State Agencies

Also located within the Penitentiary facility is
the Reception Center.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION — HAGERSTOWN

James P. Tinney III, Superintendent

Route 3, Box 2000
Hagerstown 21740 Telephone: 733-2800

The Maryland Correctional Institution—Ha-
gerstown, originally established as the Maryland
Institution for Males, is a medium security insti-
tution activated by Chapter 519, Acts of 1945, re-
placing the Maryland State Penal Farm
established by Chapter 366, Acts of 1931, at the
same location. Between 1962 and 1964, it was
known as the Maryland Institution for Men. It
adopted its present name on June 1, 1964.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
TRAINING CENTER

Marlin F. Bachtell, Warden

P. 0. Box 3333
Route 3
Hagerstown 21740 Telephone: 733-2800

On November 22, 1966, the Maryland Correc-
tional Training Center, authorized by Chapter
385, Acts of 1966, was dedicated. This facility is
located across the road from the Maryland Cor-
rectional Institution—Hagerstown. This facility
places emphasis upon educational and vocational
training. Those inmates who are less amenable to
treatment programs either remain in or are trans-
ferred to the Maryland Correctional Institution—
Hagerstown.

A Work Release Center has also been
established in a separate facility on the institu-
tional grounds. This facility has a rated capacity
of fifty beds and houses those inmates on the
Work Release Program and several inmates who
are part of the institutional cadre. There is also
another minimum security unit, with a rated ca-
pacity of 128 beds, which opened in 1977.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN—JESSUP

Leslie Dorsey, Superintendent
Jessup 20794 Telephone: 799-5550

The Maryland Correctional Institution for
Women—Jessup was originally established by
Chapter 71, Acts of 1941, as the Women's Prison
of the State of Maryland. By Chapter 520, Acts

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of 1945, it received the name, Maryland State Re-
formatory for Women. On July 1, 1962, its name
was changed to Maryland Institution for Women.
It adopted its present name on July 1, 1964.

Prior to the erection of this institution, female
prisoners were lodged in a section of the Mary-
land House of Correction. Before the opening of
the House of Correction in 1879, they had been
housed in quarters reserved for them at the
Maryland Penitentiary.

Effective July 1, 1967, all persons sentenced by
the courts in the State of Maryland are sentenced
to the Division of Correction and must be admit-
ted to a Reception-Diagnostic Classification Cen-
ter for testing, evaluation, and assignment to one
of the State's correctional institutions. In accor-
dance with this law, the Division of Correction
established a Reception-Diagnostic Classification
Center at the Maryland Correctional Institution
for Women—Jessup. This Center receives all
adult women serving sentences ranging from
three months through life imprisonment who
have been convicted of felonies and misdemeanors
and who are not sent to local jails. Upon the
completion of these classification procedures in
the Center, female inmates are transferred to the
proper Maryland correctional institution to com-
plete their sentences. Both the Reception Center
for Women and the Maryland Correctional Insti-
tution for Women are located on the same
grounds.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
PRE-RELEASE SYSTEM

Clarence Guienze, Warden

Administration Building
Jessup 20794 Telephone: 799-1363

Pre-Release Units:

Central Laundry Minimum Security Unit
Sykesville, Carroll County

Baltimore Pre-Release Unit
Baltimore

Pre-Release Unit for Women, St. Ambrose
Baltimore City

Eastern Pre-Release Unit
Church Hill, Queen Anne's County

Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit
Quantico, Wicomico County

Southern Maryland Pre-Release Unit
Hughesville, Charles County

Jessup Pre-Release Unit
Jessup, Anne Arundel County