Maryland prisons

For bill sponsor James Torrence, the bill is incredibly personal.

Midday host Tom Hall visited the Goucher College Prison Education program in 2014. Nearly 10 years later, Tom discusses how the program has evolved.

Tom speaks with Patrick Moran, president of AFSCME Council 3 — the union which represents the state's correctional officers.

Inmates at Roxbury Correctional Institution deployed drones, utilized a staff member and used a hospital as a drop off and pick up site to distribute a wide array of contraband.

More than 6% of Maryland’s prison population is serving time for crimes committed as children, according to a new report.

A trans woman is suing Baltimore City Correction Center over harassment and ignored reports of assault.

“Every day we operate like this puts the people who do these jobs and those we supervise at risk of being seriously hurt.”

A union representative for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees blames understaffing for unsafe conditions.

Using Census data, a new report traces where people in Maryland’s state prisons come from. The central finding? One in every 100 Baltimore residents is locked up in a state prison. We hear from advocates about how mass incarceration drains city neighborhoods.

The state government employees who process unemployment insurance claims and work in state prisons, juvenile services facilities, hospitals and…