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MARYLAND MANUAL III
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.
An accredited 60-bed hospital is operated at the Maryland Peniten-
tiary. This hospital provides medical care and treatment for inmates
in the entire Correction Department.
By Chapter 695, Acts of 1967, the Maryland Penitentiary on June
1, 1967 established the Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center
which is responsible for the reception and classification of inmates
for assignments to other institutions within the State of Maryland
(Code 1957, 1967 Repl. Vol., 1967 Supp., Art. 27, sec. 689g, and
sees. 690-702).
The Warden's residence has been converted into a Work Release
Center for the housing of approximately forty inmates on Work
Release.
State Use Industries activities conducted at the Penitentiary include
the operation of printing departments.
The average population for fiscal year 1966 was 1401.
Appropriations 1967 1968
General Funds $2,896,196 $3,159,672
Special Funds - 29,300 38,200
Totals . $2,925,496 $3,197,872
Staff: 360 (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.
State Use Industries located at the Maryland House of Correction
include shops which produce soap products, paint, wooden furniture,
wooden furniture refinishing, knitwear, sewing operations, auto tag
and metal sign shop, and a mattress shop.
Appropriations 1967 1968
General Funds $2,759,494 $3,085,571
Special Funds 234,780 294,780
Totals . $2,994,274 $3,380,351
Staff: 370 (General Funds Budget).
32 (State Use Industries Funds).

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