Convicted sex offenders in Maryland cannot be subjected to retroactive application of the state’s sex-offender registry laws, despite separate “federal obligations” to register, the state’s top court said Monday.

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The medium-security Maryland Correctional Training Center near Hagerstown is becoming the fourth state prison where inmates who served in the military help train service dogs for disabled veterans.

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A Special Joint Commission of the General Assembly recently issued a report regarding security in Baltimore City’s correctional facilities.

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JESSUP — Maryland corrections officials are looking for an inmate who was mistakenly released because of a paperwork error. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said Thursday that Sierra Scipioni was released from the Maryland Correctional Institute for ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A panel of Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday recommended a plan to spend more than $533 million over 10 years to rebuild the old Baltimore City Detention Center, making it more secure and harder for prisoners to sneak in ...

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Gov. Martin O’Malley late Tuesday announced the departure of state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Gary Maynard.

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CUMBERLAND — A second prison manager is departing the maximum-security North Branch Correctional Institution after an inmate stabbed a correctional officer there earlier this month and the Maryland public safety department on Monday proposed tighter security measures at the lockup. ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Prison officials say an inmate at a western Maryland prison has been treated at a hospital for Legionnaires’ disease. A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services says water is being tested at the Roxbury ...

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Maryland officials say two correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center have suffered minor injuries while subduing an unruly detainee. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said they were taken to a local hospital on Wednesday ...

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The family of a woman who lapsed into a coma and died shortly after being released from detention plans to file a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officials, the family’s attorney said Monday.

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