92 MARYLAND MANUAL

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
Board of Correction

Reuben Oppenheimer, Chairman and Director, 1951
James H. Grove, Jr., 1956; James C. Anderson, 1952; Ger-
trude E. Horigan, 1952; Howard E. Crook, 1953; R. Emmet
Bradley, 1953; John T. King, M.D., 1955.

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 1939, Art. 27,
sec. 743). The Superintendent of Prisons acts as executive of the
department by a directive of the Board of Correction.

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 are
credited to their account and are payable to them upon release.

The Division of Classifications of the Department of Correction
acts as a classification agency for each new admission to each of the
correctional institutions. The Division secures information and data
concerning the prisoner to classify him properly as to his abilities
and to aid in his rehabilitation. The use of the indeterminate sen-
tence, in two of the State's correctional institutions.the Reformatory
for Males and the Reformatory for Women.has made the work of
this division increasingly important. All data collected by the divi-
sion concerning an individual prisoner both at the time of his admis-
sion and during the time of his confinement are 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 (Code 1947 Supp., Art. 27, sec.
791).

Expenditures, 1949 ................................$32,500.16

Appropriation, 1950 .............-- 37,101.00

Staff: 9.