Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

DPSCS Website Feature Stories

Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup Wins 2012 Public Safety Honor Guard Competition
Maryland Correctional Institution -- Jessup (MCI-J) won first place in today's third-annual (DPSCS) ...Learn more

DPSCS K9 Unit Treats Elderly Veterans to a Special Dog Show
The nationally-respected DPSCS K9 Unit paid a visit to the Maryland State Veterans Home in Charlotte Hall, bringing joy to some seniors who were amazed to see the dogs' prowess at finding contraband. ...Learn more

Eighteen New Soldiers on the Front Lines of Community Supervision
Exhorted by the Secretary of Public Safety to be compassionate and good listeners as well as law enforcers, eighteen men and women were officially sworn in as community supervision agents on April 10 . ...Learn more

Community Supervision Agent Goes the Extra Mile to Help Ex-offenders with Central Region Resource Fair
The Maryland Community Crime Prevention Institute (MCCPI) held its first ever on-site DWI Awareness Day April 23. A class of 30 ...Learn more

‘Supermax’ no more: Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center now officially Chesapeake Detention Facility
When the facility’s sharply-dressed Honor Guard pulled back the long drape in front of the imposing one time ‘Supermax’ prison on April 4, ...Learn more

Chesapeake Detention Facility Restorative Justice Effort Nets the Cancer Society $1,000
Staff and detainees at the Chesapeake Detention Facility (formerly MD Correctional Adjustment Center) in downtown Baltimore ...Learn more

Public Safety Works Lends a Hand Along the C&O Canal
One of the strong partnerships the DPSCS Public Safety Works restorative justice initiative has formed is with the National Park Service, which maintains the C&O Canal trail ...Learn more

Its Play Ball Time in Northeast Baltimore Thanks to DPSCS Public Safety Works Crews
The Hamilton Little League fields that have hosted tens of thousands of hopeful Cal Ripkens and Eddie Murrays since 1950 are ...Learn more

DPSCS Shares Reentry Efforts at Maryland Symposium
Addressing more than 250 participants who gathered in Annapolis for the Maryland Statewide Community Reentry Symposium, Deputy Secretary for Operations J. Michael Stouffer highlighted the ...Learn more