Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and detention facilities, supervising offenders, and overseeing public safety and correctional programs in Maryland.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T208364 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Context triple: [Government of Maryland, executiveDepartment, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services]
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A.
Maryland Department of Health
The Maryland Department of Health is the state agency responsible for overseeing public health, healthcare services, and related regulatory functions in Maryland.
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B.
Government of Maryland
The Government of Maryland is the state-level political and administrative authority of Maryland, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that manage public policy, law, and services for the state’s residents.
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C.
New York City Department of Correction
The New York City Department of Correction is the municipal agency responsible for managing New York City's jail system and overseeing the custody and care of individuals detained within it.
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D.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
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E.
Suitland Federal Center
Suitland Federal Center is a major U.S. federal office complex in Suitland, Maryland, that houses several government agencies and serves as a key hub for federal statistical and intelligence operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Target entity description: The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and detention facilities, supervising offenders, and overseeing public safety and correctional programs in Maryland.
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A.
Maryland Department of Health
The Maryland Department of Health is the state agency responsible for overseeing public health, healthcare services, and related regulatory functions in Maryland.
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B.
Government of Maryland
The Government of Maryland is the state-level political and administrative authority of Maryland, comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches that manage public policy, law, and services for the state’s residents.
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C.
New York City Department of Correction
The New York City Department of Correction is the municipal agency responsible for managing New York City's jail system and overseeing the custody and care of individuals detained within it.
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D.
Maryland Department of Transportation
The Maryland Department of Transportation is the statewide agency responsible for planning, building, operating, and maintaining Maryland’s transportation systems, including highways, transit, ports, aviation, and rail services.
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E.
Suitland Federal Center
Suitland Federal Center is a major U.S. federal office complex in Suitland, Maryland, that houses several government agencies and serves as a key hub for federal statistical and intelligence operations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
department of corrections
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state government agency ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employerOf |
correctional officers in Maryland
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parole and probation agents in Maryland ⓘ public safety support staff in Maryland ⓘ |
| goal |
protect public safety in Maryland
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provide secure and humane confinement ⓘ reduce offender recidivism ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | DPSCS ⓘ |
| hasRole |
custody of sentenced offenders
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emergency and contingency planning for correctional facilities ⓘ incarceration of adult offenders ⓘ pretrial detention services ⓘ reentry services for offenders ⓘ training of correctional and law enforcement personnel ⓘ victim services coordination ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Baltimore
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surface form:
Baltimore, Maryland
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| jurisdiction |
Maryland
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surface form:
State of Maryland
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | executive department of state government ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Maryland ⓘ |
| oversees |
Maryland Correctional Enterprises
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Maryland Division of Administrative Services ⓘ Maryland Division of Administrative Services ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Division of Budget and Finance
Maryland Department of General Services ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Division of Capital Construction and Facilities Maintenance
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Division of Correction
Maryland Division of Administrative Services ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland Division of Information Technology
Maryland Division of Parole and Probation ⓘ Maryland Division of Pretrial Detention and Services ⓘ Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions ⓘ Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Maryland state prison system
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| partOf | Government of Maryland ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
community supervision of offenders in Maryland
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correctional programs in Maryland ⓘ detention facilities in Maryland ⓘ parole and probation supervision in Maryland ⓘ public safety programs in Maryland ⓘ state prisons in Maryland ⓘ |
| sector |
corrections
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public safety ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Governor of Maryland ⓘ |
| usesProgramType |
educational and vocational programs for inmates
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evidence-based correctional programs ⓘ rehabilitation and treatment programs ⓘ |
| website | https://dpscs.maryland.gov/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Description of subject: The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and detention facilities, supervising offenders, and overseeing public safety and correctional programs in Maryland.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Government of Maryland
→
executiveDepartment
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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oversees
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Maryland state prison system
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
→
oversees
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Maryland Division of Correction
Maryland Division of Parole and Probation
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partOf
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
ⓘ
Maryland Division of Parole and Probation
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parentAgency
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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Maryland Correctional Enterprises
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operatedBy
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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Maryland Correctional Enterprises
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partOf
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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this entity surface form:
Maryland correctional system
Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions
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associatedWith
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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this entity surface form:
Maryland correctional institutions
Maryland Division of Administrative Services
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partOf
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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this entity surface form:
Maryland public safety and corrections system
Maryland Division of Pretrial Detention and Services
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parentOrganization
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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Maryland Division of Pretrial Detention and Services
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partOf
→
Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
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this entity surface form:
Maryland state correctional system