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Maryland Code, Correctional Services § 3-609

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A correctional facility in the Division shall maintain a reserve financial account and a spending financial account for each incarcerated individual in the correctional facility.

(b) The accounts of an incarcerated individual may be charged for:

(1) the reasonable value of any State property that the incarcerated individual:

(i) willfully or maliciously destroys; or

(ii) destroys as the result of gross negligence; or

(2) any fees assessed under § 2-118 of this article.

(c) The Commissioner shall adopt regulations that:

(1) set forth those items that may be credited to or disbursed from an account under this section; and

(2) set forth procedures for carrying out this section, including procedures that provide due process of law to each incarcerated individual before the incarcerated individual's accounts may be charged with a disbursement under subsection (b) of this section.

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