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The average population of the Penitentiary for the fiscal year 1950
was 1,334.
Expenditures Appropriation
1950 1951
General Funds • $738,662.32 $775,929.00
Special Funds 5,015.88
$743,678.20
Staff: 130.
MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
William F. Steiner, Warden
Jessups (Anne Arundel County) Telephone: Elkridge 157
The Maryland House of Correction was established in 1878. It is
a medium security penal institution for male offenders who are con-
victed of crime and sentenced to imprisonment for three months or
more. The institution operates a farm and maintains a herd of
dairy cattle which supplies dairy products to this institution, the
Penitentiary and the Reformatory for Women. Under the States
Use industries organization, concrete and cinder blocks are made; a
soap and a paint factory; wood working, tobacco and clothing shops
and a cannery are operated. Other inmates are employed under
the Public Works program. The Road Camps operate out of this insti-
tution. A school is also operated at the House of Correction. The
institution is located on a farm of 1,268 acres. The average popula-
tion of the House of Correction for the fiscal year 1950 was 1,688
(Code 1939, Art. 27, secs. 746, 766, 789).
Expenditures Appropriation
1950 1951
General funds $800,542.43 $732,292.00
Special funds 245,514.49
$1,046,056.92
Staff: General 178, State Use 12.
MARYLAND STATE REFORMATORY FOR MALES
Henry Russell Raymond, Superintendent
Breathedsville (Washington County) Telephone: Breathedsville 2800
The Maryland State Reformatory for Males was established in 1945
at the penal institution originally established as the State Penal Farm
in 1931. The Reformatory is a minimum security institution.
Male offenders from 16 to 25 are committed to the Reformatory by
the Courts for an indeterminate sentence. While primarily for youth-
ful offenders, the Board of Correction may transfer prisoners of any
age from the House of Correction or the Penitentiary to the Re-
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