HOME DETENTION UNIT
Richard A. Sullivan, Administrator

2100 Guilford Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21212 (410) 333-2712

In 1990, the General Assembly authorized the
Home Detention Program, which began in January
1991 (Chapter 414, Acts of 1990). The Program
allows carefully selected inmates to serve the last part
of their sentences in the community. Inmates are
monitored by an electronic anklet, periodic telephone
voice verification, and random visits by correctional
staff. The Unit operates 24 hours a day, seven days per
week, to enforce inmate compliance and provide reha-
bilitation services. The Program, which began with 40
inmates in Fiscal Year 1991, plans to encompass 1,000
inmates by the end of Fiscal Year 1994.

CENTRAL LAUNDRY PRE-RELEASE UNIT
Marsha G. Maloff, Manager

P.O. Box 395
Sykesville, MD 21784 (410) 549-2402

The Central Laundry Facility was established in
1960 to serve the laundry needs of institutions under
what is now the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene. Located at Springfield Hospital Center, the
Unit also takes care of laundry for institutions of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional Serv-
ices and the Department of Juvenile Services. The Unit
is a minimum-security institution.

SOUTHERN MARYLAND PRE-RELEASE UNIT
Ronald Drechsler, Manager

Rte. l, Box 159
Charlotte Hall, MD 20622 (410) 974-2060

Southern Maryland Pre-Release Unit was dedi-
cated in 1962. The Unit can house 180 male inma-
tes. Approximately one-fourth of the men are
employed in the community through a work-release
program. Other inmates labor in work details for
the Maryland State Police Barracks at Waldorfand
Prince Frederick, the Natural Resources Police
Force, the Charles County Department of Public
Works, the State Highway Administration, and the
Maryland Veterans Cemetery at Cheltenham.

EASTERN PRE-RELEASE UNIT
Earl B. Runde, Manager

P.O. Box 122
Church Hill, MD 21623 (410) 758-1596

Eastern Pre-Release Unit opened in 1964 in
Queen Anne's County. The Unit can house 180
male inmates in open-style dormitories. Educa-
tional, vocational, employment and release readi-
ness programs are available to the prisoners as are
recreational, religious and addictions programs.

POPLAR HILL PRE-RELEASE UNIT
David L. Green, Manager

P.O. Box 14
Quantico, MD 21856 (410) 543-6615

Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit was established in
1950. Originally, the Unit provided inmate labor to
the highway departments of Wicomico, Dorchester,
Somerset and Worcester counties. Now, inmates at
Poplar Hill provide public services through contracts
with the State Highway Administration, Deer's Head
Center, the Department of Natural Resources, and
local governments. In a renovated farm house on the
premises, educational and employment readiness pro-
grams are conducted. Vocational programming is
available through contract with the Somerset County
Board of Education. Pre-release programming in-
cludes work release and family leave.

STATE USE INDUSTRIES
Stephen M. Shiloh, General Manager

920 Greenmount Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 780-4050

State Use Industries was established under the Board
of Correction in 1937 (Chapter 213, Acts of 1937). In
1970, the program was placed within the Division of
Correction. The program was designed to provide essen-
tial work and training for prisoners and to produce
needed goods for State government with inmate labor.
At a cost that does not exceed the prevailing average
market price, State Use Industries supplies services and
produces goods. These are needed and used by munici-
pal, county, State and federal institutions or agencies
and those of other states. They also are available to any
charitable, civic, educational, fraternal or religious as-
sociation, institution, or agency for its own use and not
for resale to others within one year of purchase (Code
1957, Art. 27, secs. 680-681M).

STATE USE INDUSTRIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Gerald J. Curran, Chairperson
Executive Secretary: Stephen M. Shiloh, General
Manager, State Use Industries
(410) 780-4050

The State Use Industries Advisory Committee was
formed in 1981 (Chapter 661, Acts of 1981). The
Committee recommends the establishment and main-
tenance of industrial plants and service centers within
the Division of Correction to implement State Use
Industries programs. Operated primarily with inma-
tes, sites are run in a manner that benefits the State
and provides training for inmates.
The Committee has fifteen members. Eleven serve
ex offido. Four representing private industry are ap-
pointed by the Governor for three-year terms. The
General Manager of State Use Industries serves as
executive secretary (Code 1957, Art. 27, sec. 681A).