HARRY HUGHES, Governor                              1949

(A) THE SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL
SERVICES, WITH THE ADVICE OF THE MARYLAND COMMISSION ON
CORRECTIONAL STANDARDS, SHALL DEVELOP AND ADOPT, BY RULE OR
REGULATION, MINIMUM MANDATORY AND APPROVED STANDARDS FOR
JAILS AND OTHER PLACES USED FOR CONFINEMENT OR DETENTION OF
ADULT OFFENDERS AGAINST THE LAWS OF THIS STATE. HOWEVER,
STATE FUNDS MAY NOT BE EXPENDED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
STANDARDS FOR STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS ADOPTED,
PROMULGATED AND/OR PROPOSED BY THE AMERICAN CORRECTIONAL
ASSOCIATION AND/OR THE COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR
CORRECTIONS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET. SUCH
STANDARDS SHALL INCLUDE THE ITEMS ENUMERATED IN ARTICLE 41,
§ 70C(B)(6) (7) AND (8), AND SHALL BE ENFORCED AS PROVIDED
IN ARTICLE 41, § 70C(D).

(B) "STANDARDS" HAS THE SAME DEFINITION AS FOUND IN
ARTICLE 41, § 70C(B)(6) (7) AND (8).

704A.

An inmate sentenced or held in a pre-trial or
pre-sentence status in any county, town, or city jail, is
entitled to a diminution of the period of his confinement
under the following rules and regulations:

(1)  For each calendar month commencing on the
first day of the month next after his arrival at the
institution, during which the inmate is not guilty of a
violation of the discipline or any of the rules of the
institution and labors with diligence and fidelity when the
opportunity for labor is made available, he shall be allowed
a deduction of five days from each month of the period of
the commitment or sentence.

(2)  For each calendar month commencing on the
first day of the month next after his arrival at the
institution, during which, under regulations established by
the [jail programming and inspection officer referred to in
§ 704 of this article,] SECRETARY OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, an inmate is deemed to have
manifested exceptional industry, application, and skill in
the performance of any industrial, agricultural, or
administrative tasks assigned to the inmate, or where he or
she is deemed to have manifested satisfactory industry,
application, and progress in any vocational or other
educational and training courses assigned to the inmate, he
or she may be allowed an additional deduction of five more
days from each month of the period of his or her commitment
or sentence.

(3)  For each calendar month or fraction thereof
commencing on the first day of assignment, during which,
under regulations established by the [jail programming and
inspection officer referred to in § 704 of this article,]
SECRETARY, an inmate is deemed to have manifested
satisfactory industry, application, and progress in special