# Correctional Services (GCS)

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

### Subtitle 6. Miscellaneous

#### Section 9-602.1

(a) The Department of State Police shall investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the incarcerated individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facility.

(b) On or before December 31 each year, the Department of State Police shall post on its website and submit to the Governor and, in accordance with Sec. 2-1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report detailing for the preceding calendar year:

  (1) the number of investigations completed by the Department of State Police under this section; and

  (2) the number of cases referred by the Department of State Police for prosecution following an investigation completed under this section.

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