# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 3. Division of Correction

### Subtitle 7. Diminution Credits

#### Section 3-701

In this subtitle, "term of confinement" means:

(1) the length of the sentence, for a single sentence; or

(2) the period from the first day of the sentence that begins first through the last day of the sentence that ends last, for:

  (i) concurrent sentences;

  (ii) partially concurrent sentences;

  (iii) consecutive sentences; or

  (iv) a combination of concurrent and consecutive sentences.

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Md. Code Ann., Corr. Servs. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)