[HISTORY: Adopted by the County Council of
Talbot County 1-13-1987 by Bill
No. 302. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby created the Talbot County Department
of Correction. The Department shall operate all programs pertaining
to detention and rehabilitation of persons under the jurisdiction
of the County government awaiting trial or having been convicted of
a crime and sentenced by a court of competent jurisdiction to a term
in the Talbot County Detention Center or being held for any other
lawful purpose.
The Talbot County jail is an institution within
the Department of Correction, and it shall hereafter be named the
"Talbot County Detention Center."
[Amended 7-24-2001 by Bill No. 837]
A.
The Department of Correction shall be administered
by a Director, who shall be the warden described under Md. Code Ann.,
Correctional Services Art., § 3-211.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. I)]
B.
The Director shall be responsible for the safekeeping,
care and custody of all inmates in the County Detention Center from
the time they are lawfully committed thereto until they are lawfully
discharged, released or withdrawn therefrom.
C.
The Director shall promulgate rules and regulations
for the administration and operation of the Department of Correction
consistent with law.
D.
The Director shall be responsible for the safe transportation
of inmates to such locations as may be necessary for the health, safety
and protection of the inmates and the community. The Director or a
designee may, in cases of emergency (fire, flood or other disaster),
order the evacuation of inmates from the Detention Center, even when
such evacuation may increase the opportunity to escape, provided that
such evacuation is initiated to prevent death or serious injury to
inmates. The Director or a designee shall have the authority to transfer
custody of inmates to authorized personnel of any other county, state
or the government of the United States for transportation to the courts
or to some other place of incarceration that may be otherwise provided
for by law.
Should the facilities of the County Detention
Center be inadequate to provide for all inmates lawfully committed
therein, the Director may, with the approval of the County Manager
or a designated agent, make arrangements for the temporary custody
of the inmates at other correctional facilities within the state.
