Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center

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Maryland Correctional Adjustment Center (MCAC) is a maximum level II (supermax or control unit) prison operated by the Division of Corrections. MCAC was built in 1988, and is located at 401 East Madison Street in Baltimore City. Inmates housed at MCAC are confined to their cells 23 hours a day Monday through Friday and 24 hours a day on Saturday and Sunday. During their brief out of cell time they either recreate inside or outside but not both on the same day. Inmates have no physical contact with other inmates but can have communications with others. They do not have access to phones and eat their meals inside of their cells.

The State of Maryland has a contract with the federal government to house federal pre-trial detainees at MCAC. However, federal detainees are not subjected to the supermax conditions that the state inmates are. Federal detainees recreate together both inside and outside everyday of the week, eat together, and have access to phones.

MCAC also houses Maryland's death row inmates (currently 5). Death row inmates are not subjected to supermax conditions. They recreate together both inside and outside every day, eat together, and have access to phones. MCAC does not execute inmates at their facility; executions take place across the street at the former Maryland Penitentiary (now known as the Metropolitan Transition Center (MTC)).

All visits to inmates/detainees are non-contact. Inmates/detainees and visitors and separated by a glass window and communicate by use of a phone. Visits are thirty minutes long.

As with most prisons in Maryland, MCAC is headed by a Warden, Assistant Warden, and a Chief of Security. Rules and regulations of the Division of Correction and MCAC are enforced by uniformed correctional officers. Uniformed correctional officers consist of, in descending order of rank, Majors, Captains, Lieutenants, Sergeants, Corporals, and officers.