Ch. 391

2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 391
(House Bill 997)

AN ACT concerning

St. Mary's County - Sheriff - Home Detention and Work Release Programs

FOR the purpose of authorizing the Sheriff of St. Mary's County to establish
programs for home detention and work release; requiring the Sheriff to adopt
certain regulations if a program is established; authorizing the court to allow
certain individuals to participate in a program; authorizing certain inmates
participating in a program to leave the St. Mary's County Detention Center
under certain circumstances; authorizing the Sheriff and the Board of County
Commissioners of St. Mary's County to determine and collect a reasonable
monetary amount or program participation fee to pay for costs incurred by the
county for providing certain items for the inmate to participate in the work
release program; requiring the Sheriff or the Sheriff's designee to notify the
court in writing if an inmate violates a certain trust or condition established for
participating in a program; establishing certain penalties for violating a certain
trust or condition established for participating in a program; and generally
relating to home detention and work release programs in St. Mary's County.

BY adding to

Article - Correctional Services

Section 11-720

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1999 Volume and 2003 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Correctional Services

11-720.

(A)     THIS SECTION APPLIES ONLY IN ST. MARYS COUNTY.

(B)     (1) THE SHERIFF MAY ESTABLISH:

(I)      A HOME DETENTION PROGRAM; AND

(II)     A WORK RELEASE PROGRAM.

(2) (I) IF THE SHERIFF ESTABLISHES A PROGRAM UNDER THIS
SECTION, THE SHERIFF SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT
EACH PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.

(II) IF A CONDITION THAT A COURT IMPOSES ON AN INMATE IS
INCONSISTENT WITH A REGULATION ADOPTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, THE
CONDITION IMPOSED BY THE COURT CONTROLS AS TO THAT INMATE.

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