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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 12.02.29.02" title_num="12" subtitle_num="02" chapter_num="29" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Case manager” means the case management specialist assigned to an inmate during the case management process.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Correction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“Division” means the Division of Correction.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Inmate” has the meaning stated in Correctional Services Article, §1-101, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Inmate case record” means documentation assembled, maintained, and used under Correctional Services Article, §3-601, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Juvenile lifer” means an inmate serving a life sentence for a crime committed while younger than 18 years old.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Outside detail” means a work assignment at a location other than the facility where an inmate is housed, and during which the inmate is under the direct supervision of a correctional officer.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Programming” means the process of placing an inmate in programs that address the inmate’s risks and needs.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Release.</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>“Release” means any type of discharge from custody of the Division.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>“Release” includes administrative release, parole, court ordered release, mandatory supervision release, expiration of sentence, work release, and community leave.</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>“Release” does not include an escape.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Release date” means the date a juvenile lifer may be released from incarceration if the juvenile lifer:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Has been conditionally approved for parole by the Governor; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Is entitled to release on mandatory supervision.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Security” means a correctional facility’s physical features which help control inmate behavior and prevent escape.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>