named Maryland Institution for Men in 1962 and
Maryland Correctional Institution in 1964
Two housing areas have been added to the
prison In 1980, the Roxbury Emergency Housing
Unit opened with a 128 bed capacity The Western
Program Development Center, a second emer-
gency housing unit of 420 beds, opened in 1983

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL TRAINING
CENTER
Joseph P Sacchet, Warden

P O Box 3333, Route 3
18800 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, MD 21746 (301) 791-7200, ext 300

The Maryland Correctional Training Center, a
medium security institution, was authorized in
1966 (Chapter 385, Acts of 1966) The Center
offers educational and vocational training to male
inmates Prisoners who are not amenable to treat-
ment programs remain in or are transferred to the
Maryland Correctional Institution—Hagerstown
A Work Release Center occupies a separate facility
on the institutional grounds It has a rated capacity of
75 beds and houses those mmates on the Work
Release Program and several inmates who are part of
the institutional cadre Another minimum security
unit, opened in 1977, has a rated capacity of 128 beds

WESTERN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION
Frank C Sizer, Jr , Warden

13800 McMullen Highway, SW
Cumberland, MD 21502 (301) 729 5595

A medium-security pnson. Western Correctional
Institution is scheduled to open m July 1996 It is
designed to house 1,296 inmates with some 450 staff
Based on prototypes of the faculties at the Maryland
House of Correction Annex m Tessup, housmg will
consist of a 144-cell umt and three 192 cell units Two
of these units, along with support services, basic site
work, utilities, and perimeter security will be corn
pleted mid 1996 The facility will open with the
capacity to house 768 inmates The remaining hous
ing units are scheduled for completion early 1997
The Institution's central services, including ad-
ministration, maintenance, laundry, and ware
house, are set apart from inmate housing areas
Food will be shipped from the Hagerstown central
kitchen several times per week, with final prepara
tions in the Institution's finishing kitchen The
perimeter security fence will be maximum security

MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
William L Smith, Warden

P O Box 534
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799 0100, ext 201

The Maryland House of Correction is the second
oldest pnson m the State Authorized in 1874 and
opened in 1879, it is a medium security institution for
men serving sentences of three months or longer
(Chapter 233, Acts of 1874) The pnson is situated
on 800 acres south ofMD Route 175 between U S
Route 1 and the Baltimore Washington Parkway in
both Anne Arundel and Howard counties

MARYLAND HO USE OF CORRECTION A NNEX
Gary N Hornbaker, Assistant Warden

P O Box 534
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799 6100, ext 102

Opened in October 1991, the Maryland House
of Correction Annex is a maximum security facility,
adjacent to the Maryland House of Correction
The Annex consists of five housing units, each
holding 192 cells Designed for double bunks,
these units include the statewide protective custody
unit The Annex also holds a segregation housing
unit of 144 cells where inmates are isolated from
the general prison population voluntarily for their
own protection or as punishment A support serv
ices building houses the dining room, education
and vocational training, and medical services

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION—JESSUP
Sewall B Smith, Warden

P O Box 549
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799 7610, ext 253

The Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup
opened in 1981 as an annex to the Maryland House
of Correction Now, the Institution is a separate
facility sharing certain services with the House of
Correction The Institution is a medium-security
pnson with a rated capacity of 512 male inmates
serving sentences of three months or longer

MARYLAND CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTION FOR WOMEN—JESSUP
James A Carter, Sr , Warden

P O Box 535
Jessup, MD 20794 (410) 799 5550, ext 102

In the nineteenth century, women prisoners first
were housed in quarters reserved for them at the
Maryland Penitentiary The Maryland House of
Correction, opened in 1879, also was built with
separate quarters for women Although advocated
by the Maryland Penitentiary Penal Commission m
1913, not until 1939 did the State construct a
separate prison for women
In 1937, State debt was authorized to build a
separate pnson for women on land adjacent to the
House of Correction (Chapter 487, Acts of 1937)
A grant from the federal Works Progress Admini-