of Governor Herbert R. O'Conor o07

The Commission having the matter in charge satisfactorily completed its
negotiations with the officials of the institution and now Morgan State College
is a part of the higher educational program of the State.

The State paid to the Board of Trustees of Morgan College $225, 000. 00 for
all the physical property at its present location. Subsequently, the Board of
Public Works, according to law, appointed the following as members of the
Board of Trustees of the new State institution: Judge Morris A. Soper, Chair-
man; Judge Benjamin Johnson, Willard W. Allen, Carrington L. Davis, Bliss
Forbush, Josiah Henry, Jr., Ivan E. McDougle, Carl J. Murphy and H. Milton
Wagner, Jr.

During the current year the college has enrolled 424 students, of whom
194 are male and 230 female. The boarding students number 140, which is the
total which can be cared for, and the day students number 284. A dormitory
for girls, to accomodate 70 students, is being constructed so that more of these
students can be cared for on the campus.

PENAL INSTITUTIONS

There are three penal institutions in the State at present, the Maryland
Penitentiary, the House of Correction for Men, and the House of Correction
for Women. By the fall of this year the fourth institution, the Maryland State
Penal Farm, will be ready for complete occupancy.

The Women's Prison was completed last year and can care for a maximum
of 150 women. Formerly operated as a separate unit of the House of Correc-
tion, this new Women's Prison is being operated directly under the Board of
Correction. Plans are being made to provide work for the inmates with rela-
tion to an industrial project.

The completion of the Penal Farm will mark a forward step in penology
in this State. Accomodations will be provided for approximately 900 inmates.
This group should be first offenders and the younger element of the prison
population, and a proper vocational, academic, moral and religious program
should be developed to care for this group, as well as whatever industrial pro-
gram is possible. Farm activities most likely will need to be increased. The
institution has been built by inmates and during the past year an average of
354 men have been engaged on this project. Much money has been saved the
State because of this method of construction.

Maryland House of Correction—During the past two years, facilities at this
institution have been greatly improved. A good start has been made on soil
erosion control, and farming has been reorganized in conformity with Federal
requirements. The population, during the year, averaged 1, 346. Three more
State Use Shops were placed in operation for the manufacture of soap, tobacco
products and for the repair of automobiles.

During 1940, earnings in the State Use Industries and Road work at this
institution totaled $77, 075. 00. An average of 100 men have been employed on
the roads.

Unemployment at the penal institutions is a constant problem and every
effort has been made and will be made in the future to increase the variety of
manufactured products which can be used by other State Agencies.

Farming operations can also be extended to advantage, and vegetables and
other products raised which can be used by the State institutions.