Section 3-218 - Gifts from inmates. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-218. Gifts from inmates.
 

(a)  Prohibited.- An officer or other employee of the Division may not: 

(1) accept a reward or gift, or a promise of a reward or gift, from an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an inmate; 

(2) receive a devise or bequest, or a promise of a devise or bequest, from an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an inmate; or 

(3) enter into a contract with an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or with a person on behalf of an inmate. 

(b)  Void.- A gift, reward, bequest, devise, promise, or contract accepted, received, or entered into in violation of this section is void. 

(c)  Penalty.- A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 688; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]