DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION.

Board of Correction.

Reuben Oppenheimer, Chairman and Director, 1951
Edwin F. A. Morgan, 1949; James H. Grove, 1949; James
C. Anderson, 1952; Gertrude E. Horigan, 1952; Howard E.
Crook, 1953; R. Emmet Bradley, 1953.
Harold E. Donnell, Superintendent of Prisons.

Alice J. Ford, Secretary-Treasurer.

1503 Standard Oil Building, Baltimore 2 Telephone: Lexington 3789.

The Department of Correction was organized in 1939 superseding
the Board of Welfare and the Board of Prison Control in the super-
vision and administration of the penal institutions of the State. The
Department is administered by a Board of Correction appointed by
the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Chair-
man of the Board, who is also the Director of the Department, is
appointed by the Governor for a term of four years, while associate
members of the Board are appointed for six terms. The Board has
power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary for the
government of the institutions under its control (Code 1947 Supp.
Art. 27, sec. 743)..

The Department supervises and operates the State Use Industries,
which provide employment to the prisoners in the various penal insti-
tutions. The goods manufactured in the State Use Industries Shops
are for sale to the various agencies of the State of Maryland, the
Federal Government, the District of Columbia, and the States and
Territories of the United States as well as to the political sub-
divisions thereof. Manufactured products are also available to re-
ligious and charitable institutions providing the goods are used for
their own use and are not for resale. In addition to the State Use
Industries, employment of prisoners is also provided in the Public
Works program of the State. The earnings of the prisoners is credited
to their account and is payable to them upon release..

The Division of Welfare and Employment of the Department of
Correction acts as a classification agency of each new admission to
each of the correctional institutions. The Division secures informa-
tion and data concerning the prisoner to classify him properly as to
his abilities and to aid in his rehabilitation. The use of the indeter-
minate sentence, in two of the State's correctional institutions—the
Reformatory for Males and the Reformatory for Women—has made
the work of the Welfare Division increasingly important. All data
collected by the Division concerning an individual prisoner both at
the time of his admission and during the time of his confinement is
reviewed by the Board of Correction previous to recommending him
for parole or probation..

The Department of Correction is further responsible for making
an annual inspection of the county jails of Maryland, making recom-
mendations for their improvement..

Publications: Annual Report, 1946..

Annual Report of Inspection of the County Jails of Mary-
land, 1947.
1948 1949.

Appropriations $28,959 $29,836
Staff: 9..