Ch. 14

1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

689A.

(f) While in the program, an inmate must remain in the inmate's approved
dwelling except:

(1) With prior approval of the program administrator, to go directly to and

from:

(iii) Offices of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional
[Services.] SERVICES;

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Incorrect punctuation in Article 27, § 689A(f)(l)(iii).

Occurred: Ch. 414, Acts of 1990.

700.

(b) Subject to [the provisions of § 4-612 of Article 41 of this] ARTICLE 41, § 4-612
OF THE Code and subsection (k) of this section, each inmate committed to the custody of
the Commissioner of Correction is entitled to a diminution of the inmate's term of
confinement in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(k) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, if an inmate
[who] is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for a crime committed while on
parole and the parole is revoked, diminution credits that were allowed prior to the
inmate's release on parole may not be applied toward the inmate's term of confinement
upon return to the Division of Correction.

DRAFTER'S NOTE:

Error: Stylistic error in Article 27, § 700(b); grammatical error in Article 27,
§ 700(k)(l).

Occurred: Ch. 5, Acts of 1986; Ch. 567, Acts of 1996

700A.

(d) A prisoner employed in the community under a "work-release" plan shall
surrender to the Division of Correction his total earnings, less payroll deductions
required by law. The Division shall deduct from these earnings, in the following order of
priority, an amount determined to be the cost to the State of providing food, lodging and
clothing for the prisoner; fees assessed under Article 41, § 4-104 of the Code; the actual
and necessary food, travel and other expenses of the prisoner when released from actual
confinement under the program; the amount which the prisoner may be legally obligated
to pay for the support of his dependents, which amount shall be paid to the dependents
through the local social services administration in the county or city in which the
dependents reside; and the amount ordered to be paid by the court as restitution. Any
balance remaining after these deductions and payments shall be credited to the prisoner's
account and shall be paid to him upon release. In those cases in which the prisoner's final
earnings under a [work-release] "WORK-RELEASE" plan are required to satisfy the

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