State Agencies

rity institution for male offenders serving sen-
tences of three months or longer. The institution
is located on 816.5 acres of land situated in both
Anne Arundel and Howard counties.

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY

George H. Collins, Warden

954 Forrest Street
Baltimore 21202 Telephone: 837-2135

The Maryland Penitentiary, authorized by Res-
olution No. 32, Acts of 1804, and opened in
1811, was the second institution of its type estab-
lished in the United States. It is a maximum secu-
rity institution for the confinement of long-term
prisoners committed by Courts in the State. In
1829 buildings containing workshops were con-
structed, thereby permitting the establishment of
industrial activities. In 1845 an educational pro-
gram was introduced, with the prison's chaplains
teaching the inmates. Over the years a great deal
of construction and demolition has taken place,
with the most recent additions being made in
1956 when the old administration building and
one of the original cell houses were razed to pro-
vide a site for a sixty-bed general hospital to
serve male inmates in the correctional system. A
new maximum security section for the confine-
ment of prisoners awaiting execution and a new
execution chamber (lethal gas) were also erected
in 1956. The last execution in the Maryland Peni-
tentiary took place in June 1961.

Also located within the Penitentiary facility is
the Reception Center.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION—HAGERSTOWN

James P. Tinney 111, Superintendent

Route 3, Box 2000
Hagerstown 21740 Telephone: 733-2800

The Maryland Correctional Institution—Ha-
gerstown, originally established as the Maryland
Institution for Males, is a medium security insti-
tution activated by Chapter 519, Acts of 1945, re-
placing the Maryland State Penal Farm estab-
lished by Chapter 366, Acts of 1931, at the same
location. Between 1962 and 1964, it was known
as the Maryland Institution for Men. It adopted
its present name on June 1, 1964.

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MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
TRAINING CENTER

Jon P. Galley, Superintendent

P. 0. Box 3333
Route 3
Hagerstown 21740 Telephone: 733-2800

On November 22, 1966, the Maryland Correc-
tional Training Center, authorized by Chapter
385, Acts of 1966, was dedicated. This facility is
located across the road from the Maryland Cor-
rectional Institution—Hagerstown. This facility
places emphasis upon educational and vocational
training. Those inmates who are less amenable to
treatment programs either remain in or are trans-
ferred to the Maryland Correctional Institution—
Hagerstown.

A Work Release Center has also been estab-
lished in a separate facility on the institutional
grounds. This facility has a rated capacity of fifty
beds and houses those inmates on the Work Re-
lease Program and several inmates who are part
of the institutional cadre. There is also another
minimum security unit, with a rated capacity of
128 beds, which opened in 1977.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN—JESSUP

Merry Coplin, Superintendent
Jessup 20794 Telephone: 799-5550

The Maryland Correctional Institution for
Women—Jessup was originally established by
Chapter 71, Acts of 1941, as the Women's Prison
of the State of Maryland. By Chapter 520, Acts
of 1945, it received the name of the Maryland
State Reformatory for Women. On July 1, 1962,
its name was changed to Maryland Institution for
Women. It adopted its present name on July 1,
1964.

Prior to the erection of this institution, female
prisoners were lodged in a section of the Mary-
land House of Correction. Before the opening of
the House of Correction in 1879, they had been
housed in quarters reserved for them at the
Maryland Penitentiary.

Effective July 1, 1967, all persons sentenced by
the courts in the State of Maryland are sentenced
to the Division of Correction and must be admit-
ted to a Reception-Diagnostic Classification Cen-
ter for testing, evaluation, and assignment to one