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Corrections CIP highlights: $91.9M in FY26 for Baltimore therapeutic treatment center; women's pre‑release center delayed
Summary
DLS presented a wide review of Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services projects, including a sizable new Baltimore Therapeutic Treatment Center (BTTC) with nearly $948 million projected total cost and FY26 design/construction starts; DLS and advocates pressed DPSCS on long delays to a statutorily‑mandated women's pre‑release center.
The Department of Legislative Services (DLS) presented the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) capital program, noting planned capital expenditures of more than $1 billion through the CIP and $111.45 million budgeted for FY26. DLS said all project expenditures in the 2025 CIP are funded by GO bonds and prior authorizations and that the FY26 budget includes $91.9 million to complete design and begin construction on the Baltimore Therapeutic Treatment Center (BTTC).
DLS summarised multiple correctional facility projects programmed in the CIP: a Jessup regional electrical infrastructure upgrade that serves 120 buildings and suffered delays; perimeter fence replacement at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI) prompted by storm damage and security concerns; replacement of the high‑temperature hot‑water system and perimeter security at Eastern Correctional Institution (Westover); and the…
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