# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 11. Local Correctional Facilities

### Subtitle 5. Diminution Credits

#### Section 11-502

(a) 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.

(b)

  (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 3-303 or Sec. 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 Sec. 3-305 or Sec. 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.

  (2) An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 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.

  (3) 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.

(c)

  (1) An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 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 Sec. 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.

  (2) 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.

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