The Agency prepares for, and in the event of
enemy attack or major natural disasters,
coordinates the emergency functions of State
agencies and political subdivisions to minimize
and repair injury and damage resulting from such
disasters. The Agency assists the county and
Baltimore City Civil Defense organizations in the
implementation of the National Civil Defense
program. It is the agency of State government
that aids the political subdivisions of Maryland in
the procurement of supplies and equipment for
civil defense purposes under the Federal matching
funds and excess property programs. It also
manages the program for Federal contributions to
the administrative and personnel expenses of the
State and local governments for civil defense. The
Director is responsible to the Governor for the
coordination of the State's disaster relief
operations in the event of the declaration of a
"major disaster" within Maryland (Code 1957,
Art. 16A, sees. 1-32).

The Agency gathers and tabulates information
concerning expenditures for the alleviation of di-
saster conditions throughout the State for the
Governor's use in determining eligibility for Fed-
eral financial assistance under Public Law 93-288.

Working with the Federal Administrator of
General Services, the Agency is responsible for co-
ordination of all State agencies, political
subdivisions, and representatives of the private sec-
tor in planning for mobilization and management
of resources and production in the event of enemy
attack or other major national emergencies.

The Civil Defense and Disaster Preparedness
Advisory Council is appointed by the Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services with the
approval of the Governor, and its members serve
without compensation. The Council advises the
Governor, the Secretary, and the Director in civil
defense and disaster preparedness matters.

The Emergency Resources Priorities Board is
composed of heads of State departments, serving
ex officio, augmented by leaders of business and
industry appointed by the Governor and serving
without compensation. The Board advises the
Governor and the Director in planning for emer-
gency mobilization and management of resources.

The Agency has prepared, had approved by the
Governor, and maintains in current status three
plans for accomplishment of its missions, which
are: the Maryland Emergency Operations Plan,
the Maryland Plan for Emergency Management
of Resources, and the Maryland Disaster Assis-
tance Plan.

DIVISION OF CORRECTION
Edwin R. Goodlander, Commissioner
Elmanus Herndon, Deputy Commissioner

6314 Windsor Mill Road
Baltimore 21207 Telephone: 944-7028

Prior to 1916, the Maryland Penitentiary and
the Maryland House of Correction were autono-
mous institutions operating under the jurisdiction
of a separate Board of Directors and a Board of
Managers appointed by the Governor. By Chap-
ter 556, Acts of 1916, these inslilulioiis were ad-
ministered by the State Board of Prison Control.
By Chapter 29, Acts of 1922, the Board of Wel-
fare superseded the Board of Prison Control and
administered the prisons. By Chapter 69, Acts of
1939, the Department of Correction and the
Board of Correction assumed all rights, powers,
and duties that had formerly been vested in the
Board of Welfare.

By Chapter 758, Acts of 1953, the Superinten-
dent of Prisons became the administrator of the
Department. The Board of Correction established
departmental policies and appointed the executive
personnel of the institutions under the jurisdic-
tion of the Department on recommendations
made by the Superintendent of Prisons (Code
1957, Art. 27, sees. 667, 669-71, 675, 677). The
1962 General Assembly repealed Article 27,
Sections 667-710, of the 1957 Code and 1961
Supplement and enacted new Sections 667 to 704,
inclusive, to revise and change the laws governing
the administration of the Department of Correc-
tion. Chapter 123 of the Acts of 1962 established
the Advisory Board and created the office of
Commissioner of Correction. Chapter 137, Acts
of 1968, repealed and reenacted Section 667 of
Article 27, changing the name of the Department
from the Department of Correction to the De-
partment of Correctional Services.

Chapter 401, Acts of 1970, effective July I,
1970, incorporated all of the State's correctional
responsibilities under the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services. Thus, by virtue
of this Act the Department of Correctional
services was retitled and reestablished as the Di-
vision of Correction and continued as the same
department in its capacity of exercising central
administrative control over the adult correctional
facilities in Maryland as provided in Art. 27,
Sections 667-726, subject to the authority of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services. The same act also abolished the Adviso-
ry Board of the Department of Correction, the