A minimum-security institution, the Boot Camp
is a setting where staff and inmates focus on chang-
ing behavior and confronting destructive attitudes.
Through disciplined activities. Boot Camp enables
inmates to examine and change their attitudes and
values, confront their mistakes, and accept respon-
sibility for their acts.
To be eligible for Boot Camp, inmates must be
under 26 years of age, serving five years or less of
their first adult incarceration, and not serving a
sentence for a crime of violence. Inmates must
volunteer for the program and be medically, physi-
cally and psychologically fit.
Boot Camp is based on strict discipline estab-
lished through regimented physical training, mili-
tary drill, and comprehensive rules and regulations.
Inmates labor on State highway road crews five days
a week. On Saturdays, inmates work on special
projects for local nonprofit organizations. Boot
Camp maintenance is performed by the inmates.
Academic school is mandatory each weekday eve-
ning. Counseling for substance abuse, decision-
making, and behavior modification is available for
each inmate. Daily, the Camp averages 300 inmates.

BALTIMORE CITY CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Patrick R. Conroy, Administrator

901 Greenmount Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 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 Sys-
tem. The Center houses male prisoners who require
minimum security.

OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS TRAINING CENTER

Monroe }. Fuller, Principal

920 North Forrest St.
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 333-8612

Following recommendations in the Action
Agenda Plan for Maryland State Prisons, the Occupa-
tional Skills Training Center opened in February
1993. The Center provides reintegrarion services to
Baltimore area prisoners to reduce recidivism and
prepare inmates for productive and law-abiding lives.
Services include skill training, employment-readiness
training, and job placement. The Center is a partner-
ship of the Division of Correction, Department of
Business and Economic Development, State Depart-
ment of Education, and Baltimore City Community
College. Area colleges also participate.
The Center delivers employer-approved training
and supportive services to inmates. Seven voca-
tional areas are targeted: automotive services;
graphic arts; health; heating, ventilation, and air-
conditioning; home improvement; office work; and
warehousing and distribution. The Center is devel-
oping public-private partnerships with industry.

BALTIMORE PRE-RELEASE UNIT
Phillip Thomas, Administrator

926 Greenmount Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 333-4360

The Baltimore Pre-Release Unit opened in April
1981. The Unit was formed from the merger of the
Community Vocational Rehabilitation Center and
the Greenmount Avenue Pre-Release Unit. The
Baltimore Pre-Release Unit prepares inmates to
return to the community. Unit programs and serv-
ices emphasize job readiness training, work crews,
work experience, and work release.

BALTIMORE PRE-RELEASE UNIT FOR WOMEN
Barbara L. Shaw, Administrator

301 North Calverton Road
Baltimore, MD 21223 (410) 566-5747

The Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women began
in July 1975 as the Community Corrections Center
for Women. In 1978, the Center was renamed the
Pre-Release Unit for Women and was placed under
jurisdiction of the Maryland Correctional Pre-Release
System (Code 1957, Art. 27, sees. 706-710E). The
Unit moved from 4500 Park Heights Avenue to its
present site in July 1991. At that time, it was renamed
Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women. The facility
has a capacity for 100 inmates.

BALTIMORE PRE-RELEASE UNIT FOR WOMEN

ANNEX

Barbara L. Shaw, Administrator

4500 Park Heights Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21215 (410) 367-5946

With a capacity for 36 inmates, the Annex
opened in November 1993 at the former site of the
Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women.

HOME DETENTION UNIT
Richard A. Sullivan, Administrator

2100 Guilford Ave.
Baltimore, MD 21218 (410) 333-1733

In 1990, the General Assembly authorized the
Home Detention Program, which started in January
1991 (Chapter 414, Acts of 1990). The Program
allows carefully selected inmates to serve the last
part of their sentences in the community. Inmates
are monitored by an electronic anklet, periodic
telephone voice verification, and random visits by
correctional staff. The Unit operates 24 hours a day,
seven days per week, to enforce inmate compliance
and provide rehabilitation services. The Program
began with 40 inmates in Fiscal Year 1991 and as
of January 1, 1996 has served 10,747 inmates.
Parolees and persons awaiting trial also are eligible
for home detention.