Advisory Board of the Division of Parole and
Probation, and the Advisory Council for Correc-
tional Services (Code 1957, Art. 41, sees. 204D
and 204E).
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter
401, Acts of 1970, the Commissioner of Correc-
tion is appointed by the Secretary of Public Safe-
ty and Correctional Services with the approval of
the Governor and by and with the consent and
advice of the Senate. The Commissioner is in sole
and active charge of the Division of Correction
and of its several institutions and agencies, sub-
ject only to his responsibility to the Secretary of
Public Safety and Correctional Services and to
the Governor (Code 1957, Art. 27, sees. 673-674).
The staff of the Division of Correction plans,
establishes, and directs programs of administration
for the various correctional facilities. The
institutions carry on a program of classification,
education, and vocational training, employment,
and the other segments of rehabilitative treatment.
Chapter 695, Acts of 1967, provided that all
criminals sentenced after June 1, 1967, be commit-
ted to the Division of Correction, formerly the De-
partment of Correctional Services, and authorized
the Department to establish receiving and classifi-
cation centers for prisoners. On June 1, 1967, the
Department established a Reception Center at the
Maryland Penitentiary for male inmates and a Re-
ception Center at the Maryland Correctional Insti-
tution for Women—Jessup, for female inmates. Af-
ter diagnostic evaluation and classification, the
inmate is then assigned to one of the institutions of
the Division (Code 1957, Art. 27, sees. 689 (g),
690,691-700 (a), 701-702).
By Chapter 285, Acts of 1963, the Work Release
Law was established (Code 1957, Art. 27, sec.
700A). The Work Release Program allows
prisoners sentenced to an institution under the ju-
risdiction of the Division of Correction to leave ac-
tual confinement during necessary and reasonable
hours for the purpose of working at gainful em-
ployment in the State and to return to the institu-
tion at the end of the work day. Chapter 551, Acts
of 1968, extended this privilege to include atten-
dance at school as part of a Work Release Pro-
gram. Recent amendments provide that the Com-
missioner of Correction may authorize under
certain conditions special leave for the purpose of
seeking employment, and further that individuals
or small groups of prisoners may leave confine-
ment to participate in special community programs
for rehabilitation. Provision is also made for
granting weekend leaves under certain conditions
by Chapter 448 and Chapter 449, Acts of 1969
(Code 1957, Art. 27, sees. 700A and 700C).

The institutions and camps have well-developed
programs of employment. Inmates are assigned to
a wide variety of institutional maintenance tasks,
as well as to the diversified State Use Industries
Program. Opportunities for the development and
reactivation of useful and economically profitable
occupational skills are available. The programs
also provide necessary goods and services to the
public agencies eligible to purchase them. Several
of the institutions operate laundries, which serve
both the institutions and other State agencies and
institutions.
Educational activities include academic instruc-
tion on both elementary and secondary school
levels, varied opportunities for advanced and spe-
cialized study, including programmed instruction
in the various camp facilities in preparation for
obtaining high school equivalency certificates, and
programs of vocational and on-the-job training.
With the amendment set forth in Chapter 539 of
the Acts of 1976, an educational coordinating
council for correctional institutions under the juris-
diction of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services was created. The Commis-
sioner of Correction is a member of this council.
The council, for administrative and budgetary
purposes, is within the State Department of Educa-
tion. The council is responsible for developing and
recommending the educational programs to be con-
ducted in each correctional institution, taking into
account the special needs and circumstances of the
inmates in the institution. The law provides that
from and after July 1, 1978, funds for the operation
of the educational programs in correctional
institutions shall be provided in the State budget for
the State Department of Education. The Depart-
ment of Public Safety and Correctional Services and
other State departments may contribute to these
programs as provided in the State budget. The Di-
rector of Educational Programs is appointed by the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services
(Education Article, sees. 22-101, 102).
Professional staffs render medical, psychiatric,
and psychological services in the institutions. The
institutions and camps have complete programs of
religious activities, and supervised recreational
programs are conducted at all correctional facili-
ties.
By Chapter 696, Acts of 1967, the General As-
sembly created the position of Jail Programming
and Inspection Officer, whose duty it is to submit
to the Division of Correction for approval
regulations covering minimum standards for jails
and other places of detention or confinement in
the various counties and Baltimore City. He is