State Agencies

new Article 31 B entitled Patuxent Institution.
This statute continued the Patuxent Institution as
a part of the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services and established as the pur-
pose of the Institution to "provide efficient and
adequate programs and services for the treatment
and rehabilitation of eligible persons. This shall
include a range of program alternatives indicated
by the current state of knowledge to be appropri-
ate and effective for the population being served.
As an integral part of the program, an effective
research and development effort should be
established and maintained to evaluate and rec-
ommend improvements on an on-going basis."
An "eligible person" was defined as a person who
(1) had been convicted of a crime and is serving a
sentence of imprisonment with at least three years
remaining on it, (2) has an intellectual deficiency
or emotional unbalance, (3) is likely to respond
favorably to the programs and services provided
at Patuxent Institution, and (4) can be better re-
habilitated through those programs and services
than by other incarceration. Persons may be re-
ferred for evaluation by the Commissioner of
Correction upon recommendation of the sentenc-
ing court, upon application by the State's Attor-
ney of the jurisdiction in which the person was
last sentenced, upon application of the person
himself, or upon recommendation of his staff.
Each person so referred is transferred to the In-
stitution for evaluation by an evaluation team
consisting of at least three professional employees
of the Institution, including at least one psychia-
trist, one psychologist, and one social worker or
behavioral scientist. The evaluation team assem-
bles and reviews all available relevant information
about the person and conducts its own examina-
tion of that individual. Based on its own exami-
nation and the information assembled, the team
determines whether this individual is an eligible
person and states its findings in a report to the
Director. If the individual is determined not to be
an eligible person, he is returned to the Division
of Correction to continue his sentence. If the indi-
vidual is determined to be an eligible person, he
remains at Patuxent Institution for treatment.

The Director is the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer of the Institution. There are three Associate
Directors, one of whom must be a psychiatrist
and one of whom must be a behavioral scientist.
These two Associate Directors assist primarily in
discharging the diagnostic and treatment func-
tions of the Institution. The third Associate Di-
rector assists primarily in discharging the custodi-
al function of the Institution. By statute, the staff
must also include at least three additional psychi-
atrists or clinical psychologists, at least four
trained social workers, a physician, and a dentist.

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The Institution offers complete medical, psychiat-
ric, psychological, and social casework services.
There is a complete program of academic, voca-
tional, recreational, and religious services. Treat-
ment services are also provided for individuals on
pre-parole and parole status. All such programs
are directly under the administration of the Insti-
tution and are supervised by the same staff mem-
bers who worked with the inmate while he was at
the Institution. To provide for continuation of
treatment in these programs, the Institution oper-
ates a community clinic in Metropolitan Balti-
more. In addition to continued psychotherapy,
the clinic staff also provides job and family coun-
seling and social casework services for the indi-
vidual and his family. In conjunction with the
clinic, the Institution operates a halfway house at
the same location. This residential unit provides
housing and supportive services for parolees who
have inadequate personal or family resources to
support them in the community. Additionally,
the Institution houses all pre-parole inmates lo-
cated on the grounds of the Instituion. This forty-
bed facility is staffed by a trained social worker
and officer-counselors who provide continuous
counseling and supervision.

Board of Patuxent Institution
Chairperson: Rev. Marcus G. Wood, 1981

Robert E. Cahill, member of the Maryland Bar.
1981; Mose Lewis III, member of the Maryland
Bar, 1981; Jasper R. Clay, Jr., Maryland Parole
Commission, 1981; Minor B. Crager, Professor
of Law, University of Baltimore School of Law,
1981; Robert A. Gordon, Ph.D., Professor of
Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University, 1981;
Robert B. Levinson, Ph.D., Administrator of
Inmate Program Services, U.S. Bureau of Pris-
ons, 1981; Elise Jude Mason, member of the
Maryland Bar. 1981; Gary W. Nyman, M.D.,
Director of Mental Hygiene Administration; Ol-
ive W. Quinn, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology,
Goucher College. 1981; Boylston D. Smith,
M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of
Maryland Medical School, 1981; Edward A.
Tomlinson, Ph.D., Professor of Constitutional
Law, University of Maryland Law School, 1981;
Arnold J. Hopkins, Director, Division of Parole
and Probation; Edwin R. Goodlander, Commis-
sioner of Correction; Eugene J. Zander, 1981.

By Chapter 476, Acts of 1951, an Advisory
Board for Defective Delinquents was created to
serve as an advisory and consultative body to the
Director. By Chapter 629, Acts of 1961, the In-
stitution became an autonomous agency and a