§ 5-201. Established

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   (a) In general. -- There is a Division of Pretrial Detention and Services in the Department.

(b) Composition. -- The Division consists of:

   (1) a Pretrial Release Services Program;

   (2) a Baltimore City Detention Center; and

   (3) a centralized booking facility for Baltimore City.

(c) Authority. -- The Division has the same authority with regard to the custody of its inmates and the operation of the Baltimore City Detention Center as:

   (1) the Division of Correction has under this Code with regard to the custody of its inmates and the operation of the Division of Correction; and

   (2) the sheriffs have under this Code with regard to the detention of inmates committed to their custody and the operation of local correctional facilities.

(d) Construction. -- This title does not limit or supersede the authority of a court to determine the conditions of pretrial release.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 4-1403; 1999, ch. 54, § 2.

                    
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