Rehabilitation Services

With a recidivism rate of 51 percent, the Department is putting renewed emphasis on rehabilitation in an attempt to reduce the number of repeat offenders who return to the State's prison system.

Pretrial Detainee Services		Inmate Services
Programs and services for detainees awaiting trial or sentencing, or for convicted offenders serving short sentences.		Programs and services directed towards convicted offenders who have been placed in the custody of the Commissioner, Maryland Division of Correction.

Supervised Offender Services		Reentry
Programs and services for offenders who are in the community and under the supervision of the Division of Parole and Probation.		DPSCS priorities in preparing offenders for transition from our facilities to their communities and families.

Maryland Correctional Enterprises (formerly State Use Industries)		Governor's Advisory Council on Offender Employment Coordination
Prison industries provide Maryland inmates with valuable work skills and work ethics to enhance their employability upon release, thus reducing recidivism.		Eliminating barriers to employment, creating transitional employment for ex-offenders, and establishing productive business partnerships.