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<section article="gcs" article_name="Correctional Services" number="8-805" title_number="8" title_name="State and Local Correctional System -- Generally" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Civil immigration violation” means a violation of federal civil immigration law.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Court order” does not include a document issued by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the United States Department of Homeland Security;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the United States Department of Justice; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any successor agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Convicted individual” means an individual who has been convicted of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a felony under the laws of this State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>an offense for which registration as a sex offender is required;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an offense for which the individual was sentenced to a term of incarceration to be served at a State correctional facility; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an offense in another state for which the individual was sentenced to at least 5 years of incarceration and the individual completed at least 5 years of incarceration of that sentence.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>“Immigration detainer” means a written or electronic request issued by a federal immigration authority to request that another law enforcement agency detain a person that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>based on probable cause to believe that the person to be detained is a removable alien under federal immigration law; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>accompanied by a Form I–205 Warrant of Removal/Deportation or a successor form.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>“Judicial warrant” does not include a document issued by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the United States Department of Homeland Security;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the United States Department of Justice; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any successor agency.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>“Local correctional facility” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Baltimore City Detention Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City that is operated by the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Paragraph (2)(i), (iii), and (iv) of this subsection does not apply to a convicted individual.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) of this subsection, a local correctional facility may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>inquire about or investigate an individual’s citizenship, immigration status, or place of birth;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>detain or prolong the detention of an individual:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>for the purpose of investigating the individual’s citizenship or immigration status;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>based on the suspicion that the individual has committed a civil immigration violation; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>at the request of federal immigration authorities unless presented with a valid judicial warrant;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>notify federal immigration authorities that an individual is in custody unless required by a valid court order or judicial warrant; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>transfer an individual to federal immigration authorities unless presented with a valid judicial warrant.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Nothing in this subsection shall prevent a local correctional facility from:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>inquiring about information that is material to a routine booking procedure; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>entering information into the National Crime Information Center.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>If the citizenship or immigration status of an individual is relevant to a protection accorded to the individual under State or federal law, or subject to a requirement imposed by international treaty, a local correctional facility may:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>notify the individual of the protection or requirement; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>provide the individual with an opportunity to voluntarily disclose the individual’s citizenship or immigration status for the purpose of receiving the protection or complying with the requirement.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not apply to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the Baltimore City Detention Center; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the centralized booking facility in Baltimore City that is operated by the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A State correctional facility shall provide notice to federal immigration authorities of the release of an individual who is the subject of an active immigration detainer within 48 hours before the release of the individual.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A State correctional facility or a local correctional facility may not coerce, intimidate, or threaten an individual based on the actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status of the individual or any other person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Attorney General or an individual who has been subjected to a violation of this section may bring a civil action to enforce this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>In an action brought under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the court may issue temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief to prevent an act that would constitute a violation of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
