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of the Department of Correction. By Chapter 629, Acts of 1961, the Institution became an autonomous agency of the State under the con- trol of the Board of Patuxent Institution. By Chapter 401, Acts of 1970, the Institution became a part of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, retaining its status as an institution separate from the Division of Correction and retaining its Board of Patuxent Institution. The Institution, and its associated hoards, is now under the direction of the Secretary of Public Safety and Correc- tional Services, The Board of Patuxent Institution consists of a Chairman and four associate members, all appointed by the Secretary for Public Safety and Correctional Services, with the approval of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate for four-year terms. By law, two of the members of this Board must be chosen from the membership of the Advisory Board for Defective Delinquents, and of these, one must be a psychiatrist. The Board determines policy concerning the management, control, and supervision of the Institu- tion and has full power to make, repeal or amend any rule or regula- tion for the operation, discipline, and administration of the Institution. The Director is the chief administrative officer of the Institution. He must be a trained, able, and competent psychiatrist with at least five years' experience in the practice of teaching of psychiatry. There are three Associate Directors, one of whom must be a psychiatrist and one a behavioral scientist, each with at least three years' experience in the practice or teaching of his specialty. The third associate is charged, under the Director with the custodial duties of the Institution (Code 1957, 1971 Rep]. Vol., Art. 41, sec. 204A; 1971 Repl. Vol., Art. 31B, sees. 1-2). Patuxent Institution is charged with the responsibility for the con- finement and treatment, when appropriate, of adult criminal offenders classified as defective delinquents under Article 31B of the Mary- land Code. It is also charged with the confinement and diagnosis of offenders referred to the Institution by the Courts for determination of their condition under that statute. The Institution conducts a thor- ough psychiatric evaluation of each offender so referred and renders a formal opinion to the Court of jurisdiction. Should the Institution recommend against continued confinement at the Institution, the Court returns the offender to the correctional system institution from whence he came. If the Institution recommends that the offender be confined at the Institution, the Court promptly provides a hearing; sitting as a Court or with a Jury, as the defendant may choose, and must find by a special verdict whether or not the offender is a de- fective delinquent as defined in Article 31B. A defective delinquent is defined as "an individual who, by the demonstration of persistent aggravated antisocial or criminal behavior, evidences a propensity toward criminal activity, and who is found to have either such intel- lectual deficiency or emotional unbalance, or both, as to clearly dem- onstrate an actual danger to society so as to require such confinement and treatment, when appropriate, as may make it reasonably safe for society to terminate the confinement and treatment." Commitment as a defective delinquent under Article 31B is for indeterminate period subject to the order of the Institutional Board of Review or the Courts. The Institution offers complete medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social casework services. There is a complete program of aca- demic, vocational, recreational, and religious services. Outpatient serv- ices are also provided for patients paroled or granted temporary re- lease by the Board of Review, In addition to patient care, the Institu- tion provides a research program concerning diagnosis, treatment, education, and related studies. |
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