1. (a) An incarcerated individual shall be allowed a deduction of 5 days from the incarcerated individual's term of confinement for each calendar month of presentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual:

   1. (1) does not violate the rules of discipline; and
   2. (2) labors with diligence and fidelity when the opportunity for labor is available.

2. (b) The deductions described in this section shall:

   1. (1) begin on the day the incarcerated individual arrives at the local correctional facility;
   2. (2) be made on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month of presentence confinement during which the incarcerated individual is committed to the local correctional facility; and

   3. (3) cease on the day the incarcerated individual is:

      1. (i) sentenced to a local correctional facility;
      2. (ii) committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Correction; or
      3. (iii) released.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 704A.