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Ch. 290
LAWS OF MARYLAND
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.
399.
(a) This section does not limit the powers of:
(2) The Juvenile Services [Administration] AGENCY
under [Title 6, Subtitle 1 of the Health - General] Article 41C.
743.
(f) "Criminal justice agency" means any government agency
or subunit of any such agency which is authorized by law to
exercise the power of arrest, detention, prosecution,
adjudication, correctional supervision, custodial treatment or
confinement under Title 12 of the Health General Article,
rehabilitation, or release of persons suspected, charged, or
convicted of a crime or relieved of criminal punishment by a
verdict of not criminally responsible and which allocates a
substantial portion of its annual budget to any of these
functions. The term does not include the Juvenile Services
[Administration] AGENCY or a juvenile court, but it does include
the following agencies, when exercising jurisdiction over
criminal matters or alternative dispositions of criminal matters,
or criminal history record information:
(1) State, county, and municipal police departments
and agencies, sheriffs' offices, correctional facilities, jails,
and detention centers;
(2) Any agency required to report to the central
repository under § 12-107 or § 12-112 of the Health - General
Article;
(3) The offices of the Attorney General, the State's
attorneys, and. any other person authorized by law to prosecute
persons accused of criminal offenses; or
(4) The Administrative Office of the Courts, the
Court of Appeals, the Court of Special Appeals, the circuit
courts, the District Court of Maryland, and the offices of the
clerks of these courts.
Article 41 - Governor - Executive and
Administrative Departments
4-301.
(b) As used in this section:
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