Md. Code, Correctional Services § 9-602.1
This is the official text of Md. Code, Correctional Services § 9-602.1, part of Maryland’s Code, Correctional Services — governs prisons and the state correctional system.
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§9–602.
Official statutory text
§9–602.1.
(a) The Department of State Police shall investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the incarcerated individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facility.
(b) On or before December 31 each year, the Department of State Police shall post on its website and submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report detailing for the preceding calendar year:
(1) the number of investigations completed by the Department of State Police under this section; and
(2) the number of cases referred by the Department of State Police for prosecution following an investigation completed under this section.
(a) The Department of State Police shall investigate any death of an incarcerated individual suspected to be a homicide that occurs while the incarcerated individual is in the custody of the Division of Correction whether within or outside a correctional facility.
(b) On or before December 31 each year, the Department of State Police shall post on its website and submit to the Governor and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly a report detailing for the preceding calendar year:
(1) the number of investigations completed by the Department of State Police under this section; and
(2) the number of cases referred by the Department of State Police for prosecution following an investigation completed under this section.
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