Ch. 6

LAWS OF MARYLAND

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services conduct a study of
Patuxent Institution; that the Secretary establish a policy
statement for Patuxent Institution setting forth its mission,
goals, and philosophy; that the study include an assessment of
the current treatment programs to determine which programs are
and are not working successfully; that the discussion of the
merits of treatment programs include an evaluation of inmate
treatment programs in institutions other than Patuxent
Institution; that the study assess the appropriateness of the
present population at Patuxent Institution and recommendations
for any changes to this population; and that the study be
submitted to the General Assembly by December 31, 1990.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Department
of Public Safety and Correctional Services develop a standard set
of criteria for both the Division of Correction and Patuxent
Institution to use in determining and reporting recidivism rates.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That before
reinstituting the work release and leave programs at Patuxent
Institution, the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services shall promptly review the status of each inmate eligible
person who had work release or leave status before the programs
were suspended to determine if the inmate eligible person is a
threat to public safety.

SECTION 6. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision
of this Act or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid for any reason in a court of
competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect other
provisions or any other application of this Act which can be
given effect without the invalid provision or application, and
for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared
severable.

SECTION 5 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act is
an emergency measure, is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public health and safety, has been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three-fifths of all the members elected to each
of the two Houses of the General Assembly, and shall take effect
from the date it is enacted.

Approved March 20, 1989.

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