{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-correctional-services-8-603","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Correctional Services § 8–603","heading":"","body":"(a) As used in this Compact, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Incarcerated individual” means a male or female offender who is committed to, under sentence to, or confined in a penal or correctional institution.\n(c) “Institution” means any penal or correctional facility, including but not limited to a facility for the mentally ill or mentally defective, in which incarcerated individuals may lawfully be confined.\n(d) “Receiving state” means a state party to this Compact to which an incarcerated individual is sent for confinement other than a state in which conviction or court commitment was had.\n(e) “Sending state” means a state party to this Compact in which conviction or court commitment was had.\n(f) “State” means a state of the United States, the United States of America, a territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.","path":["Article - Correctional Services"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gcs\u0026section=8-603","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:56:53Z","sha256":"bce3aa08cd007412100720bffa61597823dfa7c79f16026a516fc6c6946d2669","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-correctional-services-8-602","next":"us-md/md.-code-correctional-services-8-604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}