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Sen. Mary Washington seeks to limit reentry facility to standalone Baltimore City site, restore original reentry intent
Summary
Sen. Mary Washington told the House Judiciary Committee she has drafted sponsor amendments to SB 187 to close a loophole, define a standalone women's prerelease/reentry facility (minimum 62,000 gross sq. ft.), prohibit co-housing with higher-security inmates and preserve statutory deadlines; members pressed definitions, eligibility windows and capacity estimates.
Senator Mary Washington presented Senate Bill 187 to the House Judiciary Committee on April 2, 2026, and asked members to report the bill favorably after sponsor amendments she said restore the legislation's original purpose.
“For the record, I'm Senator Mary Washington, and I'm here to present Senate Bill 187,” she told the panel, adding she circulated a preliminary draft of amendments that substantially restructure the article to separate definitions, services and construction specifications. Washington said the version that passed the Senate “was not in the posture I intended” and that the sponsor amendments were designed to restore the bill's original intent.
Washington described a drafting problem she said appeared in JPR'language: the bill as amended in one version defined a 'reentry facility' so broadly that the state could point to an existing maximum'security institution (MCIW) and…
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