Section 2-310 - Confinement of arrestees. - Maryland Statutes

§ 2-310. Confinement of arrestees.
 

(a)  In general.- Unless sufficient facilities are not available, the managing official of a correctional facility shall receive and confine an individual arrested by a police employee without warrant or on warrant from a county. 

(b)  Custody of Department; release.-  

(1) An individual confined under subsection (a) of this section: 

(i) is deemed to be in the custody of the Department; and 

(ii) shall remain confined until a court of competent jurisdiction issues a warrant or other process, or the individual is returned to the county. 

(2) Before the issuance of a warrant or process, an individual confined under subsection (a) of this section may be released only to and on written order of a police employee. 

(c)  Prompt arraignment.-  

(1) This section does not abridge the right of an individual to be taken before a judicial officer of the State promptly after arrest. 

(2) The managing official of a correctional facility in which an individual is confined under this section, shall notify the State's Attorney immediately if the individual is confined for more than 12 hours. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 88B, § 25; 2003, ch. 5, § 2.]