Roxbury Correctional Institution
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| Location | Hagerstown, Maryland |
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| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Level II Medium adult males |
| Opened | 1983 |
| Managed by | Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services |
| Warden | Rich Miller |
Roxbury Correctional Institution is a medium security prison operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in Hagerstown, Maryland.
Prisoners
In 2014, twenty-five war veterans at Roxbury took part in the nationally recognized POW/MIA recognition day.[1]
In 2015, Darryl Strawberry gave a motivational speech to inmates at Roxbury.[2] Inmates at Roxbury take care of animals through a program that also benefits the inmates.[3]
Notable incidents
While a Roxbury guard, Jeffrey Wroten, was guarding an inmate at a local hospital, the inmate shot and killed Wroten.[4]
Two former guards were sentenced to prison in federal court for assaulting an inmate.[5]
References
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