Maryland prisons saw 46 inmate homicides since 2015; 22 were in the last two years

Maryland prisons saw 46 inmate homicides since 2015; 22 were in the last two years

The men's Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. (Photo by Brittany Britto/Capital News Service)Twenty-two inmate deaths were classified as homicides between 2024 and 2025, accounting for almost half of all inmate homicides since 2015, according to data from the state’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. The number of inmates whose death was classified as a homicide while in a Maryland state prison reached 14 in 2025, t…