Roxbury Correctional Institution

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Roxbury Correctional Institution
Roxbury Correctional Institution
Location18701 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, Maryland
StatusOperational
Security classLevel II Medium adult males
CapacityUp to 1824
Opened1983
Managed by Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Warden Carlos D. Bivens
Notable prisoners
Fluctuates

Roxbury Correctional Institution is a medium security prison operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in Hagerstown, Maryland.

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Prisoners

In 2014, twenty-five war veterans at Roxbury took part in the nationally recognized POW/MIA recognition day. [1]

In 2015, Darryl Strawberry gave a motivational speech to inmates at Roxbury. [2] Inmates at Roxbury take care of animals through a program that also benefits the inmates. [3]

Notable incidents

While a Roxbury guard, Jeffrey Wroten, was guarding an inmate at a local hospital, the inmate shot and killed Wroten. [4]

Two former guards were sentenced to prison in federal court for assaulting an inmate. [5]

Notable Inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
Vernon Lee Clark 281508 / 218759Serving a life sentence without parole.Was originally convicted of 3 murders before being found guilty of a 4th. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Malik Samartaney 77821 / 00486109Serving a 41-year sentence. [10] Born Lawrence Banks, who was originally convicted of murdering his own son and another man, Micheal Chisholm, in the 1990s. [11] [12] [13] Was later convicted of murdering and dismembering his own daughter. [14] [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Theodros, Abby. "Incarcerated Veterans Honor Fallen Heroes". your4state.com. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Calhoun, Caleb. "Fallen baseball star Strawberry preaches redemption to inmates". Herald-Mail Media. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Notarianni, Alicia. "Program brings hope to inmates and animals at Roxbury Correctional Institution". Herald Mail. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ↑ Williamson, Elizabeth. "Md. Corrections Officer Shot by Prisoner Who Took His Gun Dies". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Two Former Officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution Sentenced in Connection with Assault of an Inmate". justice.gov. Justice Department. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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  10. ↑ "Man gets 41 years for killing, dismembering daughter". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  11. ↑ "Man in prison for son's death is sentenced for another killing PASADENA". Baltimore Sun. 1993-05-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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  13. ↑ Bykowicz, Julie (2007-03-14). "Killer casts a shadow of violence". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  14. ↑ "Three decades after killing his son, Lawrence Banks is charged with murdering his daughter. We examined the cases in between". Baltimore Sun. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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