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166 MARYLAND MANUAL
MARYLAND PENITENTIARY Leonard F. Decker, 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. 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, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 27, sec. 689g, and sees. 690-702). State Use Industries activities conducted at the Penitentiary include the operation of printing departments. The average population for fiscal year 1971 was 796. Appropriations 1971 1972 General Funds $5,085,345 $5,728,569 Special Funds 234,412 53,000 Totals $5,319,757 $5,781,569 Staff: 1971, 459; 1972, 455 (General Funds Budget). 1971, 34; 1972, 35 (State Use Industries Funds). RECEPTION CENTER J. Brown Hardy, Director 954 Forrest Street, Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 837-2135 Chapter 695, Acts of 1967 provided that all criminals sentenced after June 1, 1967 be committed to the Division of Correction (then the Department of Correctional Services) and authorized the Depart- ment to establish Receiving and Classification Centers for prisoners. On June 1, 1967, the Department established a Reception Center at the Maryland Penitentiary for male inmates. After diagnostic evalu- ation and classification, the inmate is then assigned to one of the institutions of the Division of Correction (Code 1957, 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 27, sees. 689 (g)-690, 691-700 (a). The Reception Center is located within the Maryland Penitentiary and operates under the same budgetary appropriation. MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION Ralph L. Williams, 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 816.5 acres of land in both Anne Arundel and Howard counties. State Use Industries located at the Maryland House of Correction include shops which produce paint, wooden furniture, wooden furni- ture refinishing, knitwear, sewing operations, auto tag and metal sign shop, and a mattress shop. |
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