Section 3-609 - Financial accounts of inmates. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-609. Financial accounts of inmates.
 

(a)  In general.- A correctional facility in the Division shall maintain a reserve financial account and a spending financial account for each inmate in the correctional facility. 

(b)  Charges against accounts.- The accounts of an inmate may be charged for: 

(1) the reasonable value of any State property that the inmate: 

(i) willfully or maliciously destroys; or 

(ii) destroys as the result of gross negligence; or 

(2) any fees assessed under § 2-118 of this article. 

(c)  Regulations.- The Commissioner shall adopt regulations that: 

(1) set forth those items that may be credited to or disbursed from an account under this section; and 

(2) set forth procedures for carrying out this section, including procedures that provide due process of law to each inmate before the inmate's accounts may be charged with a disbursement under subsection (b) of this section. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 678B; 1999, ch. 54, § 2; 2000, ch. 224, § 2.]