ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Under Maryland Parole Commission, renamed Support Services in May 2002.
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Under Division of Correction, restructured as Administration and Special Projects in Aug. 2006.
ADVISORY COUNCIL ON OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT COORDINATION
Marcus E. Pollock, Executive Director (410) 585-3439; fax: (410) 764-4018; e-mail: mpollock@dpscs.state.md.us
Nathaniel Alston, Jr., Chair (chosen by Governor)
Appointed by Governor: Robert C. Embry, Jr.; Ronald J. Hartman; Fred D. Mason, Jr.; Malinda Miles; David P. Scheffenacker, Jr.; Richard G. Silber. Terms expire 2004.
Appointed by Senate President: Nathaniel J. McFadden
Appointed by House Speaker: Joan Cadden
Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Rafael Ortiz
Appointed by Mayor, City of Baltimore: Karen Sitnick
Ex officio: Mary Ann Saar, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Nancy S. Grasmick, Ph.D., State Superintendent of Schools.
The Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination was formed in 2001 (Chapter 687, Acts of 2001). With its executive director, the Council developed a plan for the employment of offenders covering the transition between incarceration and their return to the community. The plan included information and initiatives that expand employment opportunities and support for offenders (both in and out of the correctional system). The plan outlined how to improve coordination of employment services and provide more employment counseling for offenders. In addition, the Council worked on initiatives to raise job placement and job retention rates for offenders; start a business mentoring program; and conduct mock job fairs in correctional institutions and those community programs that serve offenders (Code Correctional Services Article, secs. 2-301 through 2-307).
Authorization for the Council expired August 31, 2004.
ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING SECTION
Under Pretrial Release Services, abolished Nov. 4, 1998.
APPLICATION DESIGN & PROGRAMMING SERVICES
Under Information Technology and Communications Division, renamed Application Services, Feb. 1, 2004.
AUDIT OFFICE
Under Division of Correction, combined with Policy Review and Publication Unit to form Policy, Procedures, and Audits in July 2007.
BALTIMORE PRE-RELEASE UNIT FOR WOMEN ANNEX
Under Division of Correction, the Annex, with a capacity for 36 inmates, opened in November 1993 at the former site of the Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women. In Nov. 2004, it ceased operations.
BUREAU OF SPECIAL SERVICES
Under Division of Parole and Probation, phased out and functions transferred to Community Surveillance and Enforcement in 2007.
CENTRAL LAUNDRY PRE-RELEASE UNIT
Under Division of Correction, renamed Central Maryland Correctional Facility in July 2009.
CLASSIFICATION
Under Baltimore City Detention Center, renamed Jail Review and Classification in Oct. 1996.
COMMUNICATIONS
Under Information Technology and Communications Division, reorganized as Portfolio Management on Feb. 1, 2004.
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM
Under Division of Parole and Probation, reformed as Community Surveillance and Enforcement in 2008.
CORRECTIONAL OPTIONS ADVISORY BOARD
In Dec. 1996, funding for Board ended.
CORRECTIONAL OPTIONS PROGRAM
Started in March 1994 under Division of Parole and Probation, the Correctional Options Program supervised community programs as alternatives to incarceration in the metropolitan Baltimore Area.
DIVISION OF DATA SERVICES
Renamed Information Technology and Communications Division in June 1997.
DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCES & LABOR RELATIONS
Under Administration, restructured as Human Resources Services Division in Jan. 2009.
DIVISION OF RESEARCH & STATISTICS
In April 2003, combined with Office of Policy, Planning, and Regulation to form Office of Planning, Policy, Regulations, and Statistics.
EXPLOSIVES ADVISORY COUNCIL
Effective July 1, 1997, transferred to Department of State Police (Chapter 352, Acts of 1997).
FIRE PREVENTION COMMISSION
Effective July 1, 1997, transferred to Department of State Police (Chapter 352, Acts of 1997).
HERMAN L. TOULSON CORRECTIONAL BOOT CAMP
The Herman L. Toulson Correctional Boot Camp originated as the Jessup Pre-Release Unit constructed in 1978. It reformed as the Herman L. Toulson Correctional Boot Camp in August 1990. The Camp was named after Herman L. Toulson, Jr., a correctional officer who was stabbed by an inmate in the south wing of the Maryland Penitentiary on October 6, 1984. It is located in Anne Arundel County within the complex of the Brockbridge Correctional Facility, Maryland Correctional Institute-Jessup, and Maryland Correctional Institution for Women.
A minimum-security institution, the Boot Camp was a setting where staff and inmates focused on changing behavior and confronting destructive attitudes. Through disciplined activities, Boot Camp enabled inmates to examine and change their attitudes and values, confront their mistakes, and accept responsibility for their acts.
To be eligible for Boot Camp, inmates must have been 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 volunteered for the program and had to be medically, physically and psychologically fit.
Boot Camp was based on strict discipline established through regimented physical training, military drill, and comprehensive rules and regulations. Inmates labored on State highways five days a week. On Saturdays, inmates worked on special projects for local nonprofit organizations. The Boot Camp was maintained by the inmates. Academic school was mandatory each weekday evening. Counseling for substance abuse, decision-making, and behavior modification was available for each inmate. Daily, the Camp averaged 300 inmates.
Boot camp regime ended July 1, 2009, when renamed Herman L. Toulson Correctional Facility. Last inmates transferred out December 2009 due to budget constraints.
HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DIVISION
HUMAN RESOURCES & ADMINISTRATION
INSTITUTIONAL PAROLE SERVICES
JAIL REVIEW SECTION
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION
The Maryland House of Correction was the second oldest prison in the State. For many years Maryland's only maximum-security prison, it formerly confined male prisoners sentenced to long terms. Authorized in 1874 and opened in 1879, it also was a medium-security institution for men serving sentences of three months or longer (Chapter 233, Acts of 1874). The prison was situated on 800 acres south of MD Route 175 between U.S. Route 1 and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in both Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
On March 19, 2007, the Maryland House of Correction closed, following an attack earlier in the month on a prison guard. Its long history of violence and rioting included major riots in 1945 and 1964, and its outmoded construction contributed to escalating violence among inmates and against correctional officers, culminating in the death of a correctional officer in July 2006, the first such death since 1984. Upon its closing, inmates were transported to other prisons in Maryland, most to the North Branch Correctional Institution at Cumberland. Some were transferred to state prisons in Kentucky and Virginia, and some to federal prisons.
MARYLAND HOUSE OF CORRECTION ANNEX
MARYLAND PENITENTIARY
NETWORKING & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES & RISK MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
OFFICE OF FOOD & PROPERTY SERVICES
OFFICE OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE & EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
OPERATIONS
PROPERTY SERVICES
RESTART
SEXUAL OFFENDER ADVISORY BOARD
STATE FIRE MARSHAL
STATE USE INDUSTRIES
STATE USE INDUSTRIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE
STATE USE INDUSTRIES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
SUPPORT SERVICES SECTION
TREATMENT SERVICES
Treatment Services was responsible for: Inmate Health Services; Mental Health Services; Social Services; Substance Abuse Treatment Services; and the Patuxent Institution. In March 2008, it also assumed oversight of Inmate Education, Integrated Program Services, Victim Services, and the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
VEHICLE THEFT PREVENTION COUNCIL
YOUTHFUL OFFENDER INITIATIVE TASK FORCE
The Youthful Offender Initiative Task Force was formed by the Department in April 2003 to address the special needs of minors sentenced as adults to correctional institutions for adults. By November 2003, the Task Force was to develop a plan that identified and addressed issues of housing, treatment, education, release preparation, and re-entry for youthful offenders, as well as alternatives to incarceration.
P. O. Box 1425
2001 Toulson Road, Jessup, MD 20794 - 1425
Under Office of Secretary, restructured in July 2007 as Division of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
Under Division of Correction, renamed Administration and Special Programs, Oct. 1, 1999.
Under Maryland Parole Commission, functions were assumed by Parole Services in Oct. 1996.
Formerly under Pretrial Release Services, functions merged in Oct. 1996 with Classification to form Jail Review and Classification under Baltimore City Detention Center.
Under Patuxent Institution, disbanded in July 2000.
P. O. Box 534, Maryland House of Correction Road, Jessup, MD 20794 - 0534
In July 2006, renamed Jessup Correctional Institution (approved by Board of Public Works, May 3, 2006).
Under Division of Correction, renamed Metropolitan Transition Center in Feb. 1998.
Under Information Technology and Communications Division, reorganized as Enterprise Infrastructure Services, Feb. 1, 2004.
Under Office of Secretary, functions split into Office of Emergency Operations and Office of Environmental Management in July 2007.
Abolished in 2004.
Under Office of Secretary, functions divided between Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Business Enterprise in July 2007.
Headed by Deputy Secretary, abolished in July 2007.
Reorganized as Capital Programs in July 2007.
Under Division of Correction, RESTART (Reentry Enforcement Services Targeting Addiction, Rehabilitation, and Treatment), began in 2003 at two sites in the Division: the Maryland Correctional Training Center; and the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women-Jessup. The initiative emphasized academic training, vocational skills training, substance abuse treatment, and cognitive restructuring, a therapy technique to change negative thoughts and actions to positive ones. The program was phased out in 2006.
Removed from Department on June 1, 2010 (Chapters 178 & 179, Acts of 2010).
On July 1, 1997, transferred to Department of State Police (Chapter 352, Acts of 1997).
Renamed Maryland Correctional Enterprises in 2005 (Chapter 124, Acts of 2005).
Renamed State Use Industries Management Council, Oct. 1, 1999 (Chapter 324, Acts of 1999).
Renamed Maryland Correctional Enterprises Management Council in 2005 (Chapter 124, Acts of 2005).
Under Pretrial Release Services, reorganized as Administration and Case Processing in July 2007.
Created in March 2003, Treatment Services was reorganized as Programs and Services in March 2010.
On July 1, 1997, transferred to Department of State Police (Chapter 434, Acts of 1997).
Appointed by Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services:
Vacancy, Chair
Cynthia Adams; Jennie Challis; Ernest Eley; Dian Brooks Eulett; Leon Faruq; Kevin King; Bruce Liller; Robyn Lyles; Thomas Mee; Richard Rolle; Charles Santa; Connie Sechrist; Paul Showell; Kim Thornwell; Rev. Carol Turner; Edward White; Kathleen White; DeAndre Wiggins.
Maryland Constitutional Offices & Agencies
Maryland Departments
Maryland Independent Agencies
Maryland Executive Commissions, Committees, Task Forces, & Advisory Boards
Maryland Universities & Colleges
Maryland Counties
Maryland Municipalities
Maryland at a Glance
Maryland Manual On-Line
Search the Manual
e-mail: mdmanual@mdarchives.state.md.us