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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="3-704" title_number="3" title_name="Division of Correction" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Diminution Credits">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An incarcerated individual shall be allowed a deduction in advance from the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The deduction allowed under subsection (a) of this section shall be calculated:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>from the first day of commitment to the custody of the Commissioner through the last day of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, at the rate of 10 days for each calendar month; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If an incarcerated individual’s term of confinement includes a consecutive or concurrent sentence for a crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article or a crime of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing a controlled dangerous substance in violation of § 5–612 or § 5–613 of the Criminal Law Article, the deduction described in subsection (a) of this section shall be calculated at the rate of 5 days for each calendar month.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A deduction under this section may not be allowed for a period during which an incarcerated individual does not receive credit for service of the incarcerated individual’s term of confinement, including a period:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>during which the incarcerated individual’s sentence is stayed;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>during which the incarcerated individual is not in the custody of the Commissioner because of escape; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>for which the Maryland Parole Commission has declined to grant credit after revocation of parole or mandatory supervision.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
