Maryland psychiatric hospital CEO on leave, accused of threatening staff
A restraining order was issued against the top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center.
Why is the suicide rate so high at this Maryland jail?
A Baltimore Banner investigation revealed disturbing patterns and policy failures underlying a series of deaths by hanging at the detention center
System failure: How a man killed himself on suicide watch in the Harford County jail
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office says it has changed medical providers since a spate of suicides in its detention center.
The Baltimore Police Department just cleared its first hurdle in exiting federal oversight
A court filing shows that the U.S. Department of Justice agrees that BPD is now fully compliant on two sections of its consent decree with the federal government.
Police are investigating ‘potentially exploded devices’ near government building
The devices were found in the 1500 block of Guilford Avenue, which is home to an apartment building and the local Baltimore office of the Maryland Department of Human Services, a social services agency. It’s unclear where exactly the devices were located.
Man charged with second-degree murder in shooting of woman overnight on Jones Falls Expressway
The two had been in a 'verbal altercation,' police said.
Shake-up in Baltimore jail health care lawsuit: Medical monitor resigns, new judge at helm
The medical monitor resigned 10 days after the state of Maryland made a lengthy argument against his findings.
Maryland waited until the last minute to seek alternatives to its troubled prison health care provider
A deadline is looming at the end of the year for Maryland to decide whether to keep or replace the troubled, for-profit company that provides medical care in state prisons and the Baltimore City jail complex.
Probable cause? Baltimore Police are making fewer improper arrests, monitoring team finds
The rate of improper arrests dropped from 10.4% to 4% in two random samplings of 200 cases in 2019 and 2021.
A corrections ombudsman? Support building for bill that could reshape the Maryland prison system
Lawmakers are reintroducing legislation, and the attorney general is backing the proposal.
Judge will ‘mull over’ escalating dispute over the doctor monitoring Baltimore jails
Private attorneys working for the state of Maryland aimed their fire at the independent medical monitor overseeing a 2016 settlement agreement on health care delivery in the state-run city jail system.
He was owed $770K for botched treatment of a wrist fracture in jail. Then a bankruptcy got in the way.
Earlier this year, a correctional health care company declared bankruptcy. Now, a formerly incarcerated Marylander is missing out on compensation he won in a trial.
Civilian reviews of BPD investigations are back. Work ‘needs to be done,’ says one member
The administrative charging committee has flagged issues with missing video footage, incomplete reports and policy discrepancies.
People with dementia are being assaulted, improperly housed in Baltimore jail, report finds
Incidents represent another failure in the long list of deficiencies that Dr. Michael Puisis, an independent monitor, has been noting with health care in city jails.
City residents still overwhelmingly disapprove of Baltimore Police, community survey finds
The results of the second community survey, mandated by the Baltimore Police Department’s federal court oversight, suggest that residents’ attitudes toward local law enforcement remain dismal, despite widespread reforms.
The legal gymnastics and thorny history of Maryland’s correctional health care provider
The state’s provider, now known as “YesCare,” emerged from what is known as a “Texas two-step” bankruptcy.
Stavros Halkias on his hometown shows, Baltimore’s grit and those dang Ravens
Homegrown comedian Stavros Halkias, originally from Greektown, is at a turning point in his career.
One year later, corrections department won’t explain how deaf man was killed in his cell
Javarick Gantt’s death last year, coupled with a report by the ACLU on conditions at the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, raised questions about the facility’s ability to safely house people, especially those with disabilities.
These prison attorneys made it big in the Deep South. Now they’re defending Baltimore jails.
The circumstances behind Butler Snow LLP’s contract remain largely shrouded in mystery, but some new details have come to light through records requests and persistent questioning.
A prisoner talked back. He was taken to be strip searched, handcuffed, then beaten
A former correctional officer at a state prison on the Eastern Shore recently pleaded guilty to the attack.