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<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>
