Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

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department of corrections state government agency

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maryland Division of Correction	1
Maryland state prison system	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	department of corrections ⓘ state government agency ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employerOf	correctional officers in Maryland ⓘ parole and probation agents in Maryland ⓘ public safety support staff in Maryland ⓘ
goal	protect public safety in Maryland ⓘ provide secure and humane confinement ⓘ reduce offender recidivism ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	DPSCS ⓘ
hasRole	custody of sentenced offenders ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: Baltimore, Maryland
jurisdiction	Maryland ⓘ surface form: State of Maryland
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalForm	executive department of state government ⓘ
operatesIn	Maryland ⓘ
oversees	Maryland Correctional Enterprises ⓘ 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
partOf	Government of Maryland ⓘ
responsibleFor	community supervision of offenders in Maryland ⓘ 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 ⓘ public safety ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor of Maryland ⓘ
usesProgramType	educational and vocational programs for inmates ⓘ evidence-based correctional programs ⓘ rehabilitation and treatment programs ⓘ
website	https://dpscs.maryland.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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 ⓘ

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services → oversees → Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maryland Division of Correction