in the investigatory file and exculpatory information for any purpose other than to defend the correctional officer; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay a reasonable charge for the cost of reproducing the material.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office may exclude from the exculpatory information provided to a correctional officer under this subsection:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the identity of confidential sources;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>nonexculpatory information; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>recommendations as to charges, disposition, or punishment.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="n"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office may not insert adverse material into a file of the correctional officer, except the file of the internal investigation, unless the correctional officer has an opportunity to review, sign, receive a copy of, and comment in writing on the adverse material.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The correctional officer may waive the right described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1106" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Sheriff’s Office may not bring administrative charges against a correctional officer unless the Sheriff’s Office files the charges within 1 year after the act that gives rise to the charges comes to the attention of the appropriate Sheriff’s Office official.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The 1–year limitation of subsection (a) of this section does not apply to charges that relate to criminal activity or brutality.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1107" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the investigation or interrogation of a correctional officer results in a recommendation of demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or similar action that is considered punitive, the correctional officer is entitled to a hearing on the issues by a hearing board before the Sheriff takes that action.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A correctional officer who has been convicted of a felony is not entitled to a hearing under this section.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office shall give notice to the correctional officer of the right to a hearing by a hearing board under this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The notice required under this subsection shall state the time and place of the hearing and the issues involved.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing board authorized under this section shall consist of at least three members who:</text> <level label="i"> <text>are appointed by the Sheriff and chosen from correctional officers within the Sheriff’s Office, or from correctional officers of another correctional facility with the approval of the Sheriff of the other facility; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>have had no part in the investigation or interrogation of the correctional officer.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>At least one member of the hearing board shall be of the same rank as the correctional officer against whom the complaint is filed.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>At least two members of the hearing board shall be correctional officers.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <level label="1"> <text>In connection with a disciplinary hearing, the Sheriff or hearing board may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, records, and documents as relevant or necessary.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The subpoenas may be served without cost in accordance with the Maryland Rules that relate to service of process issued by a court.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Each party may request the Sheriff or hearing board to issue a subpoena or an order under this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing shall be conducted by a hearing board.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall give the Sheriff’s Office and correctional officer ample opportunity to present evidence and argument about the issues involved.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Sheriff’s Office and correctional officer may be represented by counsel.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Each party has the right to cross–examine witnesses who testify, and each party may submit rebuttal evidence.</text> </level> </level> <level label="f"> <level label="1"> <text>Evidence with probative value that is commonly accepted by reasonable and prudent individuals in the conduct of their affairs is admissible and shall be given probative effect.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall give effect to the rules of privilege recognized by law and shall exclude incompetent, irrelevant, immaterial, and unduly repetitious evidence.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>Each record or document that a party desires to use shall be offered and made a part of the record.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, or by incorporation by reference.</text> </level> </level> <level label="g"> <level label="1"> <text>The hearing board may take notice of:</text> <level label="i"> <text>judicially cognizable facts; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>general, technical, or scientific facts within the hearing board’s specialized knowledge.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The hearing board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>notify each party of the facts so noticed either before or during the hearing, or by reference in preliminary reports or otherwise; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>give each party an opportunity and reasonable time to contest the facts so noticed.</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The hearing board may utilize its experience, technical competence, and specialized knowledge in the evaluation of the evidence presented.</text> </level> </level> <level label="h"> <text>In connection with a disciplinary hearing, the Sheriff or a hearing board may administer oaths.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>An official record, including testimony and exhibits, shall be kept of the hearing.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1108" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>A decision, an order, or an action taken as a result of a hearing under § 11–1107 of this subtitle shall be in writing and accompanied by findings of fact.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The findings of fact shall consist of a concise statement on each issue in the case.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>A finding of not guilty terminates the action.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>If the hearing board makes a finding of guilt, the hearing board shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>reconvene the hearing;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>receive evidence; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>consider the correctional officer’s past job performance and other relevant information as factors before making recommendations to the Sheriff.</text> </level> </level> <level label="5"> <text>A copy of the decision or order, findings of fact, conclusions, and written recommendations for action shall be delivered or mailed promptly to:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the correctional officer or the correctional officer’s counsel or representative of record; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the Sheriff.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>After a disciplinary hearing and a finding of guilt, the hearing board may recommend the penalty it considers appropriate under the circumstances, including demotion, dismissal, transfer, loss of pay, reassignment, or other similar action that is considered punitive.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The recommendation of a penalty shall be in writing.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Within 30 days after receipt of the recommendations of the hearing board, the Sheriff shall:</text> <level label="i"> <text>review the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the hearing board; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>issue a final order.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The recommendation of a penalty by the hearing board is not binding on the Sheriff.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>The Sheriff shall consider the correctional officer’s past job performance as a factor before imposing a penalty.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The Sheriff may increase the recommended penalty of the hearing board only if the Sheriff personally meets with the correctional officer and allows the correctional officer to be heard on the record.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1109" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <text>On written request to the Sheriff, a correctional officer may have expunged from any file the record of a formal complaint made against the correctional officer if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the investigation or hearing resulted in a finding of nonsustained or unfounded; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the correctional officer was exonerated and at least 3 years have passed since the final disposition by the Sheriff’s Office or hearing board.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1110" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Sheriff may impose emergency suspension with pay if it appears that the action is in the best interest of the public and the Sheriff’s Office.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>If the correctional officer is suspended with pay, the Sheriff may reassign the correctional officer to restricted duties pending:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a determination by a court with respect to a criminal violation; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a final determination by a hearing board with respect to a Sheriff’s Office violation.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a correctional officer is charged with a felony, the Sheriff may impose an emergency suspension of correctional powers without pay.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A correctional officer who is suspended under this section is entitled to a prompt hearing before the Assistant Sheriff or the Assistant Sheriff’s designee.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-1111" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="11" subtitle_name="Calvert County and Charles County Correctional Officers' Bill of Rights"> <text>Any dispute concerning the application or interpretation of this subtitle shall be resolved by the Assistant Sheriff.</text> </section>