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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-711" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “warden” means the warden of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only in Dorchester County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The County Commissioners may establish under the County Department of Corrections programs for:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>community service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>home detention;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>pretrial release; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>work release.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The County Commissioners shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established under this section.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <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="1">
      <text>is sentenced to the custody of the warden; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>has no other charges pending in any jurisdiction.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>An incarcerated individual designated to participate in a program under this section may leave the detention center to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>continue regular employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>seek new employment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The warden or warden’s designee shall collect the earnings of an incarcerated individual designated to participate in a work release program, less any payroll deduction required by law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>From the earnings of the incarcerated individual, the warden shall deduct and disburse an amount that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the warden determines to be a reasonable cost for providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the County actually incurs for necessary food, travel, and other expenses incidental to the incarcerated individual’s participation in the program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a court imposes for a fine, cost, or restitution;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the incarcerated individual is legally obligated to pay, or reasonably wants to pay, for support of a dependent; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a court orders the incarcerated individual to repay to the State or the County for the services of an attorney appointed by the court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The warden shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>credit to the incarcerated individual’s account any remaining balance; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>dispose of the balance in the incarcerated individual’s account as the individual reasonably requests and as the warden approves.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or the County Department of Corrections establishes for participation in a program under this section, the incarcerated individual 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 label="2">
      <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an incarcerated individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this section, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If an incarcerated individual violates a trust or a condition that the court or the County Department of Corrections establishes, the County Department of Corrections shall notify the sentencing court in writing of the violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The warden or warden’s designee may authorize compassionate leave under this subsection for any incarcerated individual committed to the County Department of Corrections:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to visit a seriously ill member of the incarcerated individual’s immediate family; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to attend the viewing or funeral of a member of the incarcerated individual’s immediate family.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An incarcerated individual who violates the terms of an authorization for compassionate leave is subject to the sanctions specified in subsection (h)(1) and (2) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An incarcerated individual who is granted compassionate leave under this subsection may be required to reimburse the County Department of Corrections for any expenses that the Department incurs in granting the leave.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The warden shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
