1. (a)

   1. (1) The Division shall designate correctional facilities in the Division to house incarcerated individuals in the work-release program established under § 3-801 of this subtitle.
   2. (2) If the designated facilities are not reasonably near the place of employment of an incarcerated individual who is in the work-release program, the Division may contract with a political subdivision of the State to house the incarcerated individual in a suitable local correctional facility.
   3. (3) The Commissioner shall include as a specific term or condition of an incarcerated individual's work-release plan the place where the incarcerated individual is to be confined when not released under the work-release program.

2. (b)

   1. (1) An incarcerated individual who is released from actual confinement under a work-release plan may not willfully fail to return to the designated place of confinement at the designated times.
   2. (2) An incarcerated individual who knowingly violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of escape and on conviction is subject to the penalties of § 9-404 of the Criminal Law Article.

Added by Acts 1999, c. 54, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 1999, c. 422, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1999; Acts 2002, c. 213, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.

Formerly Art. 27, § 700A.