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

## Subtitle 02 — Division of Correction

### Chapter 06 — Inmate Commitment

#### Regulation .03 Diminution of Confinement.

*COMAR 12.02.06.03*

A. Except as provided in §B of this regulation, this regulation applies to a term of confinement being served by an inmate in the Division.

B. This regulation does not apply to an indeterminate sentence for civil contempt.

C. Entitlement to Diminution Credit. An inmate is entitled to diminution of the inmate's term of confinement subject to Correctional Services Article, §3-711 and Title 7, Subtitle 5, Annotated Code of Maryland, from:

  (1) The date of sentencing to the custody of the Commissioner; or

  (2) If first serving a concurrent Maryland sentence in a foreign jurisdiction and later transferred to the custody of the Commissioner, the date the inmate is received into the physical custody of the Commissioner.

D. Local Jail Credit. Diminution credit awarded under the Correctional Services Article, §§11-503—11-507, Annotated Code of Maryland, to an inmate who is later transferred to the custody of the Commissioner and properly documented by a local detention facility, shall be applied to the inmate's term of confinement.