building opened at Madison Street and Jones Falls.
Over the years, the building expanded. In 1960,
connective north and south wings were con-
structed; in 1971, a separate jail for women was
built. By 1991, Baltimore City Jail consisted of
seven buildings. Five were maximum- and medium-
security structures: the Men's Detention Center;
Women's Detention Center; Jail Industries Build-
ing; Wyatt Building; and the Annex Building. Mini-
mum-security persons were housed in two satellite
facilities: O'Brien House; and the Resident Labor
Facility. In 1991, the State took over administration
of the Baltimore City Jail and renamed it the Balti-
more City Detention Center (Code 1957, Art. 41,
secs. 4-1407 through 4-1414).
The Baltimore City Detention Center is one of the
largest municipal jails in the nation. Over 20,000
inmates are committed to the Center annually. The
daily number of inmates averages 3,000. The Center
is a pretrial detention facility for any person committed
or transferred to the custody of the Commissioner of
Pretrial Detention and Services. The Center, as
authorized by the Secretary of Public Safety and Cor-
rectional Services, also may house any person held in
custody by any agency of the Department of Public
Safety and Correctional Services.
The Warden is appointed by the Commissioner of
Pretrial Detention and Services with the approval of the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
DIVISION OF CORRECTION
Richard A. Lanham, Sr., Commissioner of Correction
Melanie C. Pereira, Deputy Commissioner of Correction
6776 Reisterstown Rosd
Baltimore, MD 21215—2341 (410) 764-4184
The Division of Correction originated in the nine-
teenth century when the first State prisons, the Mary-
land Penitentiary and the Maryland House of
Correction, were erected. Prior to 1916, the two
prisons were autonomous. Each operated under the
jurisdiction of either a board of directors or a board of
managers appointed by the Governor. In 1916, these
institutions were placed under the State Board of
Prison Control (Chapter 556, Acts of 1916). The
Board of Welfare superseded the State Board of Prison
Control in 1922 to administer the prisons (Chapter
29, Acts of 1922). In 1939, the Department of Cor-
rection and the Board of Correction replaced the
Board of Welfare (Chapter 69, Acts of 1939).
The Superintendent of Prisons became administra-
tor of the Department of Correction in 1953 (Chapter
758, Acts of 1953). The Board of Correction estab-
lished departmental policies and appointed executive
personnel for institutions under the jurisdiction of the
Department on recommendations made by the Su-
perintendent of Prisons. In 1962, the Advisory Board
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of Corrections replaced the Board of Correction
and the Superintendent of Prisons was succeeded
by the Commissioner of Correction (Chapter 123,
Acts of 1962). The Department of Correction was
renamed the Department of Correctional Services
in 1968 (Chapter 137, Acts of 1968).
All State correctional responsibilities were assigned
to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services in 1970 (Chapter 401, Acts of 1970).At that
time, the Department of Correctional Services was
reorganized as the Division of Correction under the
Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
The Division of Correction plans, establishes, and
directs the administration of State correctional facili-
ties. The Division is responsible for the Maryland
Reception, Diagnostic, and Classification Center; the
Maryland Correctional Pre-Release System; State Use
Industries; and eight State prisons:
Maryland Penitentiary (Baltimore City)
Roxbury Correctional Institution—Hagerstown
Maryland Correctional Institution—Hagerstown
Maryland Correctional Training Center
(Hagerstown)
Maryland House of Correction (Jessup)
Maryland Correctional Institution—Jessup
Maryland Correctional Institution for Women—Jessup
Eastern Correctional Institution (Westover)
A new State prison, near Cresaptown in Allegany
County, is expected to open in 1995.
Under Division jurisdiction, correctional institu-
tions classify inmates to determine how they should
be confined and supervised. Once the security level
of confinement has been determined, the specific
conditions of confinement are evaluated for an in-
mate and, where appropriate, programs are offered
in education, vocational training, employment,
substance abuse counseling, and psychological and
psychiatric intervention and security.
Prisons provide education, including elementary
and secondary school instruction, advanced and
specialized study, and vocational and on-the-job
training. Pre-release units offer instruction that pre-
pares inmates to obtain high school equivalency
certificates. Prisons and pre-release units also offer
programs for inmates to develop or relearn occupa-
tional skills. Inmates are assigned to a variety of
maintenance tasks, as well as to the diversified State
Use Industries Program. These programs provide
goods and services needed by certain public agen-
cies. For example, several prisons operate their own
laundries which also serve other State facilities.
The Division of Correction administers the
Work Release Program, established in 1963 (Chap-
ter 285, Acts of 1963). Under the Program, certain
prisoners may leave confinement to work at gainful
employment in the community. They return to the
institution at the end of the work day. In 1968, this
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