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Maryland Code, Correctional Services § 9-202

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

(a)(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.

(2) “Division custody” means confinement resulting from a sentence to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction.

(3)(i) “Non-Division custody” means any postsentencing criminal confinement other than Division custody.

(ii) “Non-Division custody” includes confinement resulting from a sentence to:

1. a local correctional facility; or

2. a correctional facility in a foreign jurisdiction.

(b)(1) A sentence to a term of Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Non-Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Non-Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.

(2) A sentence to a term of Non-Division custody that is imposed consecutive to a term of Division custody shall begin when the individual is released from Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.

(c) A sentence imposed consecutive to a term of confinement for which the defendant is on parole shall begin:

(1) if, at the time of sentencing, parole is revoked, on expiration of the original term of confinement; or

(2) if parole is not revoked, on the date that the consecutive sentence was imposed.

(d) An incarcerated individual under a sentence to a term of Division custody that is concurrent or partially concurrent to a term of Non-Division custody shall be subject to Division custody immediately on release from Non-Division custody due to the expiration of a sentence, parole, or the application of diminution credits.

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