# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 3. Division of Correction

### Subtitle 7. Diminution Credits

#### Section 3-702

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, Sec. 3-711 of this subtitle, and Title 7, Subtitle 5 of this article, an incarcerated individual committed to the custody of the Commissioner is entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle.

(b)

  (1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 3-303 or Sec. 3-304 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, or an incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 3-305 or Sec. 3-306 of the Criminal Law Article, as the sections existed before October 1, 2017, involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years, is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle.

  (2) An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 3-303 of the Criminal Law Article that occurred on or after October 1, 2024, is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle.

(c) An incarcerated individual who is serving a sentence for a violation of Sec. 3-307 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years is not entitled to a diminution of the incarcerated individual's term of confinement as provided under this subtitle, if the incarcerated individual was previously convicted of a violation of Sec. 3-307 of the Criminal Law Article involving a victim who is a child under the age of 16 years.

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