Md. Code, Correctional Services § 9-202
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 9-202, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§9–202.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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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