Jessup Correctional Institution

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Jessup Correctional Institution
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Coordinates 39°8′40″N76°46′40″W / 39.14444°N 76.77778°W / 39.14444; -76.77778
StatusOperational
Security classMaximum adult males
Population1,396 (daily average)(as of 2010)
Opened1991
Former nameMaryland House of Correction-Annex
Managed by Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Warden Robert Dean
Street address7805 House of Correction Rd
City Jessup
County Howard County
State/province Maryland
ZIP Code20794
CountryUnited States

Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI) is a maximum security prison operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in Jessup, Maryland. It was formerly called the Maryland House of Correction-Annex. [1] [2]

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Prisoners

In 2013, inmates from JCI helped remove asbestos from contaminated buildings at the Maryland House of Correction. [3] A lifer at JCI, Larry Bratt, wrote about dying in prison. [4] Inmates at JCI participated in the Beyond Scared Straight program. [5] Inmates at JCI participate in the Prison Puppy Raising Program. [6] A 2010 phone call to a college class by Marshall Conway, a former black panther in Baltimore, from inside JCI inspired an award-winning documentary, Comrade Sunshine. [7]

One prisoner, Wes Moore, is one of the subjects of the 2010 book The Other Wes Moore by Westley "Wes" Moore, who shares a similar name. [8]

Education

Inmates have a library that they use for legal research and writing, writing letters, and other purposes. [9]

JCI has a college program, called the Prison Scholars Program, run by Joshua Miller. [10] Many of the courses in the JCI Prison Scholars Program are on philosophy. [11] A chapter in "The Beautiful Prison" discusses a philosophy course run by Loyola University Professor Drew Leder and the scholars at JCI. The chapter is entitled: "The Enlightened Prison: Drew Leder and the Jessup Correctional Institution Scholars." [12]

Starting in August 2016, the University of Baltimore has begun offering bachelor's degrees JCI prisoners in Community Studies and Civic Engagement. [13] This program is a part of the US Department of Education's Second Chance Pell Experiment, [14] which involves 66 other universities. However, University of Baltimore is the first to implement the program.

Notable incidents

In 2008, Kelvin Poke, a man who was serving a life sentence at JCI, escaped from a local hospital and was killed by police. [15]

In 2012, a man killed his cellmate and eventually pleaded guilty to the crime. [16]

In 2015, three correctional officers were placed on administrative leave after an inmate was found dead inside a cell full of steam. [17] Visits were halted after an outbreak of an illness. [18] A former JCI guard was suspected of shootings in Maryland. [19]

In August 2016, an inmate was stabbed to death by other inmates in the F building. Officers responded to the call of a fight around 10 AM and found the victim, John A. O'Sullivan lying on the floor with multiple stab and puncture wounds. [20]

In May 2023, Nicholas Joseph Delfosse, an inmate at JCI, was found in his cell with multiple injuries. An autopsy revealed Delfosse was stabbed to death and his death was ruled a homicide. [21]

Notable Inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Willie Horton 1019284 / 189182Serving a life sentence.Convicted murderer who is best known for his crimes being noted in an ad during the George H. W. Bush 1988 presidential campaign. [22] [23] [24]
Sean Urbanski4511249 / 00481576Serving a life sentence.Perpetrator of the 2017 Murder of Richard Collins III in which he was stabbed to death by Urbanski on the University of Maryland, College Park campus. [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]

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