Roxbury Correctional Institution

Roxbury Correctional Institution

Location	18701 Roxbury Road Hagerstown, Maryland
Status	Operational
Security class	Level II Medium adult males
Capacity	Up to 1824
Opened	1983
Managed by	Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
Warden	Carlos D. Bivens
Notable prisoners
Fluctuates

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]

Notable Inmates

Inmate Name	Register Number	Status	Details
Vernon Lee Clark	281508 / 218759	Serving a life sentence without parole.	Was originally convicted of 3 murders before being found guilty of a 4th.[6][7][8][9]
Malik Samartaney	77821 / 00486109	Serving a 41-year sentence.[10]	Born Lawrence Banks, who was originally convicted of murdering his own son and another man, Micheal Chisholm, in the 1990s.[11][12][13] Was later convicted of murdering and dismembering his own daughter.[14][15][16]

References

1. Theodros, Abby. "Incarcerated Veterans Honor Fallen Heroes". your4state.com. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
2. Calhoun, Caleb. "Fallen baseball star Strawberry preaches redemption to inmates". Herald-Mail Media. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
3. Notarianni, Alicia. "Program brings hope to inmates and animals at Roxbury Correctional Institution". Herald Mail. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
4. Williamson, Elizabeth. "Md. Corrections Officer Shot by Prisoner Who Took His Gun Dies". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
5. "Two Former Officers at Roxbury Correctional Institution Sentenced in Connection with Assault of an Inmate". justice.gov. Justice Department. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
6. "GUILTY IN HOWARD SLAYING". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
7. Mishra, Raja (1999-11-08). "Years Later, a Prime Suspect". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
8. Mishra, Raja (1999-08-07). "DNA LeadsTo Charges In Unsolved Homicides". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
9. "Howard County cold case closed after 30 years". wusa9.com. 2015-04-09. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
10. "Man gets 41 years for killing, dismembering daughter". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
11. "Man in prison for son's death is sentenced for another killing PASADENA". Baltimore Sun. 1993-05-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
12. Rivera, John (1992-07-01). "Baltimorean guilty as accessory in 1991 Pasadena murder". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
13. Bykowicz, Julie (2007-03-14). "Killer casts a shadow of violence". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
14. "Three decades after killing his son, Lawrence Banks is charged with murdering his daughter. We examined the cases in between". Baltimore Sun. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
15. "Baltimore man gets 41 years for killing, dismembering daughter after lifetime of abuse". KIRO 7 News Seattle. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
16. "Baltimore man gets 41 years for killing, dismembering daughter after lifetime of abuse". WFTV. 2022-03-04. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

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