Maryland Penitentiary

Background

The Maryland Metropolitan Transition Center (MTC), formerly known as the historic "Maryland Penitentiary", is a Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services pre-trial maximum security prison located in Baltimore facing Greenmount Avenue between Forrest Street and East Madison Street. It was established in 1811 as the first prison in the state and the second of its kind in the country and the original buildings faced towards East Madison Street above the east bank of the Jones Falls stream and adjacent to the old stone walls of the Baltimore City Jail (now renamed the Baltimore City Detention Center), earlier established in 1801, rebuilt in 1857–1859, and later in 1959–1965. Now known as the MTC, the prison still houses Maryland's now decommissioned death chamber. The Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center, across the road, housed male "death row" inmates until June 2010, when they were moved to the North Branch Correctional Institution near Cumberland in the western portion of the state in Allegany County.

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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.

• Rikers Island
  East Elmhurst, NYMixedLocal jail42% occupancy
• Franklin County Detention Facility
  St. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
• Gallia County Jail
  GallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
• Noble County Jail
  CaldwellCounty jail542% occupancy
• Woodman State Jail
  GatesvilleMaximumState prison720% occupancy
• Stark County Jail
  ToulonCounty jail3446% occupancy

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World Prisons. (2026). Maryland Penitentiary. Retrieved October 27, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maryland-penitentiary

"Maryland Penitentiary." World Prisons. Accessed October 27, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/maryland-penitentiary.

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  title = {Maryland Penitentiary},
  year = {2026},
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  urldate = {2026-10-27}
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