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§ 11-504. Diminution credits--postsentence confinement--good conduct

West's Annotated Code of MarylandCorrectional ServicesEffective: October 1, 2023

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Correctional Services (Refs & Annos)
Title 11. Local Correctional Facilities (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 5. Diminution Credits
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 11-504
§ 11-504. Diminution credits--postsentence confinement--good conduct
Currentness
(a) An incarcerated individual who is sentenced to a local correctional facility shall be allowed an initial deduction from the incarcerated individual's term of confinement.
(b) The deduction described in subsection (a) of this section shall be calculated:
(1) from the first day of the incarcerated individual's postsentence commitment to the custody of the local correctional facility to the last day of the incarcerated individual's maximum term of confinement;
(2)(i) at the rate of 5 days for each calendar month if the incarcerated individual's term of confinement includes a consecutive or concurrent sentence for a crime of violence, as defined in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article or a crime of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing a controlled dangerous substance in violation of § 5-612 or § 5-613 of the Criminal Law Article; or
(ii) at the rate of 10 days for each calendar month for all other incarcerated individuals; and
(3) on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month.

Credits

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 515, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 27, § 704A.
MD Code, Correctional Services, § 11-504, MD CORR SERV § 11-504
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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