Marvin Mandel, Governor                         393

CHAPTER 121
(House Bill 184)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 139 and
725 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Re-
placement Volume), title "Crimes and Punishments," subtitles
"Crimes and Punishments," and "Places of Reformation and
Punishment," respectively, subheadings "Excaping ESCAPING
From Penitentiary" and "Convict Road Force," respectively; and
to repeal Section 714 of said Article of said Code, title, and sub-
title "Places of Reformation and Punishment," subheading "Con-
vict Road Force," to provide for a minimum sentence for a convic-
tion of escape from correctional facilities, to provide that the
sentence imposed FOR A CONVICTION OF ESCAPE FROM
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES shall be consecutive to the orig-
inal sentence imposed upon the escaping inmate, AND SHALL
NOT BE SUSPENDED, and to remove certain obsolete and
superfluous material.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 139 and 725 of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments," subtitles "Crimes and Punishments," and "Places of Refor-
mation and Punishment," respectively, subheading "Escaping From
Penitentiary" and "Convict Road Force," respectively, be and they
are hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments; and that Sec-
tion 714 of said Article of said Code, title and subtitle "Places of
Reformation and Punishment," subheading "Convict Road Force,"
be and it is hereby repealed, and all to read as follows:

139.

If any offender or person legally detained and confined in the
penitentiary or jail, or house of correction, or reformatory, or sta-
tion house, or any other place of confinement, in this State, shall
escape he shall be guilty of a felony and on conviction thereof by the
Criminal Court of Baltimore City or by the circuit court of the
county in which the escape takes place, be sentenced to confinement
in the penitentiary, jail or house of correction for such additional
period[, not exceeding ten years,] as the court may adjudge. but in

no event to be less than one year nor more than ten years. The

sentence so imposed shall be consecutive to the sentence under which
the inmate was originally confined AND SHALL NOT BE SUS-
PENDED. However, for escapes from the Maryland Correctional
Institution—Hagerstown or the Maryland Correctional Training
Center—Hagerstown which have not involved an assault, the sen-
tence shall not exceed confinement for three years.

If any keeper, deputy, assistant keeper or other person shall aid
or assist in the escape of any offender or person detained and con-
fined, as aforesaid, he shall be guilty of a felony and on conviction
thereof by the Criminal Court of Baltimore City or by the circuit
court of the county in which the escape takes place, be sentenced to
such confinement in the penitentiary, or jail, or the house of correc-
tion, as the court may adjudge, for not more than ten years.