Md. Code, Correctional Services § 5-201
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 5-201, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§5–201.
Official statutory text
(a) There is a Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department.
(b) The Division consists of:
(1) a Pretrial Release Services Program;
(2) a centralized booking facility for Baltimore City;
(3) the Metropolitan Transition Center;
(4) the Chesapeake Detention Facility; and
(5) the Youth Detention Center.
(c) The Division has the same authority with regard to the custody of its incarcerated individuals and the operation of the facilities within the Division as:
(1) the Division of Correction has under this Code with regard to the custody of its incarcerated individuals and the operation of the Division of Correction; and
(2) the sheriffs have under this Code with regard to the detention of incarcerated individuals committed to their custody and the operation of local correctional facilities.
(d) This title does not limit or supersede the authority of a court to determine the conditions of pretrial release.
(b) The Division consists of:
(1) a Pretrial Release Services Program;
(2) a centralized booking facility for Baltimore City;
(3) the Metropolitan Transition Center;
(4) the Chesapeake Detention Facility; and
(5) the Youth Detention Center.
(c) The Division has the same authority with regard to the custody of its incarcerated individuals and the operation of the facilities within the Division as:
(1) the Division of Correction has under this Code with regard to the custody of its incarcerated individuals and the operation of the Division of Correction; and
(2) the sheriffs have under this Code with regard to the detention of incarcerated individuals committed to their custody and the operation of local correctional facilities.
(d) This title does not limit or supersede the authority of a court to determine the conditions of pretrial release.
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