# Correctional Services (GCS)

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

### Subtitle 6. Miscellaneous

#### Section 9-609

(a) Whenever a date of release from confinement in a State correctional facility is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the incarcerated individual shall be released on the first preceding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

(b) The Commissioner of Correction shall adopt regulations:

  (1) establishing a release plan for incarcerated individuals upon release from confinement in a State correctional facility to help identify resources to assist incarcerated individuals following release, including the provision of transportation from the facility for an incarcerated individual upon release; and

  (2) implementing the provisions of Sec. 9-609.1 of this subtitle concerning issuance of an identification card to incarcerated individuals on release from confinement in a State correctional facility.

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