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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-720" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies only in St. Mary’s County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Sheriff may establish:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a home detention program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a day reporting program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a work release program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an in–patient treatment program;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a pretrial release supervision program; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a prerelease program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If the Sheriff establishes a program under this section, the Sheriff shall adopt regulations necessary to implement each program established.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a condition that a court imposes on an individual is inconsistent with a regulation adopted under this subsection, the condition imposed by the court controls as to that individual.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>At the time of a court proceeding or at any time during an individual’s participation in a program, the court may allow the individual to participate in any program established under this section if the individual:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is court–ordered to the custody of the Sheriff; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>has no other charges for a felony or a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article pending in any jurisdiction.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An individual who is participating in any program established under this section and who is authorized to participate in a St. Mary’s County Detention and Rehabilitation Center program may, with the approval of the Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>continue regular employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>seek new employment;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>attend any court–ordered treatment appointments;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>receive intensive counseling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>obtain academic education; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>maximize use of other community resources or other similar rehabilitative activities.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Sheriff or the Sheriff’s designee may direct an individual participating in a program established under this section to provide proof that the individual has made payments toward any of the following obligations:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>an amount the individual is legally obligated to pay for the support of a dependent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>court–ordered payments for restitution; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>court–ordered fees or fines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If an individual violates a trust or a condition that a court or Sheriff has established for participating in any program established 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 individual who violates a trust or a condition that a court or Sheriff has established for participating in any 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 individual’s term of confinement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
