Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
May 05, 2023
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is a government agency of the State of Maryland that performs a number of functions,[1] including the operation of state prisons. It has its headquarters in Towson, Maryland, an unincorporated community that is also the seat of Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, located north of Maryland's largest city of Baltimore. Additional offices for correctional institutions supervision are located on Reisterstown Road in northwest Baltimore.[2]
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
In 2009, a federal indictment under the RICO Act charges that the Black Guerrilla Family gang was active in a number of facilities, including North Branch Correctional Institution, Western Correctional Institution, Eastern Correctional Institution, Roxbury Correctional Institution, Maryland Correctional Institution – Jessup, Maryland Correctional Institution – Hagerstown, Baltimore City Correctional Center, and Metropolitan Transition Center, and the Baltimore City Detention Center (formerly and also known as the Baltimore City Jail).
The gang had a statewide "supreme commander" as well as subordinate commanders in each facility. These leaders were assisted by other gang officials dubbed ministers of intelligence, justice, defense and education. These organizations enforced a code of conduct and smuggled contraband into the facilities.[6]
Another prison gang, this one of mostly white prisoners, known as "D.M.I." Dead Man Incorporated was founded in Maryland prisons in 2001 or 2002 as an offshoot of the Black Guerrilla Family.
Fallen officers
Since the establishment of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, five officers have died while on duty.[7]
^About the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
^Home page. Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Retrieved on December 7, 2009.
^Annotated Code of Maryland, Public Safety Article, § 1-305
^Calvert, Scott and Kate Smith. "Death row inmates transferred to W. Maryland Archived 2012-12-05 at archive.today." The Baltimore Sun. June 25, 2010. Retrieved on September 22, 2010.
^Blinder, Alan (December 31, 2014). "Maryland Governor Commutes Death Sentences, Emptying Death Row". The New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
^Federal indictment United States of America vs Eric Brown et al.
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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services DPSCS is a government agency of the State of Maryland that performs a number of functions 1 including the operation of state prisons It has its headquarters in Towson Maryland an unincorporated community that is also the seat of Baltimore County Maryland United States located north of Maryland s largest city of Baltimore Additional offices for correctional institutions supervision are located on Reisterstown Road in northwest Baltimore 2 Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional ServicesJurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionMaryland USAMap of Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services s jurisdictionGeneral natureLocal civilian policeOperational structureHeadquartersTowson MarylandAgency executiveRobert L Green SecretaryWebsitenews maryland gov dpscs Contents 1 Organizational units 2 Facilities 2 1 Associated facilities 2 2 Closed facilities 2 3 Proposed facilities 3 Death row 4 Black Guerrilla Family 5 Fallen officers 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksOrganizational units EditSome of the agencies contained within the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services include Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Division of Capital Construction and Facilities Maintenance Division of Correction Division of Parole and Probation Division of Pretrial Detention and Services operates the former Baltimore City Jail now the Baltimore City Detention Center and the pre trial release programs in the city of Baltimore Emergency Number Systems Board 3 Handgun Permit Review Board Inmate Grievance Office Internal Investigative Division Information Technology and Communications Division Maryland Correctional Enterprises Maryland Parole Commission Office of the Inspector General Office of Planning Policy Regulations and Statistics Office of the Secretary Police and Correctional Training Commissions Public Information Office Sundry Claims BoardFacilities Edit Chesapeake Detention Facility on East Madison Street east of The Fallsway across from the old historic Maryland Penitentiary and the adjacent Baltimore City Jail Baltimore City Detention Center in Baltimore formerly SuperMax Baltimore City Correctional Center Baltimore operating capacity 500 inmates Baltimore City Detention Center formerly historic Baltimore City Jail established and constructed 1801 re constructed 1858 1859 gutted re constructed and added wings 1959 1965 Baltimore County Detention Center formerly historic Baltimore County Jail Baltimore Pre Release Unit Baltimore capacity 201 Brockbridge Correctional Facility Jessup Chesapeake Detention Facility previously the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center also formerly known as Super Max Baltimore leased to U S Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons for detention of federal prisoners Eastern Correctional Institution Princess Anne Somerset County Eastern Pre Release Unit Princess Anne Somerset County capacity 180 Maryland Correctional Institution Hagerstown constructed mid 1930s as third institution and initially served as penal farm Jessup Correctional Institution Jessup Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup Jessup Maryland Correctional Institution for Women Jessup Maryland Correctional Training Center Hagerstown capacity 2800 Metropolitan Transition Center Baltimore formerly historic Maryland Penitentiary established 1811 North Branch Correctional Institution Cumberland opened 2003 capacity 1399 Patuxent Institution Jessup Poplar Hill Pre Release Unit capacity 180 Roxbury Correctional Institution Hagerstown Southern Maryland Pre Release Unit capacity 180 Western Correctional Institution Cumberland adjacent to North Branch Correctional Institution opened in the early 1980s Associated facilities Edit Central Booking and Intake Center Baltimore 1995 expansion adjacent to old historic Baltimore City Jail now Baltimore City Detention Center Closed facilities Edit Herman L Toulson Correctional Facility Jessup Jessup Pre Release Unit Jessup Maryland House of Correction JessupProposed facilities Edit New Youth Detention Facility Baltimore City New Women s Detention Facility Baltimore City Death row EditThe Death Row for men was in the North Branch Correctional Institution in Western Maryland s Cumberland area The execution chamber is in the Metropolitan Transition Center the former Maryland Penetentiary The five men who were on the State s death row were moved in June 2010 from the Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center 4 In December 2014 former Governor Martin O Malley commuted the sentences of all Maryland death row inmates to life sentences 5 Black Guerrilla Family EditIn 2009 a federal indictment under the RICO Act charges that the Black Guerrilla Family gang was active in a number of facilities including North Branch Correctional Institution Western Correctional Institution Eastern Correctional Institution Roxbury Correctional Institution Maryland Correctional Institution Jessup Maryland Correctional Institution Hagerstown Baltimore City Correctional Center and Metropolitan Transition Center and the Baltimore City Detention Center formerly and also known as the Baltimore City Jail The gang had a statewide supreme commander as well as subordinate commanders in each facility These leaders were assisted by other gang officials dubbed ministers of intelligence justice defense and education These organizations enforced a code of conduct and smuggled contraband into the facilities 6 Another prison gang this one of mostly white prisoners known as D M I Dead Man Incorporated was founded in Maryland prisons in 2001 or 2002 as an offshoot of the Black Guerrilla Family Fallen officers EditSince the establishment of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services five officers have died while on duty 7 See also Edit Maryland portalList of law enforcement agencies in MarylandNational List of United States state correction agencies Lists of United States state prisonsReferences Edit About the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Home page Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Retrieved on December 7 2009 Annotated Code of Maryland Public Safety Article 1 305 Calvert Scott and Kate Smith Death row inmates transferred to W Maryland Archived 2012 12 05 at archive today The Baltimore Sun June 25 2010 Retrieved on September 22 2010 Blinder Alan December 31 2014 Maryland Governor Commutes Death Sentences Emptying Death Row The New York Times Retrieved December 31 2014 Federal indictment United States of America vs Eric Brown et al The Officer Down Memorial PageExternal links EditOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services amp oldid 1144558184, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
