HUMAN RESOURCES & ADMINISTRATION
Anthony V DeStefano, Assistant Commissioner
(410) 764-4094

Human Resources and Administration is respon
sible for Data Services, Employee Health, Personnel
and Training, and Policy Review and Publications

INMATE HEALTH
Anthony Swet?, Jr , Ph D , Assistant Commissioner
(410) 764 4083

Inmate Health is responsible for Medical Con
tract Audits, Medical Contracts, Medical Services,
and Social Work and Addiction Services

SECURITY OPERATIONS
William W Sondervan, Assistant Commissioner
(410) 764 4171

Under Security Operations are Facilities Secu
nty. Housing Coordination, the Investigative Unit,
the K-9 Unit, and Emergency Preparedness and
Inventory Standards

MARYLAND RECEPTION, DIAGNOSTIC
& CLASSIFICATION CENTER
William O Filbert, Jr , Acting Warden

550 East Madison St
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 332 0970, ext 104

The Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classi
ficauon Center began in June 1967 as a reception
center m the south wing of the Maryland Penitentiary
(Chapter 695, Acts of 1967) At its present location,
the Center opened in October 1981 Here, male
inmates are diagnostically evaluated, classified, and
assigned to an institution of the Division ofCorrec
tion A maximum security facility, the seven-story
Center has a rated capacity of 400 inmates (Code
1957, Art 27, sees 689(g)-700(a))

MARYLAND PENITENTIARY
Eugene M Nuth, Warden

954 Forrest St
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 837-2135, ext 300

The Maryland Penitentiary is the State's only maxi
mum security pnson It confines male prisoners sen-
tenced to long terms Authorized in 1804, the Maryland
Penitentiary opened in 1811 (Resolution no 32, Acts
of 1804) It is Maryland's oldest State pnson
The ma)or portion of the physical plant was built
in 1894 A south wing was completed in 1899 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 correctional system
A maximum-security section to confine prisoners
under sentence of death and an execution chamber also
were erected m 1956 The method of execution was

changed from lethal gas to lethal injection in 1994
(Chapter 5, Acts of 1994) The State last executed
a prisoner m the Maryland Penitentiary on May 17,
1994
Under the Maryland Penitentiary are the Mary
land Correctional Adjustment Center, and the Met
ropohtan Transitional Services Center

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL ADJUSTMENT CENTER
Joseph Wilson, Assistant Warden

401 East Madison St
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 539 5445, ext 220

Under jurisdiction of the Maryland Penitentiary,
the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center
opened m 1989 The Center is a maximum security
pnson for men It is located across the street from the
Maryland Penitentiary and functions as a satellite of
the Penitentiary, housing the most violent criminals
The Center, known as Supermax, is designed to hold
288 prisoners, one to a cell

METROPOLITAN TRANSITIONAL SERVICES
CENTER
Lehrman W Dotson, Administrator

954 Forrest St
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 837 2135, ext 460

Opened in summer 1995, the Metropolitan
Transitional Services Center is a 400-bed facility
that houses inmates who are training at the Occu
panonal Skills Training Center Adjacent to the
Maryland Penitentiary, the Center helps inmates
lead crime free lives outside of prison

ROXBURY CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Ronald F Moats, Warden

P O Box 4444, Route 3
18701 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, MD 21746 (301) 797-2250, ext 300

The Roxbury Correctional Institution is a 721
bed medium security prison for men The Institu
tion opened in December 1983

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION—HAGERSTOWN
Lloyd L Waters, Warden

P O Box 2000, Route 3
18601 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, MD 21746 (301) 733-2800. ext 300

The Maryland Correctional Institution—Hager
stown is a medium security pnson for men Author
ized in 1931 as the Maryland State Penal Farm
(Chapter 366, Acts of 1931), it opened, after funding
delays, m 1942 In 1945, the Penal Farm was replaced
by the Maryland State Reformatory for Males (Chap
ter 519, Acts of 1945) The Reformatory was re