Maryland to close a Jessup prison, citing ‘degradation’ and costly repairs

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the state would close a Jessup prison by next summer due to “substantial capital costs” required ...

Ex-prison guard, shot six times, hails FCC push to allow cellphone jamming behind bars

The FCC voted Tuesday to consider a proposal to lift the restriction on cell jamming technology inside state prisons. But it ...

Third Maryland prison inmate death in September under investigation

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a North Branch Correctional Institution inmate, the third reported in ...

Moore to close Jessup state prison by June 2026

One of Maryland's oldest state prisons, the Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup will close by June 30, 2026.
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Last of four defendants in 2017 murders of four Pasquotank Correctional Institution employees sentenced to life without parole

First Prosecutorial District DA Jeff Cruden has announced the sentencing of Seth Jameson Frazier, the last of the four defendants who murdered four Pasquotank Correctional Institution (PCI) ...

B.C. man gets 13-year sentence for drug offences, trying to bribe prison guard

Police say William Michael Dow had tried to bribe an off-duty corrections officer at the Kent Institution to smuggle ...

Jury deadlocks again in trial of officer charged with sexually abusing inmates at California prison

A federal jury has deadlocked for the second time in a trial of a former correctional officer charged with sexually abusing ...