Section 8-217 - Inmates. - Maryland Statutes

§ 8-217. Inmates.
 

(a)  Not-for-profit entities.- Employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a not-for-profit organization or a governmental entity is not covered employment. 

(b)  Private, for-profit employers.-  

(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is not covered employment. 

(2) Employment that an inmate of a custodial or penal institution performs for a private, for-profit employer is covered employment if the inmate continues to be employed by the private, for-profit employing unit after being permanently released from the custodial or penal institution, including released by parole. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 95A, § 20; 1991, ch. 8, § 2; 1998, ch. 747.]