1. (a) An incarcerated individual who is sentenced to a local correctional facility shall be allowed an initial deduction from the incarcerated individual's term of confinement.

2. (b) The deduction described in subsection (a) of this section shall be calculated:

   1. (1) from the first day of the incarcerated individual's postsentence commitment to the custody of the local correctional facility to the last day of the incarcerated individual's maximum term of confinement;

   2. (2)

      1. (i) at the rate of 5 days for each calendar month if the incarcerated individual's term of confinement includes a consecutive or concurrent sentence for a crime of violence, as defined in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article or a crime of manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, or possessing a controlled dangerous substance in violation of § 5-612 or § 5-613 of the Criminal Law Article; or
      2. (ii) at the rate of 10 days for each calendar month for all other incarcerated individuals; and
   3. (3) on a prorated basis for any portion of a calendar month.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2016, c. 515, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 704A.