Section 11-505 - Diminution credits - Industrial, agricultural, or administrative tasks; educational and training courses. - Maryland Statutes

§ 11-505. Diminution credits - Industrial, agricultural, or administrative tasks; educational and training courses.
 

(a)  In general.- In addition to any other deductions allowed under this subtitle, an inmate may be allowed a deduction of 5 days from the inmate's term of confinement for each calendar month of presentence or postsentence confinement during which the inmate manifests: 

(1) exceptional industry, application, and skill in the performance of any industrial, agricultural, or administrative tasks assigned to the inmate; or 

(2) satisfactory industry, application, and progress in a vocational or other educational or training course. 

(b)  Method of calculation.- The deductions described in subsection (a) of this section shall: 

(1) begin on the first day that the task is performed or the course is taken; 

(2) be made on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month during which the inmate performed the task or attended the course; and 

(3) cease on the day the inmate is: 

(i) committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; or 

(ii) released. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 704A(e); 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]