# Correctional Services (GCS)

## Title 9. State and Local Correctional System -- Incarcerated Individuals

### Subtitle 1. Sentences -- Generally

#### Section 9-104

(a) This section does not apply to an individual sentenced in Baltimore City.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a judge may not sentence an individual to the jurisdiction of the Division for 12 months or less unless:

  (1) the sentence is for an offense committed by an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility under the jurisdiction of the Division; and

  (2) the incarcerated individual is still under the jurisdiction of the Division.

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