PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

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which may not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment provided by statute for the
offenses of which said person was convicted; and in the event no penalty is prescribed by
statute for said offenses then the court shall prescribe the maximum term of
imprisonment; but nothing in this sentence applies to any case in which the sentence is
life imprisonment or to the service of time for nonpayment of a fine.

[(d-1)](4) The Maryland Correctional Training Center — Hagerstown.

[(e)](5)(I) The Maryland Correctional Institution for Women — Jessup, which is
the place of confinement and training for all female offenders who are sentenced to
imprisonment in any institution other than a jail, for an offense for which the maximum
penalty exceeds three (3) months.

(II) Any female offender who may be sentenced to death shall be
detained in proper segregation and under adequate control in the Maryland Correctional
Institution for Women — Jessup until not less than twenty-four hours prior to the time
fixed by the Governor for the execution of such offender, at which time the offender shall
be transferred, by authority of the Department of Correction, to the death house in the
Maryland Penitentiary for such execution, to be performed under the direct supervision
of the warden of the Maryland Penitentiary in accordance with the provisions of §§ 71 to
79, both inclusive, of this article, and in the presence of female officers assigned for this
purpose. The courts of this State, instead of imposing sentence of fixed duration upon
female offenders, may sentence them to the Maryland Correctional Institution for
Women — Jessup for an indeterminate period of time which may not exceed the
maximum term of imprisonment provided by the statute for the offense of which said
person was convicted and in the event no penalty is provided by statute for said offense
then the court shall prescribe the maximum term of imprisonment; but nothing in this
subsection relating to the imposition of an indeterminate sentence applies to any case in
which the sentence imposed is life imprisonment.

[(f)] (6) The Maryland Correctional Camp Center located at Jessup. In
connection with this Center, the Department of Correction is authorized to operate
correctional camps as established from time to time elsewhere in the State.

[(g)](7) The Pre-Release Unit for Women established under § 678C of this
article.

[(h)](8) Such receiving and classification center or centers as may be established
by the Department either at one of the institutions enumerated in this section or
elsewhere.

[(i)] (9) Any community correction center as established and maintained under
the provisions as set forth in § 706 of this article.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic errors in Article 27, § 689.

Occurred: Ch. 123, Acts of 1962.

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