HAGERSTOWN — Officials say a correctional officer at Hagerstown prison has been charged with trying to smuggle drugs into the facility. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said in a news release that 52-year-old Patrick Merson of Waynesboro, ...

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BALTIMORE — Corrections officials say 14 people, including eight corrections officers, were hurt during a melee at a pre-trial facility in Baltimore. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said the fight brought out late Sunday at the Baltimore ...

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CUMBERLAND — Maryland’s prison agency says state police are investigating the death of an inmate at the maximum-security Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland as a possible homicide. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says the 30-year-old inmate was ...

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CUMBERLAND — Corrections officials are investigating the death of an inmate in a Cumberland prison as a possible homicide. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says 59-year-old Terrance Cirata was found dead in his cell at North Branch ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The three-member Board of Public Works delayed action on a proposal to cut 63 positions from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The proposal would represent the first job cuts under Gov. Larry Hogan, who ...

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More than five dozen current employees of the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services could lose their jobs as part of a consolidation plan that will be considered Thursday by the Board of Public Works. The proposal calls ...

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A Maryland correctional officer is suing the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, alleging the department violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by denying him reasonable accommodations for his temporary vision impairment. After forcing Daniel Price to take five months of unpaid leave, the state Department of Budget and Management — which is also named as a defendant in the lawsuit — billed Price for the entire cost of his health insurance plan and did not inform him of his right to continued coverage under the Public Health Services Act, the complaint states.

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Maryland's prison agency says it's barring visitors from the maximum-security Western Correctional Institution near Cumberland while authorities check on an undisclosed security issue.

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Michael A. Allred finds himself out of a job Thursday after he was fired from the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for an inappropriate comment made on Facebook.

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A Maryland lawmaker on Tuesday called for an independent criminal investigation into the accidental release of a man awaiting trial on murder charges from a Baltimore prison.

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