Maryland corrections looks to Connecticut
Not all bad news for CT prisons and the prison system, as this story tells of how Maryland Corrections is looking to Connecticut to curb gang violence in its prisons.
Acting Division of Correction Commissioner John Rowley said he sent Maryland corrections officials to Connecticut because the
state’s corrections department created a gang management program in
1994, after prison officials found that gang members had become a
dangerous and difficult population inside the state’s prisons.The Connecticut Department of Correction’s Security Risk Group
program collects and evaluates security-related gang intelligence to
prevent violence inside the state’s prisons.In Maryland, officials have implemented a new measure aimed at
reducing prison gang violence at the medium-security Maryland
Correctional Training Center near Hagerstown. The facility started
confining inmates together "a few months ago," after they were
identified as members of the same gang, Rowley said.
As a current CO at the Prison MCTC (Maryland Correctional Tranning Center) in MD I would say that this has been a terrible decision, Yes it may cut down the inmate to inmate assults but if they are not fighting themselves and they are housed with there own gang, guess who they direct their violence to….STAFF. Assults on staff have tripled, we have basically lost control of the institution. There are those who might argue that this is an acceptable risk but obviously they do not work the tiers. When the gangs were housed together or just randomly as it has allways been they kept themselves in check. No one had time to organize against us because they were too worried about the rival gangs. And I do believe that with 2 officers killed in the line of duty this year alone that outnumbers all of the gang related deaths in the maryland doc this year…..so Hell no it’s not working
your comment “And I do believe that with 2 officers killed in the line of duty this year alone that outnumbers all of the gang related deaths in the maryland doc this year…..so Hell no it’s not working” that’s cute and so typical of “law enforcement” to think their lives are more valuable than the inmates. Many INNOCENT inmates get drug in the middle of gang bullcrap; my husband being one of them. Thank god he didn’t die, but according to you, even if he did, well it still wouldn’t matter, as long as it wasnt “STAFF”! So sick…typical hillbilly ass CO mentality.
Lady , your husband is in there probably for his gang activities. So for him to suffer for his actions is not surprising.As a long time CO , i can tell every one that it is a very hard job.I empathize with the other CO. I also work in the Hagerstown region.I do not wish death or harm to anyone.But if there actions invite harm then there is not much that anyone can do to stop it.I don’t think that there are very many staff ( with a few possible exceptions) that invite this harm.That is what is meant by staff not being invovled.The best thing that your husband can do is to get out of that gang.Take my advise from CO with a decade of experience.