Section 9-410 - Definitions.
§ 9-410. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Alcoholic beverage.- "Alcoholic beverage" means beer, wine, or distilled spirits.
(c) Contraband.- "Contraband" means any item, material, substance, or other thing that:
(1) is not authorized for inmate possession by the managing official; or
(2) is brought into the correctional facility in a manner prohibited by the managing official.
(d) Controlled dangerous substance.- "Controlled dangerous substance" has the meaning stated in § 5-101 of this article.
(e) Managing official.- "Managing official" means the administrator, director, warden, superintendent, sheriff, or other individual responsible for the management of a place of confinement.
(f) Place of confinement.-
(1) "Place of confinement" means:
(i) a correctional facility;
(ii) a facility of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
(iii) a detention center for juveniles;
(iv) a facility for juveniles listed in § 9-226(b) of the Human Services Article;
(v) a place identified in a juvenile community detention order; or
(vi) any other facility in which a person is confined under color of law.
(2) "Place of confinement" does not include a place identified in a home detention order or agreement.
(g) Telecommunication device.-
(1) "Telecommunication device" means:
(i) a device that is able to transmit telephonic, electronic, digital, cellular, or radio communications; or
(ii) a part of a device that is able to transmit telephonic, electronic, digital, cellular, or radio communications, regardless of whether the part itself is able to transmit.
(2) "Telecommunication device" includes a cellular telephone, digital telephone, picture telephone, and modem-equipped device.
(h) Weapon.- "Weapon" means a gun, knife, club, explosive, or other article that can be used to kill or inflict bodily injury.
[An. Code 1957, art. 27, § 138(a)(1)-(3), (4)(i), (5)-(7); 2002, ch. 26, § 2; ch. 41; 2004, ch. 358; 2007, ch. 8, § 1; ch. 535, § 2; ch. 536, § 2.]