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Western Correctional Institution
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Western Correctional Institution is a state prison located in Allegany County, Maryland. Rated capacity: 1,630. Reported population: 1,606. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,630
Current population
1,606
Occupancy
99%
Year opened
1996
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1996
Region
Maryland
Security level
Maximum
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.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
0/100
Low concern0/100
- Overcrowding
- 0/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
This facility scores 0. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 2 points below national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 99% · peers avg: 93% (+6%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1630 · peers avg: 547 (+198%)
Data 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
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q28446290)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Western Correctional Institution. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-correctional-institution
Chicago
"Western Correctional Institution." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-correctional-institution.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-western-correctional-instit,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Western Correctional Institution},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/western-correctional-institution},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}