Section 10-107 - Jessup area - Limitation on construction of State correctional facilities. - Maryland Statutes

§ 10-107. Jessup area - Limitation on construction of State correctional facilities.
 

(a)  Number of beds.-  

(1) The Board may not approve a contract to construct or renovate a State correctional facility for the Department, if the construction or renovation will provide more than 3,400 beds in the Jessup area of Anne Arundel and Howard counties. 

(2) The total number of beds shall be computed as follows: 

(i) Jessup Pre-Release Unit (including new drug unit)  ............ 184; 

(ii) Patuxent Institution  ............ 640; 

(iii) Maryland Correctional Institution for Women  ............ 249; 

(iv) Brockbridge Correctional Facility  ............ 515; 

(v) House of Correction, for renovation or replacements (512+500+400+400)  ............ 1,812; and 

(vi) Total  ............ 3,400. 

(b)  Exception.- The limitation established under this section does not apply to a community adult rehabilitation center. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 78A, § 7; 1999, ch. 54, § 2; 2007, ch. 5, § 7.]