2010 Maryland Code
CRIMINAL LAW
TITLE 9 - CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Subtitle 4 - Harboring, Escape, and Contraband
Section 9-401 - Definitions.

§ 9-401. Definitions.
 

(a)  Definitions.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. 

(b)  Concealment.- "Concealment" means hiding, secreting, or keeping out of sight. 

(c)  Escape.- "Escape" retains its judicially determined meaning. 

(d)  Fugitive.- "Fugitive" means an individual for whom a felony arrest warrant has been issued and is outstanding. 

(e)  Harbor.-  

(1) "Harbor" includes offering a fugitive or escaped inmate: 

(i) concealment; 

(ii) lodging; 

(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.- "Hardware secure facility" means a facility that is securely locked or fenced to prevent escape. 

(g)  Place of confinement.-  

(1) "Place of confinement" means: 

(i) a correctional facility; 

(ii) a facility of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; 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. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 27, §§ 136, 268E; 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 406; 2004, ch. 358; 2007, ch. 8, § 1; 2010, ch. 123.]