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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-716" 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 Kent County Detention Center.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only in Kent County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The County Commissioners may establish under the Kent County Detention Center 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 an individual to participate in any 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 Kent County Detention Center to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>continue regular employment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>seek new employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>receive therapy for drug or alcohol addiction.</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:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the warden determines to be the cost to the county 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 participation by the incarcerated individual 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 to 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 incarcerated 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 the court or the Kent County Detention Center establishes for conduct or employment, the incarcerated individual is subject to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>removal from a program specified in subsection (c) of this section; 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 a court or the detention center establishes, the Kent County Detention Center shall notify the sentencing court in writing of the violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Incarcerated individuals of the Kent County Detention Center who are employed under § 11–602 of this title shall pay:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the reasonable cost of the food, lodging, and clothing of the incarcerated individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The County Commissioners shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>establish a reasonable per diem rate for the food, lodging, and clothing of an incarcerated individual; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>designate the warden as the agent to collect these costs.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the county may collect from an incarcerated individual who is sentenced to the Kent County Detention Center for nonconsecutive periods of 48 hours or less an amount determined to be the average cost to the county of providing food, lodging, and clothing for the incarcerated individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A court may waive any or all of the charge specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The warden or warden’s designee may authorize compassionate leave under this subsection for any incarcerated individual committed to the Kent County Detention Center:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>to visit a seriously ill member of the immediate family of the incarcerated individual; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>to attend a viewing or funeral of a member of the immediate family of the incarcerated individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An incarcerated individual who is granted compassionate leave may be required to reimburse the Kent County Detention Center for any expenses that the detention center incurs in granting the leave.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The warden shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
