# COMAR Title 12 — Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

## Subtitle 02 — Division of Correction

### Chapter 01 — General

**Authority:** Correctional Services Article, §3-205, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: July 21, 1972

**Administrative History:** Regulation adopted effective July 28, 1978 (5:15 Md. R. 1190)

**Administrative History:** Chapter, Minimum Jail Standards, repealed effective April 26, 1982

**Administrative History:** (9:8 Md. R. 822)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01 and .02 under new chapter, General, adopted effective

**Administrative History:** April 12, 1993 (20:7 Md. R. 642)

#### Regulation .01 Overview.

*COMAR 12.02.01.01*

A. As it presently exists, the Maryland Division of Correction was established effective July 1, 1970. By Chapter 401, Acts of 1970, all State adult correctional facilities and related responsibilities were assigned to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The Department of Correctional Services was retitled the Division of Correction and reestablished as an agency under the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

B. As an agency of the Department, the Division of Correction has central administrative control over the adult correctional facilities of the State.

C. The Commissioner of Correction is appointed by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services with the approval of the Governor, by and with the consent and advice of the Senate, in accordance with Correctional Services Article, §3-202, Annotated Code of Maryland.

D. The Commissioner of Correction is in sole and active charge of the Division of Correction, subject to the authority of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Governor of Maryland.

#### Regulation .02 Mission.

*COMAR 12.02.01.02*

The mission of the Division of Correction is to protect the people of Maryland from repeated criminal activities of offenders sentenced to the Division's jurisdiction. This mission is attained by the secure confinement of offenders and their successful reintegration into the community through programs of remediation, treatment, training, education, and work release.