The following shops are now operating: printing, auto tag, shoe
manufacturing, woodworking, brush manufacturing, sewing, mat-
tress and upholstering, metal products, and knitting. A road camp
is operated out of this institution.

The average population of the Penitentiary for the fiscal year 1954
was 1,660.

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ...................... $1,197,833 $1,259,178
Staff: 200.

13 Public Works Operation Fund
36 State Use Industries

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, Patuxent Institution and the Reformatory for Women.
Under the State 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. Three road camps op-
erate out of this institution. A school is also operated at the House
of Correction. The institution is located on a farm of 1,268 acres. The
average population of the House of Correction for the fiscal year
1964 was 1,877 (Code 1951, Art. 27, secs. 757, 773, 796).

Appropriations 1955 1956
General Fund ...................... $1,109,890 $1,177,639
Special Fund ...................... 64,000 68,600

Total .............................. $1,173,890 $1,246,239

Staff: 175

16 State Use Industries
45 Public Works Operation Fund

MARYLAND STATE REFORMATORY FOR MALES
Clement J. Ferling, Superintendent
Breathedsville (Washington County) Telephone: Hagerstown 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-
formatory. The Board may also transfer incorrigible and unmanage-
able inmates of the Reformatory to other Institutions.