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patuxent institution  

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  • Patuxent Institution is a 987-bed maximum-security facility located in Jessup, Maryland—centrally between Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.—that is designed as a co-correctional facility for men, women, and young offenders. The population housed at the facility and the services offered are the most diverse in the state of Maryland and possibly in the nation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities; Patuxent Institution]

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