Title 11. Local Correctional Facilities — Subtitle 8. Miscellaneous

In this section, “weekend incarcerated individual” means an incarcerated individual sentenced to a local correctional facility for nonconsecutive periods of 48 hours or less per week.

The governing body of a county may impose on and collect from a weekend incarcerated individual a reasonable fee in an amount not to exceed the average cost of providing food, lodging, and clothing for an incarcerated individual for the time the incarcerated individual is confined in the local correctional facility.

If the governing body of a county imposes a fee under this section, the governing body shall adopt standard procedures to implement this section, including a procedure for the waiver of a part or all of the fee based on the ability of an incarcerated individual to pay the fee.

Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the managing official of a local correctional facility may designate correctional officers employed by the local correctional facility to have the power to make arrests as authorized by § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article.

Correctional officers designated by a managing official to make arrests as authorized under § 2–207(d) of the Criminal Procedure Article shall meet the minimum qualifications and satisfactorily complete the training required by the Maryland Police Training and Standards Commission.

The managing official of a local correctional facility or the managing official’s designee may issue a retake warrant for the apprehension and return of an escapee.

If a managing official or managing official’s designee issues a retake warrant under subsection (a) of this section, the managing official or designee shall forward a copy of the retake warrant to the State’s Attorney for the county in which the escape occurred.

A sheriff or police officer who is authorized to serve criminal process and to whom a warrant issued under this section is delivered shall execute the warrant in accordance with the directions in the warrant.

A sheriff or police officer who makes an arrest under this section shall promptly notify the managing official, or managing official’s designee, who issued the warrant of the arrest.