Section 5-201 - Established. - Maryland Statutes

§ 5-201. Established.
 

(a)  In general.- There is a Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department. 

(b)  Composition.- The Division consists of: 

(1) a Pretrial Release Services Program; 

(2) a Baltimore City Detention Center; and 

(3) a centralized booking facility for Baltimore City. 

(c)  Authority.- The Division has the same authority with regard to the custody of its inmates and the operation of the Baltimore City Detention Center as: 

(1) the Division of Correction has under this Code with regard to the custody of its inmates and the operation of the Division of Correction; and 

(2) the sheriffs have under this Code with regard to the detention of inmates committed to their custody and the operation of local correctional facilities. 

(d)  Construction.- This title does not limit or supersede the authority of a court to determine the conditions of pretrial release. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 4-1403; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.]