- (a) The Secretary may authorize an evaluation or study of the operation and effectiveness of any unit in the Department.
(b)
- (1) The Secretary may make the records of any incarcerated individual or unit available to a person who is authorized to conduct an evaluation or study under subsection (a) of this section.
- (2) A person who obtains a record as provided under this subsection may not transmit by any means the record or any information contained in the record to a person other than the Secretary.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the evaluation or study shall be:
- (1) reported to the Secretary; and
- (2) released to the public by the Secretary.
- (d) The evaluation or study may not contain the name of an incarcerated individual unless the incarcerated individual and the Secretary consent.
Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 41, § 4-104.