# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 11. Local Correctional Facilities

### Subtitle 4. Correctional Farms

#### Section 11-407

(a) The governing body shall determine if an incarcerated individual shall be compensated for work performed by the incarcerated individual.

(b) 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:

  (1) paid to the incarcerated individual during the incarcerated individual's term of confinement;

  (2) withheld until the incarcerated individual's term of confinement expires; or

  (3) paid periodically to an incarcerated individual's dependent family.

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