In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction. “Division” means the Division of Correction.

This subtitle applies to any judge of the circuit court for a county or of the District Court.

Notwithstanding any other law, a judge who sentences an individual to imprisonment for an offense for which a law requires the imprisonment be served at a specific State correctional facility shall sentence the individual to the jurisdiction of the Division. The judge shall commit the individual to the custody of the Commissioner and cause the individual to be delivered to the Commissioner for imprisonment. If a law refers to the sentencing of an incarcerated individual to or confinement of an incarcerated individual in a specific correctional facility in the Division, the reference shall be construed to mean sentencing of an incarcerated individual to the jurisdiction of or confinement of an incarcerated individual in the Division rather than the specific correctional facility. Each individual sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division and each individual still in confinement under a sentence imposed before June 1, 1967, shall be held by, confined in, assigned to, or transferred to: a correctional facility in the Division, as the Division orders; or if convenient and practical, a barracks of the Department of State Police.

This section does not apply to an individual sentenced in Baltimore City. Notwithstanding any other law, a judge may not sentence an individual to the jurisdiction of the Division for 12 months or less unless: the sentence is for an offense committed by an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the Division; and the incarcerated individual is still under the jurisdiction of the Division.

Notwithstanding any other law, a judge may sentence an individual to a local correctional facility if: the sentence to be then executed is for a period of not more than 18 months; and the judge imposing the sentence is in a jurisdiction that is a party to the operation and maintenance of the local correctional facility to which the individual is sentenced.

This section applies only in Baltimore City. Notwithstanding any other law, a judge who imposes a sentence of imprisonment on an individual shall commit the individual to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction. A judge who commits an individual to custody for any purpose other than service of a sentence shall commit the individual to the custody of the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services.