MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1985

COMPARABLE.

[[SECTION 6]] SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED,
That this Act shall take effect July 1, 1976.

Approved May 17, 1976.

CHAPTER 718

(House Bill 1020)

AN ACT concerning

Prisoners — Baltimore City Jail

FOR the purpose of authorizing courts to prescribe the
employment or participation in approved programs of
persons confined in the Baltimore City Jail, and
generally relating to certain programs for persons
confined in the Baltimore City Jail.

BY adding to

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 645W

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That new Section 645W be and it is hereby added
to Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and 1975
Supplement) to read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

645W. BALTIMORE CITY

(A) WHEN A PERSON IS DETAINED IN OR SENTENCED TO
THE BALTIMORE CITY JAIL, THE JUDGE ORDERING THE
CONFINEMENT OR, IF HE IS UNABLE TO ACT, THEN ANY OTHER
JUDGE OF THE COMMITTING COURT, AT ANY TIME DURING THE
PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH PROGRAMS
AS ARE AVAILABLE, MAY PRESCRIBE [[AS A CORRECTIONAL
PROGRAM]] THAT THE PERSON MAY CONTINUE HIS REGULAR
EMPLOYMENT, OBTAIN NEW EMPLOYMENT, PARTICIPATE IN A
TRAINING OR REHABILITATION PROGRAM, OR ATTEND EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS, DURING THE PERIOD OF CUSTODY. A PRISONER
IN A PRESCRIBED [[CORRECTIONAL]] PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION SHALL BE CONFINED IN JAIL OR HELD IN CUSTODY