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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 527

(b)  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this
article or any other law to the contrary, [on and after June
1, 1967,] judges, in the sentencing of convicted persons
[(1)] for any offense for which the provisions of this
article or any other law requires the imprisonment to be
served at any one of those institutions enumerated in § 689
of this article [or (2) any offense for which prior to June
1, 1967, the sentence was made for whatever reason to one of
those institutions in § 689], shall in all such cases
sentence such persons to the jurisdiction of the
[Department] DIVISION of Correction. All such persons shall
be committed to the custody of the Commissioner of
Correction and delivered to him for imprisonment.
Thereafter all such persons shall be held, confined in,
assigned to or transferred to such of the institutions and
facilities under the jurisdiction of the [Department]
DIVISION as the [Department] DIVISION from time to time may
order, including State Police barracks where such use is
convenient and practical.

Any person sentenced prior to June 1, 1967 to any one
of the institutions and facilities under the jurisdiction of
the [Department] DIVISION may, after such date, and
notwithstanding such sentence, be held, confined in,
assigned to or transferred to such of these institutions and
facilities as the [Department] DIVISION may from time to
time order.

(c)  No sentence by any judge to the jurisdiction of
the [Department] DIVISION may be for less than three months,
any provisions of this article or any other law to the
contrary notwithstanding.

(d)  Whenever in this article or any other law
reference is made to the sentencing or confinement of
prisoners to any of the institutions enumerated in § 689,
such reference shall [after June 1, 1967,] be construed to
mean sentencing or confinement to the jurisdiction of the
[Department] DIVISION rather than to any particular
institution or facility of the [Department] DIVISION.

(e)     The Commissioner of Correctional Services

CORRECTION may transfer minimum security inmates to county
or Baltimore City detention facilities for participation in
community-oriented correctional programs, by mutual
agreement with Baltimore City or the counties involved.

(f)     The Commissioner of Correctional Services

CORRECTION may accept transfer of inmates or pretrial
defendants from a county or Baltimore City detention
facility if such person to be transferred requires
specialized treatment of behavior or medical problems, or
requires maximum security detention, and the county or
Baltimore City facility is not equipped to properly provide
the necessary treatment or detention.