United States · Maryland · Hagerstown
Roxbury Correctional Institution
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Roxbury Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Washington County, Maryland. Rated capacity: 1,700. Reported population: 1,749. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,700
Current population
1,749
Occupancy
103%
Year opened
1983
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1983
Region
Maryland
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Vernon Lee Clark1955
Vernon Lee Clark (December 28, 1955 â August 12, 2025) was an American serial killer who sexually assaulted and murdered at least four women in the Greater Baltimore area during the 1980s.
- Benjamin Sifrit1977
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 103% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersData completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q20874881)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Roxbury Correctional Institution. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roxbury-correctional-institution
"Roxbury Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/roxbury-correctional-institution.
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