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Professional staffs render medical, psychiatric,
and psychological services in the institutions. The
institutions and pre-release units have complete
programs of religious activities, and supervised
recreational programs are conducted at all correc-
tional facilities-
Chapter 535, Acts of 1980, repealed Article 27,
section 704, and established the Maryland Com-
mission on Correctional Standards, removing the
function of jail programming and inspection offi-
cer from the responsibility of the Division of Cor-
rection and placing it with the Correctional Stan-
dards Commission, which is an agency of the
Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services.
Chapter 481, Acts of 1968, provides for the es-
tablishment of regional detention centers, which
are facilities operated by one or more counties for
the purpose of detention and confinement. Chap-
ter 540, Acts of 1968, included these regional de-
tention facilities as installations under the general
supervision of the Jail Programming and Inspec-
tion Officer (Code 1957, Art. 27, secs. 704-705).
In October 1971, the Governor authorized the
formation of a Community Corrections Task
Force within the Maryland Division of Correction.
Its charge was to develop a Statewide Community
Corrections program, emphasizing alternatives to
incarceration as well as appropriate classification
and treatment of offenders through community
correctional centers, which would cause the maxi-
mum utilization of community resources.
As a result of the work of this Task Force, sig-
nificant legislation was enacted. Chapter 464,
Acts of 1972, provided for the establishment of
Community Correctional Centers in the State of
Maryland. Chapter 234, Acts of 1976, repealed
the former sec. 706, Art. 27, which related to
these community correctional centers, and
enacted the present subsections 706 to 710E un-
der the new subtitle "Community Adult Rehabili-
tation Centers" (CARC). This Act provides that
the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, with the assistance and advice of the
Commissioner, may evaluate and determine the
need, if any, for one or more community adult re-
habilitation centers in each county or multi-re-
gion of the State. The law outlines the procedure
for establishing a program for the development
and operation of community adult rehabilitation
centers; making certain findings; defining terms;
providing certain duties of the Secretary of Public
Safety and Correctional Services, the Commis-
sioner of Correction, counties and county govern-
ments, and the Board of Public Works; providing
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for the establishment, location, construction, op-
eration, and funding of county, regional, and
State centers; and relating generally to communi-
ty adult rehabilitation centers. The Task Force
began operating centers in March 1974. Effective
July 1978 the community adult rehabilitation cen-
ters were placed under the correctional camp sys-
tem as pre-release units.
Chapter 534, Acts of 1980, provided that when
the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services establishes a need for a CARC, the State
will pay 100 percent of the costs associated with
the start-up of the CARC. These costs would be
determined by agreement between the Secretary
and the jurisdiction where the CARC is to be lo-
cated. In addition, the law provides that the Sec-
retary, with the assistance and advice of the
Commissioner of Correction and the Center's
Community Advisory Board, shall develop and
adopt minimum standards for the Centers.
RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC AND
CLASSIFICATION CENTER
Patricia Quann, Superintendent
954 Forrest Street
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 837-2135
Chapter 695, Acts of 1967, provided that all
convicted persons sentenced after June 1, 1967,
be committed to the Division of Correction (the
then Department of Correctional Services) and
authorized the Department 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 evaluation and
classification, the inmate is assigned to one of the
institutions of the Division of Correction (Code
1957, Art. 27, secs. 689(g)-690, 691-700(a)).
The Reception Center is located within the
Maryland Penitentiary and operates under the
same budgetary appropriation. A new Reception
Center is presently being constructed near the
Penitentiary complex in Baltimore City.
MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
Paul J. Davis, Warden
Jessup 20794 Telephone: 799-0100
The Maryland House of Correction, established
by Chapter 233, Acts of 1874, is a medium secu-
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