§ 3-609. Financial accounts of inmates

MD Correc Svs Code § 3-609 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    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)    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)    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.