Maryland prisons

“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…

A look at a persistent COVID-19 hot-spot in Maryland: The prison system. A recap of the weekend's demonstrations in Baltimore, calling for an end to…