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MARYLAND MANUAL 175
recent additions made in 1966 when the old administration building
and one of the original cell houses were razed to provide a site for a
sixty-bed general hospital to serve male inmates in the correctional
system. A new maximum security section for the confinement of pris-
oners awaiting execution, and new execution chambers (lethal gas)
were also erected in 1956. The last execution in the Maryland Peni-
tentiary took place in June, 1961.
State Use Industries activities conducted at the Penitentiary in-
clude the operation of printing departments, a metalworking shop,
sewing and woodworking shops.
Also located within the Penitentiary facility is the Reception Cen-
ter, described below.
Appropriations 1973 1974
General Funds ................. $6,048,776 $6,346,054
Special Funds ................. 52,500 50,000
Totals ................... $6,101,276 $6,396,054
Staff: 1973, 446; 1974, 458 (General Funds Budget)
1973, 35; 1974, 35 (State Use Industries Funds)
RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION CENTER
Mary Lou Bartram, Superintendent
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 evalua-
tion and classification, the inmate is 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.
Appropriations 1973 1974
General Funds ................. $6,118,307 $6,091,995
Special Funds .................. 271,000 564,000
Totals ................... $6,389,307 $6,655,995
Staff: 1973, 426; 1974, 435 (General Funds Budget).
32 (State Use Industries Fund).

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