What We Do
Promoting Safety and Justice
The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion. In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release.
Our Work
DPSCS runs 19 places, including some for people waiting for their court cases, and 42 offices for people on parole and probation all over the state.
Our Organizational Charts
Our Main Goal
Our main goal is to make sure all Marylanders feel safe living and working in the state. We do this by:
- Making our places safer
- Giving offenders and former offenders the tools they need to avoid getting into trouble again
Working with Others
We also team up with other agencies and share important information to help reduce crime and violence.
Community Involvement
We work in the communities where many of our offenders will return. Every day, offenders do public works and sustainability projects that save money for taxpayers and help protect Maryland's natural resources.
The State of Maryland pledges to provide constituents, businesses, customers, and stakeholders with services in the following manner:
- Friendly and Courteous: We aim to be helpful, supportive, and positive. We care about our work and want to assist you.
- Timely and Responsive: We will act quickly, take the lead, and meet your needs before you even ask.
- Accurate and Consistent: We strive for perfect accuracy and apply state policies and procedures uniformly.
- Accessible and Convenient: We are working to make information and resources easier to find and use.
- Truthful and Transparent: We promote honesty, clarity, and trust.
Our Vision
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will be nationally recognized as a department that believes its own employees are its greatest strength, and values the development of their talents, skills, and leadership. We will be known for dealing with tough issues by capitalizing on the strength of interagency collaboration. We will be nationally known as the department that takes responsibility for the greatest of problems, and moves quickly and quietly to bring about successful change. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will be known as one of the national leaders in the development and use of technology through system interoperability. Others will look to this department for its effective leadership and evidence-based practices. We will be known for our belief in the value of the human being, and the way we protect those individuals, whether they are members of the public, our own employees, those we are obligated to keep safe and in custody, or victims of crime. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services will be known as an organization that focuses on its mission and takes care of its people.