Sec. 12.03.01.01. Purpose

A. The Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Secretary), the Commissioner of Correction, the Director of Patuxent Institution, and the Commissioner of Pretrial Detention and Services have adopted the following inmate disciplinary regulations that:

(1) Establish:

(a) The process under which an inmate may be disciplined for non-compliance with a rule, policy, procedure, regulation, or statute or as otherwise provided by law;

(b) The duties and responsibilities of Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (Department) staff under the inmate disciplinary process; and

(c) The authority for Department staff to exercise and carry out duties and responsibilities of the inmate disciplinary process; and

(2) Provide for the:

(a) Uniform administration, management, and orderly operation of the facility and Department;

(b) Orderly, safe, and secure operation and management by Department staff of Department correctional facilities, detention facilities, home detention program, and the community;

(c) Uniform administration of inmate discipline;

(d) Management and control of the Department’s inmate population;

(e) Enforcement of statutes or rules as otherwise provided by law;

(f) Security of the facility, Department, and community; and

(g) Safety of an inmate, staff, an individual, and the community.

B. These regulations do not convey or create enforceable rights, interests or benefits for an inmate.