Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

DPSCS Press Releases

May 20, 2013 - ECI Visiting Schedule Changes
May 15, 2013 - ECI Visiting Schedule Changes
May 01, 2013 - Roxbury Correctional Institution Announces Employees of the Month for May
Apr 29, 2013 - ECI Visiting Schedule Changes
Apr 23, 2013 - DPSCS statement about federal indictments
Apr 19, 2013 - Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Spotlights Helping Hands During National Volunteer Week
Apr 18, 2013 - DPSCS to Kick Off National Crime Victims’ Rights Week With Detainees’ Donation to MD Crime Victims’ Resource Center
Apr 11, 2013 - UPDATE: DPSCS Baltimore Pre-Release Unit Returned to Custody
Apr 11, 2013 - DPSCS Baltimore Pre-Release Unit Walkoff Notification
Apr 11, 2013 - Eastern Pre-Release Unit Walkoff Notification
Mar 28, 2013 - DPSCS Walkoff from Central Home Detention Unit Returned to Custody
Mar 21, 2013 - Frederick County Government: Text to 911 Launched For Verizon Customers
Mar 06, 2013 - DPSCS Central Home Detention Unit Walkoff Offender Returned to Custody
Feb 19, 2013 - Eastern Correctional Institution to Host Media Day for America’s Vet Dogs Program Thursday, 2/21 at 10:30 a.m.
Feb 06, 2013 - Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown to Speak At DPSCS Correctional Academy Graduation Friday, 2/8 at 2:30 p.m.
Jan 17, 2013 - State of Maryland Suspends the Construction of New Baltimore City Jail For Youth Charged as Adults
Jan 23, 2013 - New Correctional Officers Graduate From DPSCS Academy Friday, January 25 at 2:30 p.m. in Sykesville
Jan 17, 2013 - State of Maryland Suspends the Construction of New Baltimore City Jail For Youth Charged as Adults
Dec 21, 2012 - DPSCS Walkoff from Work-Release Center Back in Custody
Dec 21, 2012 - DPSCS Walkoff from Work-Release Center
Dec 11, 2012 - Maryland Correctional Enterprises Inmates to Launder 17,000 Bras for Charity Thursday, December 13 at 10 a.m. in Sykesville
Dec 06, 2012 - Correctional Officers to Host Annual Santa Party and Breakfast at East Baltimore School, Friday, Dec. 7 at 9:30 a.m.
Nov 30, 2012 - More Than 50 Agencies and Individuals to be Honored At Annual Governor’s Crime Prevention Awards Tuesday, 12/4 in Glen Burnie
Nov 27, 2012 - Two Inmates Seriously Injured in Unrelated Assaults at Cumberland Prisons
Nov 27, 2012 - 31 New Officers to Graduate From DPSCS Correctional Academy Thursday, November 29 at 2:30 in Sykesville

In The News

May 20, 2013 - Correctional employees honored
Apr 25, 2013 - 'Sustainability in Prisons' Network Goes National
Apr 19, 2013 - A Second Chance For Inmates And Horses In Maryland
Apr 16, 2013 - Prisoners Behind Bars in Jessup See a Future in Trees
Apr 14, 2013 - Inmates at Jessup, and American Chestnuts, on Comeback Trail
Apr 14, 2013 - MD Inmates Grow American Chestnut Seedlings for Group Seeking to Restore "Redwood of the East"
Apr 06, 2013 - Corrections Official: Inmate Rehabilitation Best for Society
Apr 04, 2013 - Prison ministry: 'Looking for something good to do'
Mar 28, 2013 - Community Supervision Agents Raise Money to Help Former Inmates
Mar 28, 2013 - Volunteers Sought to Find Homes for Inmate Trained Dogs
Mar 28, 2013 - Life After Prison for Incarcerated Veterans
Mar 27, 2013 - Veterans at Maryland Correctional Training Center Learn About Services
Mar 22, 2013 - City Holds Trash Cleanup Along Gwynns Run Stream
Mar 22, 2013 - 9-1-1 Text Alert Pilot Program Launches in Frederick County
Mar 21, 2013 - Frederick County Citizens Can Now Text 911 Operators
Mar 14, 2013 - Inmates Help Tear Down House of Correction, Earn Professional Certifications
Mar 12, 2013 - Puppies Behind Bars: America's Vet Dogs Improving Prisons
Mar 12, 2013 - Inmates train dogs for service to those who have served their country
Feb 22, 2013 - New leash on life
Feb 21, 2013 - Dog days at ECI
Jan 31, 2013 - Inmates Train Puppies to Help Wounded U.S. Military Veterans
Jan 19, 2013 - Program Brings Hope to Inmates and Animals at Roxbury Correctional Institution
Jan 16, 2013 - 'Knitting Behind Bars' Helps Inmates Cope
Jan 04, 2013 - Incarcerated veterans train dogs for other vets
Jan 01, 2013 - MD Law Gives Incentive for Non-Violent Offenders
Dec 20, 2012 - Inmates at Sykesville Detention Center Laundry Process 13,000 Donated Bras
Dec 14, 2012 - Inmates Give Back to Community through Salvation Army
Dec 13, 2012 - Maryland Inmates Launder Bras for Cancer Awareness
Dec 11, 2012 - Prison Inmates Learn to Quilt
Dec 05, 2012 - Book Donations Project a B.I.G. Deal for Inmates

What is DPSCS?

The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is one of the largest agencies in Maryland state government, whose eleven thousand employees work as a team to protect the public and the offenders and arrestees under their supervision.

Operationally, DPSCS oversees all aspects of supervision for sentenced offenders in the state prison system, the treatment facility Patuxent Institution, and those under community supervision by Parole and Probation agents. The Department is also responsible for detainees in the Baltimore City pre-trial jails.

From incarceration to reentry into the community, DPSCS strives to provide seamless, integrated supervision services for all offenders that results in lower recidivism rates (fewer ex-offenders committing new crimes when they get out). Through a belief in the value of every human being, the Department is proactive about public health issues and offers offenders programming opportunities to improve his or her life and become a productive taxpaying citizen. DPSCS also provides victim services for those impacted by the crimes of offenders under our supervision.

In addition, DPSCS has made institutional security a priority year after year, while also opening lines of communication with our criminal justice partners in the community to improve sharing of information and keep violent repeat offenders off the streets.

The Department also includes public safety agencies charged with training and certifying law enforcement and correctional officers for the State, the Maryland Parole Commission, the State’s Criminal Injuries Compensation Board and the board that provides funding for every 9-1-1 center in Maryland.

Please click on the tabs above to learn more about each agency and the many programs within DPSCS.