Maryland Correctional Services Section 3-218

      (a)      An officer or other employee of the Division may not:

            (1)      accept a reward or gift, or a promise of a reward or gift, from an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an inmate;

            (2)      receive a devise or bequest, or a promise of a devise or bequest, from an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or from a person on behalf of an inmate; or

            (3)      enter into a contract with an inmate in a correctional facility in the Division or with a person on behalf of an inmate.

      (b)      A gift, reward, bequest, devise, promise, or contract accepted, received, or entered into in violation of this section is void.

      (c)      A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $500.