# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 11. Local Correctional Facilities

### Subtitle 5. Diminution Credits

#### Section 11-503

(a) 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:

  (1) does not violate the rules of discipline; and

  (2) labors with diligence and fidelity when the opportunity for labor is available.

(b) The deductions described in this section shall:

  (1) begin on the day the incarcerated individual arrives at the local correctional facility;

  (2) 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

  (3) cease on the day the incarcerated individual is:

    (i) sentenced to a local correctional facility;

    (ii) committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; or

    (iii) released.

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