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LAWS OF. MARYLAND
Ch. 520
(3) The actual cash proceeds of the sale of the bonds
shall be paid to the Treasurer and shall be first applied to
the payment of the expenses of issuing and delivering the
bonds unless funds for this purpose are otherwise provided
and thereafter shall be credited on the books of the State
Comptroller and expended, upon approval by the Board of
Public Works, for the following public purposes, including
any applicable architects' and engineers' fees:
Construction of a correctional medium and/or
maximum security facility to provide
[(500)] 720 beds. [This facility, which
shall replace 500 beds currently at the
House of Correction (and upon the
completion and opening of which the cap
immediately hereinafter provided shall
be effective), shall be located adjacent
to the existing House of Correction on
the site of the present cattle barns and
storage sheds which is the site
currently used for the treatment and
rehabilitation of addicted prisoners and
which is known as the Jessup Pre-Release
Annex (Drug) facility; provided,
however, that should Anne Arundel County
not execute, by August 1, 1980, an
agreement with the State of Maryland
whereby the county shall thereafter
supply emergency water services to the
Division of Correction for the House of
Correction Complex, the site of the 500
bed facility provided for herein shall
be that property owned by the State of
Maryland in Howard County adjacent to
the Clifton T. Perkins Hospital. As of
the date on which the 500 bed
replacement facility is open and
accepting prisoners, the total Division
of Correction and Patuxent Institution
prison population in the Jessup area
shall not exceed 3,400 prisoners,
computed as follows:
Jessup Pre-Release Unit (including new
drug unit).............................. 184
Patuxent Institution.................... 640
Maryland Correctional Institution for
Women................................... 249
Brockbridge Correctional Facility....... 515
House of Correction Renovation and/or
replacements
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