Secretary of Public Safety v. Hutchinson

WILNER, Judge.

We explore once again the arcane world of diminution credits available to prisoners in the State correctional system. See Moats v. Scott, 358 Md. 593, 751 A.2d 462 (2000); Secretary, Dept. of Public Safety and Correctional Services v. Henderson, 351 Md. 438, 718 A.2d 1150 (1998); Beshears v. Wickes, 349 Md. 1, 706 A.2d 608 (1998); Md. House of Correction v. Fields, 348 Md. 245, 703 A.2d 167 (1997). The question is whether an inmate who (1) by virtue of accumulated diminution credits is released on mandatory supervision, prior to the expiration of his sentence(s), (2) while on…