The Maryland Department of Health unveiled a commission tasked with decreasing racial, ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities across the state Friday. “Our commission is…
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has created an incentive program to encourage its incarcerated population to volunteer to receive the COVID-19…
Alonzo Turner Bey went into Maryland’s prison system at age 17. He served 31 years, six months and 15 days with asthma, high blood…
Staff members and incarcerated individuals are beginning to see spikes in COVID-19 infections in Maryland prisons, echoing upward trends in other areas of the…
Martina Hazelton has a family member with severe hypertension who is incarcerated at a state correctional facility near Cumberland. Before the pandemic, Hazelton said, a…
The Maryland Board of Public Works voted Wednesday to nix an emergency modification to the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services’ health care…
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services on Monday confirmed the first death of a corrections officer related to complications brought on…
As confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to compound, the state government is taking steps to track the virus’ spread. Earlier this week, Gov. Lawrence J….
Questions abound surrounding procedure within Maryland’s courts and correctional system since the COVID-19 pandemic ascended upon the state in early March. Two legislative committees…
Do inmates in Maryland prisons have access to the hand sanitizer they’ve been making at their work training program? Does the department overseeing the…