Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 9-401 - Definitions(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.(b) "Concealment" means hiding, secreting, or keeping out of sight.(c) "Escape" retains its judicially determined meaning.(d) "Fugitive" means an individual for whom a felony arrest warrant has been issued and is outstanding.(e)(1) "Harbor" includes offering a fugitive or escaped inmate:(iii) care after concealment; or(iv) obstruction of an effort of an authority to arrest the fugitive or escaped inmate.(2) "Harbor" does not include failing to reveal the whereabouts of a fugitive or an escaped inmate by a person who did not participate in the effort of the fugitive or escaped inmate to elude arrest.(f) "Hardware secure facility" means a facility that is securely locked or fenced to prevent escape.(g)(1) "Place of confinement" means: (i) a correctional facility;(ii) a facility of the Maryland Department of Health; or(iii) any other facility in which a person is confined under color of law.(2) "Place of confinement" does not include: (i) a detention center for juveniles;(ii) a facility for juveniles listed in § 9-226(b) of the Human Services Article;(iii) a place identified in a juvenile community detention order; or(iv) a privately operated, hardware secure facility for juveniles committed to the Department of Juvenile Services.