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102 MARYLAND MANUAL
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, 1965 Supp., Art. 27, sec. 704).
Appropriations 1965 1966
General Funds $141,464 $169,841
Staff: 19 (General Funds Budget).
9 (State Use Industries Funds).
MARYLAND PENITENTIARY
Franklin K. Brough, Warden
954 Forrest Street, Baltimore 21202 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 1964 was 1,422.
Appropriations 1965 1966
General Funds $2,237,558 $2,415,551
Special Funds 64,000 53,700
Totals . $2,301,558 $2,469,251
Staff: 288 (General Funds Budget).
48 (State Use Industries Funds).
MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
John. P. Garrity, Warden
Jessup (Anne Arundel County) 20794 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 institution is located on
1,176 acres of land in both Anne Arundel and Howard counties. The
institution's farm utilizes 689 acres in the production of farm and
dairy products. In addition to the institution, the farm supplies the
Maryland Penitentiary, the Maryland Correctional Institution for
Women—Jessup, Patuxent Institution, and the Correctional Camps.

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