1570                            LAWS OF MARYLAND                      [CH. 914

public hearings, certain regulations covering minimum standards
for jails and other places used for the detention or confinement of
offenders against the laws of this State. Such standards shall in-
clude but not be exclusive of such items as security precautions,
housing and sanitation facilities, FOOD SERVICES, custodial per-
sonnel and administrative reporting, including periodic prisoner
population and status reports to State's Attorneys and Judges.
Such regulations and standards may from time to time be changed
or amended by the Department of Correction after due notice and
opportunity for same to be protested by interested persons. Copies
of all regulations and standards and changes thereto shall be fur-
nished to every interested person at no charge.

(b)    At least annually, the Department of Correction shall inspect
the several county and Baltimore City jails, lockups, jail farms and
other such places OF DETENTION. The Department will submit
a report to the county commissioners of the several counties and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, showing the results of such
inspection together with recommendations as to any improvements
OR CONSTRUCTION which should be made. In the event the
Department finds that the jail or other such place does not meet the
minimum standards as heretofore promulgated, copies of the report
and recommendations shall be forwarded to the GOVERNING
BODY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION AND THE State's
Attorney and Circuit Court Judges for the county or Baltimore
City. In the event that such deficiencies are not SUBSTANTIALLY
corrected within 90 180 days so that the said jail or other such place
OF DETENTION meets minimum standards, the Department shall
order such place closed and all prisoners therein shall be transferred
TO A SUITABLE PLACE OF DETENTION IN THE OPINION
OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION WITH THE EX-
PENSES THEREOF TO BE PAID BY THE GOVERNING BODY
OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION; EXCEPT THAT IN BAL-
TIMORE CITY THE REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSFER OF
PRISONERS SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE.

(c)    In the event the County Commissioners of any county and
the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore provide for making SUCH
REQUIRED improvements to the jail or such other place OF DE-
TENTION of said county or city, the State, through the Board of
Public Works, may SHALL make provision for paying one fourth of
the costs of such improvements. ONE-HALF OF THE COSTS OF
SUCH CONSTRUCTION OR IMPROVEMENTS, THE PLANS
AND COSTS FOR SAME TO BE APPROVED BY THE DEPART-
MENT OF CORRECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE STATE PLANNING COMMIS-
SION.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
June 1, 1965.

Approved May 4, 1965.