HARRY HUGHES, Governor

4073

AN ACT concerning

Baltimore County Detention Center - Escapes - Expenses

FOR the purpose of providing that an individual who escapes from
the Baltimore County Detention Center is liable for costs
incurred in returning that individual to the penitentiary;
providing that an individual charged under this Act is
entitled to a hearing to challenge the reasonableness of the
charges; permitting the Sheriff of Baltimore County to
establish regulations and procedures to carry out the
provisions of this Act; and generally relating to charging
escapees from the Baltimore County Detention Center with the
costs of return to the Center.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 139

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1983 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

139.

(a) (1) If any individual who is legally detained in the
State penitentiary or a jail, house of correction, reformatory,
station house, or other place of confinement in this State or who
is committed to the Drug Abuse Administration for examination or
inpatient treatment escapes, the individual is guilty of a felony
and on conviction by the circuit court for the county in which
the escape takes place, is subject to confinement in the State
penitentiary or a jail or house of correction for an additional
period not exceeding 10 years. The sentence imposed under this
subsection shall be consecutive to any sentence which was being
served at the time of the escape, or any sentence which had been
imposed but was not yet being served at the time of sentencing on
the escape. A sentence imposed under this subsection may not be
suspended.

(2) An institution or agency that operates under the
authority of the Juvenile Services Administration and treats
children who are adjudicated delinquent is a place of confinement
for the purpose of this section. However, for an escape from a
juvenile institution or agency that does not involve an assault,
the sentence may not exceed confinement for 3 years.