Maryland Correctional Services Section 11-106

      (a)      On approving local correctional facility plans that require State financial assistance, the Secretary shall enter into a written contract with the county or counties involved setting forth the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities of all parties.

      (b)      The contract may provide for the housing and rehabilitation in a local correctional facility of inmates sentenced to State correctional facilities under conditions agreed on by all parties.

      (c)      The Secretary may not approve a contract unless the contract provides:

            (1)      for a periodic review of the facilities and rehabilitation and training programs of the local correctional facility by the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards; and

            (2)      that the local correctional facility is in substantial compliance with the minimum mandatory standards described in § 8-103(a) of this article.

      (d)      In the absence of any contract, court order, or consent decree, inmates sentenced to the jurisdiction of the Division of Correction may not be housed in a local correctional facility for more than 30 days while awaiting transfer to the Division of Correction.