Sec. 12.13.01.02. Definitions

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

(1) "Administrator" means the Facility Administrator of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Central Home Detention Unit or the Facility Administrator's designee.

(2) "Agent" means a parole and probation agent employed by the Division of Parole and Probation.

(3) "Commission" means the Maryland Parole Commission.

(4) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

(5) "Director" means the Director of the Division of Parole and Probation or the Director's designee.

(6) "Division" means the Division of Parole and Probation.

(7) "Electronic supervision" means monitoring an offender's location or whereabouts through the use of devices that combine telephone contact and the reception of a signal from a monitoring device worn by the offender.

(8) "Expiration of sentence" means completion of the full undiminished sentence.

(9) "Mandatory supervisee" means an individual released from jail or prison after having earned sufficient good time or other related credits to allow serving of the remaining sentence under supervision in the community.

(10) "Offender" means a parolee or mandatory supervisee participating in the Division's Central Home Detention Program.

(11) Parole.

(a) "Parole" means the conditional release of an offender from incarceration by the Maryland Parole Commission which allows an offender to serve the balance of the sentence under community supervision.

(b) "Parole" also means anyone released from imprisonment in accordance with Correctional Services Article, Title 3, Subtitle 7, Annotated Code of Maryland.

(12) "Parolee" means an individual released from jail or prison by order of the Parole Commission.

(13) "Program" means the Division's home detention program.

(14) "Program staff" means an employee designated by the Director to work in the Division's home detention program.

(15) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.