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.]