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<subtitle article="gcs" title_number="11" subtitle_number="5" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits">
  <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>
</subtitle>