# Correctional Services (GCS)

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

### Subtitle 1. Sentences -- Generally

#### Section 9-106

(a) This section applies only in Baltimore City.

(b) 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.

(c) 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.

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