§ 11-106

Maryland § 11-106

• Jurisdiction: Maryland
• Article gcs: Correctional Services
• Title: 11

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(a) On approving local correctional facility plans that require State financial assistance, the Secretary shall enter into a written contract with the county or counties involved setting forth the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of all parties.

(b) The contract may provide for the housing and rehabilitation in a local correctional facility of incarcerated individuals sentenced to State correctional facilities under conditions agreed on by all parties.

(c) The Secretary may not approve a contract unless the contract provides:

(1) for a periodic review of the facilities and rehabilitation and training programs of the local correctional facility by the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards; and

(2) that the local correctional facility is in substantial compliance with the minimum mandatory standards described in § 8–103(a) of this article.

(d) In the absence of any contract, court order, or consent decree, incarcerated individuals sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction may not be housed in a local correctional facility for more than 30 days while awaiting transfer to the Division of Correction.