Eastern Correctional Institution

The Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) is a medium-security state prison for men located in Westover, Somerset County, Maryland, owned and operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.[1] Eastern has a minimum-security Annex, completed in 1993, and housing some 560 inmates. The total capacity of the minimum- and medium-security sections is around 3,400.[2] With an actual population of about 3,300, this is Maryland's largest prison.[3]

Eastern Correctional Institution
Location30420 Revells Neck Road
Westover, Maryland
Statusmedium
Capacity3400
Opened1987
Managed byMaryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

The facility is adjacent to the Somerset County Detention Center.

In October 2016, federal authorities indicted eighty people as part of a scheme to smuggle drugs, telephones and pornography into the facility. Also while there the federal authorities investigated 6 different murders within the facility one of them resulting in one inmate being partially decapitated. The investigation led to the charge and conviction of an inmate Patrick Simpson#3378314 who was also under suspicion for 2 previous murders and for smuggling large amounts of illicit drugs and tobacco. Simpson subsequently pleaded out to assault with a deadly weapon and received an additional 2 years on his sentence to be served before his release. [4]

Notable inmates

References
  1. "Eastern Correctional Institution". Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. Nunez, Lissette (8 August 2015). "A look behind bars at Eastern Correctional Institution". WMDT. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. Fenton, Justin; Jessica, Anderson; Kevin, Rector (5 October 2016). "Feds to Announce Indictment of 80 People in Maryland Corruption Case". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  4. Fenton, Justin; Jessica, Anderson; Kevin, Rector (5 October 2016). "Feds to Announce Indictment of 80 People in Maryland Corruption Case". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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