1006                                          LAWS OF MARYLAND                                      Ch. 267

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1986.

Approved April 29, 1986.

CHAPTER 267

(House Bill 1716)

AN ACT concerning

Local Detention Centers -
Good Conduct Reductions in Confinement

FOR the purpose of requiring each inmate sentenced to a local
detention center to be given an initial deduction of the
period of commitment or sentence of the inmate subject to
the good conduct of an inmate; specifying the method of
calculation of the deduction; limiting the present deduction
in period of commitment or sentence for certain types of

good conduct to an inmate held in a pre-trial or

pre-sentence status; defining a certain term; and generally
relating to reduction in periods of confinement in local
detention centers.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 - Crimes and Punishments

Section 704A

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1982 Replacement Volume and 1985 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

704A.

(A) IN THIS SECTION "LOCAL DETENTION CENTER" MEANS A
COUNTY, TOWN, OR CITY JAIL, WORK RELEASE OR PRERELEASE CENTER, OR
ANY CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OPERATED BY ONE OR MORE COUNTIES FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ADULT DETENTION AND CONFINEMENT.

[(a)] (B) An inmate sentenced to or held in a pre-trial or
pre-sentence status in [any county, town, or city jail, or
regional] A LOCAL detention center is entitled to a diminution of
the period of his or her confinement in accordance with the
provisions of this section.