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Adult Rehabilitation Centers (CARC). By this Act,
the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, with the assistance and advice of the Com-
missioner, evaluates and determines the need for
one or more community adult rehabilitation centers
in each county or region of the State. In July 1978,
the community adult rehabilitation centers were
placed under the Correctional Pre-Release System
as pre-release units.

When the Secretary of Public Safety and Correc-
tional Services establishes the need for a Commu-
nity Adult Rehabilitation Center, the State pays
costs associated with starting the Center (Chapter
534, Acts of 1980). These costs are determined by
agreement between the Secretary and the jurisdic-
tion where the Center is to be located. The Secre-
tary, with the advice of the Commission on
Correctional Standards, sets minimum standards
for the Centers.

The Commissioner of Correction is appointed
by the Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional
Services with the approval of the Governor and
Senate advice and consent (Code 1957, Art. 27,
secs. 673, 674).

CITIZENS'ADVISOKT COMMITTEES

Citizens' Advisory Committees for correctional
institutions report to the Commissioner of Correc-
tion and the Governor about concerns of citizens
residing in the vicinity of each institution. Currently,
Committees serve the regions around Baltimore,
Hagerstown, Jessup, and Somerset County

Each Committee has seven members appointed
to three-year terms by the Governor (Code 1957,
Art. 41, secs. 4-1101 through 4-1103).

CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS—BALTIMORE
REGION

not yet appointed

CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS—HAGERSTOWN
REGION

Chairperson: Vacancy

Appointed by Governor: Edward E. Harriman,
1989; Rodney L. Tucker, 1989; Ralph E. Giffin,
1990; Marjorie Grumbacher, 1990; Walter W.
Teach, 1991; Robert L. Shoemaker.

CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS—JESSUP REGION

Chairperson: Clayton L. Jacobson

Appointed by Governor: Benjamin L. Hebron,
1988; Jerome R. Weber, Jr., 1988; Doris E.
Hofmann, 1989; Joseph E. Keegin, 1989; Charles
A. Rounds, Jr., 1989; John K. Gardner.

This committee was first appointed in December
1983 (Chapter 194, Acts of 1982).

CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR
CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS—SOMERSET
COUNTY

Chairperson:
H. DeWayne Whittington, Ed.D, 1988

Appointed by Governor: Michael N. Hall, 1988;
Lauren C. Taylor, 1988; Robert W. Murphey,
1989; Donald Ramsay, 1989; Ellsworth Hoffman;
Jerry W. McCready.

RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC AND
CLASSIFICATION CENTER

Merry L. Coplin, Warden

550 E. Madison St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 332-0970

The Reception, Diagnostic and Classification
Center for male inmates was established in 1967
(Chapter 695, Acts of 1967). Inmates at the Center
are diagnostically evaluated, classified, and assigned
to an institution of the Division of Correction. The
Center has a rated capacity of 400 inmates (Code
1957, Art. 27, secs. 689(g)-700(a)).

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY
James N. Rollins, Warden

954 Forrest St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 837-2135

The Maryland Penitentiary is a maximum secu-
rity institution for the confinement of long-term
prisoners. Authorized in 1804 and opened in 1811,
the Maryland Penitentiary was the second institu-
tion of its kind established in the United States
(Resolution no. 32, Acts of 1804). It is Maryland's
oldest State prison. In 1829, buildings containing
workshops were constructed for industrial activi-
ties. In 1845, an educational program was intro-
duced with prison chaplains teaching inmates.

Over the years, the Penitentiary buildings have
altered. The most recent additions were made in
1956. Then, the old administration building and
one of the original cell houses were replaced by a
sixty-bed general hospital for men in the correc-
tional system. A maximum security section to con-
fine prisoners under sentence of death and an
execution chamber (lethal gas) also were erected in
1956. The last execution in the Maryland Peniten-
tiary took place in June 1961.