If a criminal case is removed from one county to another and the defendant is detained in a correctional facility, the defendant may not be transferred to the county to which the case was removed until the presence of the defendant is required in the court to which the case was removed.
(a) If an individual whose trial has been removed is convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a local correctional facility, any sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court shall be to a local correctional facility of the county from which the case was removed. (b) The sheriff of the county in which the conviction occurred […]
The Commissioner of Correction may accept the transfer of an inmate from a local correctional facility if: (1) the inmate requires special behavioral or medical treatment or maximum security detention; (2) the local correctional facility is not equipped to properly provide the necessary treatment or detention; and (3) when required by any other law, the committing court approves […]
By mutual agreement with a county or counties, the Commissioner of Correction may transfer a minimum security inmate to a local correctional facility operated by the county or counties for participation in community-oriented correctional programs.
(a) This section does not apply to the transfer of an inmate that is: (1) in accordance with a court order; and (2) in connection with a pending judicial proceeding. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, an inmate of a maximum or medium security correctional facility in the Division of Correction may not be transferred to a minimum security correctional […]
The Commissioner of Correction may contract with the federal government for the transfer of inmates from correctional facilities in the Division of Correction to appropriate facilities operated by or for the federal government.
(a) On terms and conditions that it prescribes, the Division of Correction may accept custody of any individual who is sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. (b) While in a State correctional facility, an individual who is sentenced by the United States District […]
If a treaty between the United States and a foreign country provides for the transfer or exchange of convicted offenders to the country of which they are citizens or nationals, the Governor may authorize, on behalf of the State and subject to the terms of the treaty, the Commissioner of Correction to consent to the […]
