Md. Code, Correctional Services § 3-218
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 3-218, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§3–218.
Official statutory text
(a) An officer or other employee of the Division may not:
(1) accept a reward or gift, or a promise of a reward or gift, from an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual;
(2) receive a devise or bequest, or a promise of a devise or bequest, from an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual; or
(3) enter into a contract with an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or with a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual.
(b) A gift, reward, bequest, devise, promise, or contract accepted, received, or entered into in violation of this section is void.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
(1) accept a reward or gift, or a promise of a reward or gift, from an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual;
(2) receive a devise or bequest, or a promise of a devise or bequest, from an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual; or
(3) enter into a contract with an incarcerated individual in a correctional facility in the Division or with a person on behalf of an incarcerated individual.
(b) A gift, reward, bequest, devise, promise, or contract accepted, received, or entered into in violation of this section is void.
(c) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.
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