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Her son is in a coma after a severe prison beating. Now, she’s fighting for change.
Maryland’s corrections department says Dominetreous Anthony was assaulted by two prisoners. His mother believes there is more to the story.
Satellite imagery of the Western Correction Institution in Cumberland. Lester DeShazor alleged that correctional officers at the prison targeted him for retaliation.
Maryland to extend contract with troubled prison health provider — again
Maryland is proposing to spend nearly $125 million to continue having YesCare provide medical care to the 20,000 people in state-run jails and prisons through the end of the year.
Photo collage showing, in top half, fence topped with barbed wire, and in bottom half, spotlight on a man’s arm as he lays in bed and receives blood transfusion through an IV.
Maryland’s prison health care provider could be in big trouble
A proposed settlement in a Texas bankruptcy case with ties to the Maryland prison system is in critical condition.
Barbed wire along the exterior of the Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center on February 6, 2024.
Baltimore had big plans for helping incarcerated people. They’re not panning out
A city program funded by federal pandemic aid is running far behind its stated goals, even after expectations were tamped down
The exterior of the Baltimore City Central Booking and Intake Center on February 6, 2024.
2 officers, 200 prisoners: Maryland’s prison population grows amid staffing shortage
The staffing crisis in Maryland prisons dates back to 2015. But it’s is getting worse.
A satellite image of Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup in Anne Arundel County.
Are Maryland prisons out of bounds with federal requirements for trans prisoners?
The Maryland Department of Correctional Services says transgender prisoners are “housed according to physical genitalia.” Advocates say that’s illegal.
Advocates for the rights of transgender prisoners speak during a Public Safety and Administration Subcommittee hearing on Feb. 21, 2024. From left to right: Alice Wilkerson, executive director of Advance Maryland; Jamie Grace Alexander of the Trans Rights Advocacy Coalition; and Heather Warnken, executive director of the Center for Criminal Justice Reform at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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.
The top official at Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center is accused of threatening other staff.
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
Illustration of inmate sitting in corner of dark prison cell with cinder block walls, holding hands over his face. The wall to his right is covered with drawings that show a bookshelf, a bird and a window to the outside.
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.
Illustration shows hallway of detention facility with detention center staff walking away toward the right, back to us. There are two cell doors with narrow windows in the foreground left and middle, with upset men standing looking through the windows.
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.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, left, and Police Commissioner Richard Worley sit for an interview in this photo from July 2023.
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.
A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
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.
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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.
Photographs taken during an August tour of the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center and its medical infirmary show men in a temporary dorm sleeping on plastic "boats" in a gymnasium.
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.
Photo collage showing, in top half, fence topped with barbed wire, and in bottom half, spotlight on a man’s arm as he lays in bed and receives blood transfusion through an IV.
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.
From left, State's Attorney for Baltimore City Ivan J. Bates, Baltimore Police Commissioner Rich Worley and Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott hold a press conference about the killing of Pava LaPere at BPD headquarters on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023.
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.
Satellite imagery of the Western Correction Institution in Cumberland. Lester DeShazor alleged that correctional officers at the prison targeted him for retaliation.
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.
Photographs taken during an August tour of the Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center and its medical infirmary show men in a temporary dorm sleeping on plastic "boats" in a gymnasium.
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.
David Hall stands by the Magothy River at Beachwood Park on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 in Pasadena, Maryland. (Wesley Lapointe/for The Baltimore Banner)
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.
A Baltimore Police detective’s uniform patch is seen on his shoulder while he observes the crowd in between innings during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics held at Camden Yards on Wednesday, April 12. The Orioles beat the Athletics, 8-7, to win the series.
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.
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