Md. Code Ann., State Gov't § 9-3208
Collection and reporting of data
Effective Oct 1, 2023Added by Acts 2016, c. 515, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.State of Maryland
(a) Semiannually, each county, the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Maryland Parole Commission, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy shall collect and report data to the Board that is disaggregated by race and ethnicity in order for the Board to perform its duties under § 9-3207 of this subtitle, including data relating to:
- (1) the admission of incarcerated individuals to State and local correctional facilities;
- (2) the length of incarcerated individual sentences;
- (3) the length of time being served by incarcerated individuals, including suspended periods of a criminal sentence;
- (4) recidivism;
- (5) the population of community supervision;
- (6) information about the incarcerated individual population, including the amount of restitution ordered and the amount paid; and
- (7) departures by the court and the Commission from the sentencing limits for technical violations under §§ 6-223 and 6-224 of the Criminal Procedure Article and §§ 7-401 and 7-504 of the Correctional Services Article.
(b) On or before March 31 each year, each county and the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services shall report to the Board the following information for the prior calendar year regarding individuals held in pretrial detention:
- (1) the number of individuals detained pretrial on the same day each year;
- (2) the mean and median days individuals were detained in pretrial detention;
- (3) the charges under which individuals were detained in pretrial detention;
- (4) the reasons why individuals were unable to secure release;
- (5) the number of individuals who were released during the pretrial period; and
- (6) the disposition of each case.
Added by Acts 2016, c. 515, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2016. Amended by Acts 2023, c. 721, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.