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If any officer or other person supervising any inmate connives or, by willful neglect, permits the escape of any inmate, he or she shall be charged with a misdemeanor and, upon indictment and conviction of such offense, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or shall be confined in the county detention center for not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, and be subject to the same penalty of work, or both, in the discretion of the court. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1.)
The director of finance is authorized to pay each inmate who is assigned to work at an essential job or to participate in a program specified by the director at the rate of one dollar ($1.00) per day, or such higher rate as may be established in executive regulations adopted by the county executive under method (3) of section 2A-15 of this Code, for the actual days worked or for the actual days of successful participation in a program. The director or designee will maintain a list of essential inmate work positions and will specify the programs for which inmates will be paid. Such payment shall not be made for required housekeeping duties performed within an inmate's quarters or confinement area. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 16.)
An inmate sentenced or held in a pre-trial or pre-sentence status is entitled to a diminution of the period of confinement as specified by Section 3-101 of the Correrctional Services Article of the Maryland Code. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 2010 L.M.C., ch. 49, § 1.)
Each inmate shall be given a medical examination and shall be provided access to daily medical or sick call facilities. The medical examination shall be administered to the inmate by a medical doctor or a nurse practitioner and/or a licensed physician's assistant under the direction of a medical doctor within fourteen (14) days after admission and shall include, as determined to be necessary by the physician, but not be limited to the following areas: Heart and lungs; abdominal palpation; description of obvious wounds; complete blood count; X-ray, chest, skull and others as indicated; tuberculin skin test; urinalysis, including examination for drug use; vision and hearing and any other necessary tests as may be determined by the doctor. In addition to the foregoing, a medical history shall also be taken from the inmate which may include information relating to family, education and employment, which in the discretion of the examining physician shall be determined necessary. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 50, § 1.)
Editor’s note—Section 13-9 is cited in Bryant v. State of Maryland, 900 A.2d 227 (2006).
(a) Any person or inmate who shall willfully and maliciously destroy, injure, deface or molest any real or personal property of another or of the county in the county correctional centers or on the grounds of such centers, shall be charged with a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to making restitution for such property, to imprisonment for a period of not more than six (6) months, or to a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or to restitution, fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(b) Any person or inmate who shall willfully and maliciously destroy, injure, deface or molest any real or personal property of the county shall be charged with an institutional offense and, upon being found guilty through adjustment procedures established by the director, shall be responsible for reimbursement at a pro-rated cost for destroyed, injured, defaced or molested real or personal property of the county. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 1.)
(a) The County Executive may adopt a regulation under method (1) to establish standard procedures for the collection from a weekend prisoner of a reasonable fee in an amount that does not exceed the average cost of providing food, lodging, and clothing for an
inmate. The regulation may provide that the amount of the fee may be revised by regulation under method (3).
(b) A weekend prisoner means an inmate sentenced to confinement to the Department of Correction and Rehabilitation for 48 hours or less per week.
(c) As provided in state law, the regulation must set a maximum fee and a sliding scale of lower fees based on the income available to the prisoner.
(d) The regulation must include:
(1) the cost elements to be used in calculating the amount of the maximum fee;
(2) the process and timing for revising the amount of the fee;
(3) the factors to be considered in allowing fee reductions because of inability to pay the maximum fee; and
(4) the procedure to collect the fee from each weekend prisoner. (CY 1991 L.M.C., ch. 6, § 1.)
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