Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES
Subtitle 16 - PRETRIAL DETENTION AND SERVICES
Chapter 12.16.01 - Home Detention
Section 12.16.01.03 - Organization and Staffing
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 12.16.01.03
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. The Commissioner, in cooperation with the Commissioner of Correction, shall organize and operate a unified home detention unit.
B. The program provides an alternative to the incarceration of select pretrial inmates charged with the commission of nonviolent crimes while awaiting trial. Participating inmates are:
(1) Personally supervised;
(2) Monitored electronically; and
(3) Housed in approved residences with directed and controlled community access for purposes of:
(a) Treatment;
(b) Counseling; and
(c) Employment.
C. The home detention program shall consist of the following programmatic elements:
(1) Screening;
(2) Placement;
(3) Electronic monitoring;
(4) Case work services;
(5) Employment and community services;
(6) Substance abuse testing; and
(7) Service fees.
D. Under Correctional Services Article, § 5-201(c), Annotated Code of Maryland, the Division has the same authority with regard to the custody of its inmates and the operation of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services as the Division of Correction.
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