# Labor and Employment (GLE)

## Title 8. Unemployment Insurance

### Subtitle 2. Scope of Title

#### Section 8-217

(a) Employment that an incarcerated individual of a custodial or penal institution performs for a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity is not covered employment.

(b)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, employment that an incarcerated individual of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is not covered employment.

  (2) Employment that an incarcerated individual of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is covered employment if the incarcerated individual continues to be employed by the private, for-profit employing unit after being permanently released from the custodial or penal institution, including released by parole.

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Md. Code Ann., Lab. & Empl. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)