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opened in 1879. Not until 1941 did the State
construct a separate prison for women.
The Maryland Correctional Institution for
Women—Jessup was established in 1941 as the
Women's Prison of the State of Maryland (Chapter
71, Acts of 1941). It was renamed Maryland State
Reformatory for Women in 1945 (Chapter 520,
Acts of 1945). In 1962, it became the Maryland
Institution for Women and adopted its present
name in 1964.
The Reception-Diagnostic Classification Center
at the Institution receives all adult women who have
been convicted of felonies and misdemeanors and
sentenced to the jurisdiction of the State for terms
of six months to life. After classification at the
Center, women inmates are transferred to a prison
to complete their sentences.

EASTERN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Robert A. Harlesron, Warden

P.O. Box 500, Route 1
Westover, MD 21871 651-9000

The Eastern Correctional Institution was
opened in 1987. The Institution is a medium
security and maximum security prison for men with
a rated capacity for 1,440 inmates.

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
PRE-RELEASE SYSTEM
Thomas R. Corcoran, Warden

PO. Box 537
Administration Building
Jessup, MD 20794 799-1363

The Division of Correction operates nine mini-
mum security pre-release units that provide work
and other rehabilitative opportunities for men, and
one that provides such services for women. These
facilities mainly house inmates in the Work Release
Program. Before assignment to a pre-release unit,
inmates are carefully screened at the Reception Center
or at the institutions to which they are assigned.
The minimum security pre-release units originated
in 1955 as work camps, later known as correctional
camps (Code 1957, Art. 27, sec. 689(f)). They were
renamed pre-release units in September 1978.

BALTIMORE CITT PRE-RELEASE UNIT

926 Greenmount Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202 333-4358

Opened in April 1981, the Baltimore City Pre-
Release Unit is a facility which prepares inmates to
return to the community Unit programs and ser-
vices emphasize job readiness training, work crews,
work experience, and actual work release.

PRE-RELEASE UNIT FOR WOMEN

4500 Park Heights Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215 333-7673

Established under the Community Adult
Rehabilitation Centers (CARC) legislation, the
Community Corrections Center for Women in
1978 was placed under the jurisdiction of the
Maryland Correctional Pre-Release System (Code
1957, Art. 27, sees. 706-710E).

BALTIMORE CITT CORRECTIONAL CENTER

901 Greenmount Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202 234-1400

With a capacity for 250 inmates, the Baltimore City
Correctional Center opened in July 1984 as part of
the Maryland Correctional Pre-Release System.

CENTRAL LAUNDRT PRE-RELEASE UNIT

EO. Box 395

Sykesville, MD 21784 549-2402

The Central Laundry Facility was established in
1960 to serve the laundry needs of institutions
under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene.

BROCKBRIDGE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

7930 Brockbridge Rd.
Jessup, MD 20794 799-1363

The Brockbridge Correctional Facility
originated as Sandy Point Correctional Camp. In
1966, the Camp was relocated in Jessup and
renamed Maryland Correctional Camp Center
(Chapter 385, Acts of 1966). The Center was con-
verted to a medium security facility and renamed
Brockbridge Correctional Facility in 1979.

JESSUP PRE-RELEASE UNIT

EO. Box 536
Jessup, MD 20794 799-1363

After the former Jessup Pre-Release Unit was reor-
ganized as the Herman Toulson Correctional Boot
Camp in August 1990, a new Jessup Pre-Release Unit
opened in September 1990. Inmates participate in
minimum and pre-release security programs of educa-
tion, employment readiness and work release. Inmate
work details provide labor for Spring Grove Hospital
Center, Crownsville Hospital Center, the State Police
Barracks at Waterloo, and the Maryland State Agency
for Surplus Property
Designed for 420 male inmates, the Unit will
undergo construction to increase capacity to 560
inmates by late 1991.