demic instruction on both the elementary and secondary school levels,
varied opportunities for advanced and specialized study, and pro-
grams of vocational and on-the-job training.

Professional staffs render medical, psychiatric and psychological
services in the institutions. The institutions and camps have complete
programs of religious activities, and supervised recreational pro-
grams are conducted at all correctional facilities.

The Department of Correction annually inspects all jails, lockups,
and other places of detention or confinement located in the various
counties and the City of Baltimore. The Department then submits a
report to the County Commissioners of the several counties and the
Mayor and City Council of Baltimore showing the results of such
inspection, together with recommendations as to any improvements
which should be made (Code 1957, 1962 Supp., Art. 27, sec. 704).

Appropriations 1963 1964

General Funds $110,698 $113,992
Staff: 12 (General Funds Budget).
4 (State Use Industries Funds).

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY
Vernon L. Pepersack, Warden
954 Forrest Street, Baltimore 2 Telephone: 837-2135

The Maryland Penitentiary, authorized by Resolution No. 32, Acts
of 1804, and opened in 1811, was the second institution of its type
established in the United States. It is a maximum security prison for
the confinement of long-term male convicts committed by the Circuit
Courts of the State and by the Criminal Court of Baltimore City.
Sentences of death for capital crimes are carried out, by lethal gas,
at this institution.

State Use Industries activities conducted at the Penitentiary include
the operation of printing, auto and sign, metalworking, shoe, sewing,
and woodworking departments.
The average population for fiscal year 1963 was 1550.

Appropriations 1963 1964

General Funds - $2,039,764 $2,098,286
Special Funds - 61,000 61,000

Totals $2,090,764 $2,159,286
Staff: 265 (General Funds Budget).
44 (State Use Industries Funds).

MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
William F. Steiner, Warden
Jessup (Anne Arundel County) Telephone: 799-0100

The Maryland House of Correction, established by Chapter 233, Acts
of 1874, is a medium security institution for male offenders serving
sentences of three months or longer. The institutional property com-
prises 1,175 acres of farm land, and farm and dairy products derived
from agricultural operations, which include the maintenance of a herd
of cattle, are utilized at this institution, as well as by the Maryland
Penitentiary, Maryland Institution for Women, and Patuxent Insti-
tution.