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Western Correctional Institution
Governor Hogan visiting the prison, 2017
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Location13800 McMullen Hwy SW
Cumberland, Maryland
StatusMaximum
Capacity1793
Opened1996
Managed byMaryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

The Western Correctional Institution is a maximum security state prison for men located in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It opened in 1996[1] and has an official capacity of 1793.[2]

Western Correctional Institution is close to two other correctional facilities: the high-tech "hyper max" North Branch Correctional Institution first opened as an extension of Western which, later was officially separated in 2003, and the Allegany County Detention Center. A third prison, the Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland, is located in the same county.

Notable inmate

  • Joe Metheny, serial killer
  • Hadden Clark, serial killer
  • James Allen Kulbicki, Baltimore City police sergeant found guilty of murdering his mistress and made famous in the 1996 TV movie "Double Jeopardy".[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Western Correctional Institution". Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. ^ "DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES". Mayland Manual Online. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. ^ http://www.dpscs.state.md.us/inmate/search.do?searchType=detail&id=80820
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116129

39°36′20″N 78°49′02″W / 39.605455°N 78.817209°W / 39.605455; -78.817209

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