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Detention director warns of contract, MAT and state hospital delays; highlights PREA, apprenticeship and reentry progress
Summary
Department of Detention Facilities leaders reported PREA and state accreditation successes, an apprenticeship program and expansion of local reentry work — while warning an FCC ruling and state underfunding of medication‑assisted treatment could cost the county hundreds of thousands of dollars next year.
Anne Arundel County’s detention leadership told the council on May 13 that the county jail system achieved accreditation milestones and expanded reentry and apprenticeship programs, but also faces contract and state‑funding risks that could shift costs to the county.
Superintendent Christopher Klein reported that both major detention facilities have earned or are in the process of receiving full accreditation from the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards and the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) accreditation. He said those credentials reflect investments in operations and compliance and are part of an effort to modernize correctional practice and reduce in‑facility victimization.
Klein said the department also launched an…
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