(Cross-posted from my group blog, Poe's Deadly Daughters <www.poesdeadlydaughters.blogspot.com>)
The Maryland House of Correction in Jessup is closed at last. The 129-year-old building is empty of inmates, and its long history of riots, attacks on correctional officers, escapes and violence among prisoners has come to an end.
Years ago, when I was a young reporter on the Baltimore Evening Sun, I visited Maryland prisons to report on health care for inmates. I had been…
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