With more prison space than prisoners, correctional facilities are shutting down

With more prison space than prisoners, correctional facilities are shutting down

The foundations were crumbling beneath some buildings at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. Others needed new roofs, upgraded electrical systems and other repairs. Fixing the 45-year-old prison would cost hundreds of millions of dollars. So, Maryland officials decided to shut it down. When MCI-J, as the facility is called, closed last week, Maryland became at least the 21st state this century to partly or fully shutter a correction…