Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services At a Glance

List of Units

1. Commission on Correctional Standards

   • The Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards advises the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services regarding standards for state, local and privately-operated correctional facilities. More Info
2. Division of Capital Construction and Facilities Maintenance

   • The Division of Capital Construction and Facility Maintenance is the division within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services responsible for the planning, budgeting, and design of capital and maintenance projects at correctional facilities statewide. More Info
3. Division of Correction

   • The correctional side of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services includes all Maryland state prisons. Dedicated professionals oversee 24 prisons and pre-release centers whose mission is to protect the public by securing sentenced criminals and preparing most of them to return to their communities. More Info
4. Division of Parole & Probation

   • Offenders on parole and probation, living in our neighborhoods and working in our businesses, require supervision and guidance to keep focused on the ultimate goal of overcoming the "revolving door" of the criminal justice system. The Division of Parole and Probation ensures these offenders are meeting these goals while upholding individual requirements set forth by courts and the Parole Commission. More Info
5. Division of Pretrial Detention and Services

   • The Baltimore Pretrial Complex annually holds more detainees than any local jurisdiction in Maryland. It offers a wide array of mental health, social, educational, recreational, spiritual, and rehabilitative programs. More Info
6. Human Resources Services Division

   • The Human Resources Services Division is responsible for all aspects of employment with The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. More Info
7. Information Technology and Communications Division

   • The Information Technology and Communications Division (ITCD) provides automated criminal justice information services for criminal justice and non-criminal justice purposes to the department, other federal, state, and local criminal justice agencies, and authorized users among the general public. More Info
8. Inmate Grievance Office

   • The Inmate Grievance Office has jurisdiction over all incarcerated individual grievance complaints against Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services officials and employees. More Info
9. Intelligence and Investigative Division

   • The Intelligence and Investigative Division conducts criminal and administrative investigations of serious misconduct within the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. More Info
10. Maryland Parole Commission

    • The Maryland Parole Commission is charged with determining on a case-by-case basis whether incarcerated individual s serving sentences of six months or more in state or local facilities are suitable for release into the community under certain conditions or supervision by the Division of Parole and Probation. More Info
11. Minority Business Enterprise Program

    • Secretary Scruggs is fully committed to the Governor's Office of Minority Affairs' mission to connect small, minority- and women-owned businesses to State contracting and procurement opportunities through the Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program in an effort to strengthening and grow MBE businesses.More Info
12. Office of Communications

    • ​The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Service(DPSCS) Office of Communications provides timely and accurate information to the public about latest news and events, careers and public safety, and agency policies and achievements. This office manages media relations and research, crisis communications, safety and program marketing, public affairs strategic planning and policy, agency publications and web content, customer service policy, special events and employee communications. More Info
13. Office of Fair Practices & Inclusion, EEO/ADA

    • It is the policy of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to promote a work environment conducive to fairness, free from sexual harassment, intimidation or coercion of any kind. Employment discrimination and harassment, which includes sexual harassment, are prohibited. More Info
14. Office of Data, Policy, and Grants

    • Office of Data, Policy, and Grants provides essential support functions across all agencies of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services by providing crucial analysis, opinion, and recommendation intended to help guide decision-making relative to policy development and grants management.  More Info
15. Office of the Inspector General

    • The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) is a division of the Office of the Secretary, responsible for conducting a full range of independent and objective audits; inspections; management analyses; and investigations. More Info
16. Office of Real Estate Management

    • The Office of Real Estate Management was created in 2007 as a component of the Division of Support Services - now called the Office of Property Management Services. More Info
17. Office of the Secretary

    • The Office of the Secretary provides executive direction and guidance for the department and all of its agencies. It establishes policy, sets priorities, and provides central support services, oversight, and accountability for departmental agencies. More Info
18. Office of Inmate Health and Clinical Services

    • The Office of Inmate Health and Clinical Services, under the authority of executive director of Field Support Services, is responsible for the provision of treatment to offenders under the control and custody of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. More Info
19. Patuxent Institution

    • Patuxent Institution is a maximum security correctional facility that houses both male and female offenders. The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services mission of protecting the public, protecting its employees and protecting the offenders under its... More Info
20. Police and Correctional Training Commissions

    • The mission of the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions (MPCTC) is to provide training and regulatory services to Maryland's certified police and correctional professionals through the recommendation and implementation of standards. More Info
21. Procurement Services Unit

    • The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Office of the Secretary, Procurement Services Unit, is responsible for overseeing all procurement/purchasing of goods and services in accordance with the State Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) and department procurement regulations, policies and procedures. More Info
22. Sundry Claims Board

    • The Sundry Claims Board has jurisdiction over all incarcerated individual claims for compensation for permanent disabilities arising from incapacitating injuries suffered while engaged in work for which incarcerated individual wages are paid in corrections, the Patuxent Institution. More Info
23. Volunteer Program

    • Volunteers at Public Safety bring a variety of skills to our offenders - they teach yoga, parenting skills, help prepare those on their way home for their job search - but there is one thing they all have in common: a dedication to improving the lives of others.More Info