Maryland

Feds now investigating wage theft in multiple Maryland prisons, jails and juvenile facilities

An earlier federal investigation found the state shorted COs at one facility nearly half a million in overtime payments

Ex-CO, 2 inmates and facilitator plead guilty to federal racketeering conspiracy charges

Officials say they smuggled contraband and received thousands of dollars in bribes for bringing the drugs and other items into a maximum security prison

What I learned about catching contraband in jail mail

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Smiths Detection

A former jail administrator recounts lessons learned from a contraband crackdown – in particular, why screening the mail is so important

Report: Md. correctional officers shortchanged millions in overtime

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The state paid COs and other staffers only through the end of their scheduled shift instead of when they clocked out

Md. sheriff's office gives hazard pay to detention staff during January COVID surge

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The sheriff authorized an additional $5 per hour for regular hours scheduled and worked

‘It’s just not safe’: Union calls on state to address staffing shortages in Maryland prisons

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The union is speaking out after a corrections officer was injured earlier this month when inmates set multiple fires

Md. CO, 3 inmates hospitalized after inmates set multiple fires

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A total of five fires were set in two areas of the facility, the fire marshal's office said

Md. sheriff's office gets grant for new jail-based treatment, reentry program

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The medication-assisted treatment helps to lessen the effects of withdrawal for people coming off opiate addictions

2nd Baltimore CO dies of COVID-19

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The officer was in his 60s and was a “well-respected” veteran of 26 years, officials said

Report claims staff actions sparked violence in April riot at Md. facility

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Nine COs and employees were injured in the riot, three of whom were hospitalized

Fatally scalded inmate was kept in cell with broken heater

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A convicted murderer under observation for behavioral problems was allowed to remain in his cell as he destroyed a radiator over an 8-hour period, eventually flooding the tier with water and scalding himself to death

3 plead not guilty in Md. prison drone contraband case

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Accused of trying to use a small, remote-controlled aircraft to smuggle drugs, tobacco and pornography into a maximum-security state prison in western Maryland