Western Correctional Institution

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

Hadden Clark Serial killer

References

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

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services prisons
State prisons	Baltimore City Correctional Center Baltimore City Detention Center Baltimore Pre-Release Unit Brockbridge Correctional Facility Eastern Correctional Institution Eastern Pre-Release Unit Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown Jessup Correctional Institution Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup Maryland Correctional Institution for Women Maryland Correctional Training Center Metropolitan Transition Center North Branch Correctional Institution Patuxent Institution Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit Roxbury Correctional Institution Southern Maryland Pre-Release Unit Western Correctional Institution
Defunct	Herman L. Toulson Correctional Facility Jessup Pre-Release Unit Maryland House of Correction
Contracted	Chesapeake Detention Facility (contracted to federal govt}