MARYLAND PENITENTIARY
Vacancy, Warden

954 Fbrrcst St.
Balrimore, MD 21202 837-2135

The Maryland Penitentiary is a maximum
security institution for the confinement of prisoners
sentenced to serve long terms. Authorized in 1804
and opened in 1811, the Maryland Penitentiary was
the second institution of its kind established in the
United States (Resolution no. 32, Acts of 1804). It
is Maryland's oldest State prison. In 1829, build-
ings containing workshops were constructed for
industrial activities. In 1845, an educational pro-
gram was introduced with prison chaplains teach-
ing inmates.
Over the years, the Penitentiary buildings have
altered. The most recent additions were made in
1956. Then, the old administration building and
one of the original cell houses were replaced by a
sixty-bed general hospital for men in the correction-
al system. A maximum security section to confine
prisoners under sentence of death and an execution
chamber (lethal gas) also were erected in 1956. The
last execution in the Maryland Penitentiary took
place in June 1961.

ROXBURY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Jon P. Galley, Warden

P.O. Box 4444, Route 3
Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, MD 21740 797-2250

The Roxbury Correctional Institution is a 721-
bed medium security prison. The Institution
opened in December 1983.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION—HAGERSTOWN
Mason Waters, Jr., Warden

PO. Box 2000, Route 3
Hagerstown, MD 21740 791-4604

The Maryland Correctional Institution—
Hagerstown is a medium security prison. It began
in 1931 as the Maryland State Penal Farm (Chapter
366, Acts of 1931). In 1945, the Penal Farm was
replaced by the Maryland State Reformatory for
Males (Chapter 519, Acts of 1945). The Refor-
matory was renamed Maryland Institution for Men
in 1962 and Maryland Correctional Institution in
1964.
Two housing areas have been added to the prison.
In 1980, the Roxbury Emergency Housing Unit
(EHU) opened with a 128-bed capacity The Western
Program Development Center, a second emergency
housing unit of 420 beds, opened in 1983.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL TRAINING
CENTER
Lloyd L. Waters, Warden

PO. Box 3333
Route 3
Hagerstown, MD 21740 791-7200

The Maryland Correctional Training Center was
authorized in 1966 (Chapter 385, Acts of 1966).
The Center offers inmates educational and voca-
tional training. Prisoners who are not amenable to
treatment programs either remain in or are trans-
ferred to the Maryland Correctional Institution—
Hagerstown.
A Work Release Center occupies a separate
facility on the institutional grounds. It has a rated
capacity of 75 beds and houses those inmates on
the Work Release Program and several inmates who
are part of the institutional cadre. Another mini-
mum security unit, opened in 1977, has a rated
capacity of 128 beds.

MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
Kenneth E. Taylor, Warden

PO. Box 534
Jessup, MD 20794 799-0100

The Maryland House of Correction is the second
oldest prison in the State. Authorized in 1874 and
opened in 1879, it is a medium security institution
for men serving sentences of three months or longer
(Chapter 233, Acts of 1874).

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION—JESSUP
Eugene M. Nuch, Warden

P.O. Box 549
Jessup, MD 20794 799-7610

The Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup
was opened in 1981 as an annex to the Maryland
House of Correction. Now, the Institution is a
separate facility sharing certain services with the
House of Correction. The Institution is a medium
security prison with a rated capacity of 512 inmates
serving sentences of three months or longer.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN—JESSUP
Vacancy, Warden

PO. Box 535
Jessup, MD 20794 799-5550

In the nineteenth century, women prisoners
were first housed in quarters reserved for them at
the Maryland Penitentiary They were later lodged
in a section of the Maryland House of Correction,