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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="11-724" title_number="11" title_name="Local Correctional Facilities" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Individual County Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “Director” means the Director of the Wicomico County Department of Corrections.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies only in Wicomico County.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The County Council 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 Council 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 any program established under this section if the individual:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>is sentenced to the custody of the Director; 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 specified under subsection (c) of 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 Director or Director’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 Director shall deduct and disburse an amount:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Director 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 desires 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 a court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Director 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 Director 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 has established for participation in a program specified in subsection (c) of 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 a 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 Director or the Director’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) of this section and § 11–726 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An incarcerated individual who is granted compassionate leave under this subsection may be required to reimburse the Department for any expenses that the County Department of Corrections incurs in granting the leave.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>The Director shall adopt regulations necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
