Prisons Get New Corrections Officers

Seventeen new correctional staff are being assigned to facilities in Western Maryland to assist with staff shortages. Nineteen graduates recently completed the seven-week training academy for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections. Of the 17, five will go to the Maryland Correctional Institution and nine to the Maryland Correctional Training Center in Hagerstown. One new officer will be assigned to the North Branch Correctional Institution and two to the Western Correctional Institution in Allegany County.