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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Poplar Hill Pre Release Center Closing

The Poplar Hill Pre Release Center is going to be closing. No date has been given as of yet but all pre release inmates will be moved from Poplar Hill to ECI Annex building. All officers will be reassigned to ECI and ECI annex.

This could get VERY interesting!

33 comments:

tomsawyer555 said...

Joe,
I worked @ ECI for 7 years. In that 7 years I heard this same announcement 3 times. It never happened. I think it's just a way for the owners of the property to increase the rent the state pays for the use of the property. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
Tom Sawyer

Anonymous said...

They better build more housing because when I was there there was no more space. The new building they built was the only one they could double bunk in and not violate the space requirement per convict. They could save money by doing this because then they could eliminate 50% of the Supervisors and Administrators. They could then become more efficient work force. OOPS !!!! I forgot they can't. The Home Boys / Good Ole Boys are in charge. Nice thought. They got rid of or forced the knowledgable ones to retire. They were the ones who could and would have brought change to a more efficient Correctional system for the Public, Workers and Inmates.

Anonymous said...

Come on man, do you honestly believe that the State of Maryland would build a prison on a piece of rented ground. Look it up on real property search. Account#006294---Map # 35 Grid #21 parcel # 8. 142.54 acres belonging to Maryland Correctional Services

Anonymous said...

To 1:33pm
What do you mean , "not violate the space requirement"? They should
be in triple bunks or more! Matter
of fact they should sleep on the floors!

Anonymous said...

We have heard this several times over the years but it hasn't happened yet. Is it really true this time?

Anonymous said...

Wasn’t it in the news last week that the state of MD is buying thousands of acres? Some of it in Worcester county and some out in western MD I think? How is it that they can afford to do this yet are having to close down everything under the sun and lay off countless people due to budget constraints? It is just such a waste for the state to use taxpayers money to buy property... then when the state owns it it is taken out of the tax map thus reducing their revenue even further.

Anonymous said...

Tom Sawyer I spent 18.5 yrs there before i transfered to ECI. The state owns that land. When it was bought the state agreed to not build a fence around the property. We used convicts to farm that land and supplied the system with farm products all summer.We also provided inmate work forces for the forest service,state/county rds,Md Park Service,State Rds. etc. However the convicts are saints now.Work is beneath the dignity of the state administrators

Anonymous said...

I agree 4:59. The state buying millions of dollars worth of land and complaining about being broke. This administration is just nuts. Popular Hill is a beautiful waterfront piece of property that could be sold for a lot of money. Does anyone think that the state will even consider selling it? I doubt it. At most they will save the salaries of a few CO's. I'm sure O'Malley would rather raise your taxes AGAIN than sell a piece of unused land.

Anonymous said...

If it does close for its present use, it will be a great place to put our hundreds of juvenile offenders! Lets get them out of our school system and let the kids who want to learn do so without distraction.

Barry G

Anonymous said...

They are closing it atleast temporarily with a return to open date in approximately 6 months (after the fiscal budget year has passed) They are most likely going to release some of the ones who are due to get out soon..even sooner to make some room for the ones coming from poplar hill

Anonymous said...

Poplar Hill is closing. The programs will be run from ECI. They can play on words if they want to. Everyone who works there is moving. 70 inmates will move to ECI annex and the rest will go up the road. So is it closing? Yes and no. The building will be empty, but it will per running, per se, out of ECI Annex. So the politicians cover their behinds by saying it is a constriction. The doors on Nanticoke rd will be locked by the middle of Feb.

Anonymous said...

ECI (Everythings Corrupt Inside)
is a HELLHOLE.....THAT ABUSES ALL
THE GOOD OFFICERS ,Rewards all the Bad ,so called, Officers.....
With a Bad History, ECI has had over 11 Wardens, All Bad, All Corrupt........
All the good officers have, and will, LEAVE........only the Bad will stay........
The FBI should have Locked Up all
the Bad Brass there along time ago
NO One wants to go and work there
so, who cares about Popular Hill,which comes under ECI command

Anonymous said...

The CROOKED WARDEN KATHLEEN GREEN
AT ECI
won't take back the older experienced officers, that SHE IS
SUPPOSED TO TAKE BACK....under a new State program, that started 3
years ago, by which, the Retired
officers Can come back for 22. ??
per hour, work Contractually for
4 years, NOT Affecting their Pensions, SAVING THE STATE ALOT OF MONEY, INSTEAD OF HIRING NEW OFFICERS, WHO GET BENEFITS,LIKE
PENSIONS,ETC......This, in a time
when Maryland claims to have no money, THIS WOULD SAVE MD MONEY
tHE GOVERNOR should Make Her do it
She wants new Rookies, she can Kick around, that's why, she don't
want the older officers, that she
CAN'T KICK AROUND ..............

Anonymous said...

F I R E KATHLEEN GREENE .......
and that will be the BEST FIX
for ECI............
ECI never should have allowed her back.............
Good officers always Dispised
HER..............
As long as she is there, ECI will
NEVER run right.........send her
back across the Bay where she belongs.......get her OFF OUR
EASTERN SHORE DELMARVA NOW....

Anonymous said...

G O G R E E N

G E T R I D O F


KATHLEEN GREEN

SHE HAS HAUNTED THE DELMARVA
PENNINSULA LONG ENOUGH, F I R E
HER NOW , PLEASE ,GOVERNOR OF MD

Anonymous said...

E C I ...........

IS H O T E L H E L L

Anonymous said...

E C I MEANS

Everything i s Corrupt

Inside , and it IS

Fire Greene and her Cronies

and Clean upp the HELL HOLE !!!!!

Anonymous said...

E C I IS A SEWER .....

Where, for Years, the Good officers were Abused, and kept down
in rank, while the BAD ones were Promoted, and rewarded..........

Many Careers were Ruined. Don't
give ECI the Time of day... It Does Not deserve it.....and Don't
believe any of it's Propaganda ...

New people, THINK, BEFORE YOU GO
TO WORK THERE ....YOU WILL BE VERY
DISSAPOINTED IF YOU DO ......

Anonymous said...

Why do you think......the Officer
job is ALWAYS OPEN ????

It is that way for a Good Reason

The state even has to put it in the paper, and offer a sign on
Bonus of $1000.00 to get any
Desperate person to go there......

The Money is NOT ENOUGH, BELIEVE IT

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Anonymous said...

Rt 13 is the Highway to HELL

(That is called E C I )

They even put a stop light in
to help you get in or out of there

Anonymous said...

HELLS B E L L S

That is ECI Females


AC/DC bang the bell for them

Anonymous said...

IS G R E E N F I R E D Y E T??

Anonymous said...

g o green

go back across the bay

we don't want you here

anyway never have never will

Anonymous said...

This stinking, hellhole, (ECI)

should Never have been allowed to
be built here.

Ask all the poor officers who
were abused here for over 20 years

plus, now the inmates will stay here after they get out, isn't
that comforting to YOU ?????

Anonymous said...

Is Gr e e n Gone Yet ???

Why NOT ???

At least Burkhard IS , GOOD

This place (ECI ) can't keep
any help, it is always hiring

What does that tell You, hint hint

Anonymous said...

The place should be Closed

It has been a negative thing
since it was put here (forced on us) by the governor at the time

It has mistreated the good officers, and the inmates get out and stay here, to do more crime.

We don't need more crime here on
DelMarVa , put your prisons
somewhere else, across the bay

JoeAlbero said...

To the person writing in all capital letters, all of your comments are being rejected. Stop screaming.

Anonymous said...

Gravy post would be over if it closed and those hiding
out there would have to go to work back at ECI Hotel Hell

Anonymous said...

close it go ahead these officers have not yet paid their ECI dues on west /east / annex compounds


Popular Hill was a Joke Not needed save the money

Anonymous said...

Burkhard was a Dirtball all bought and paid for as she
liked to say to the good officers


Another of K Green's Demons

Whipps another Demon too

Anonymous said...

Many work in Restaurants here as cooks
People Just Don't Know
We officers do because we have seen them working there

Do you know Who is cooking your food nxt time out ???

Work Release is

Anonymous said...

Yeah if Popular Hill Closes many Restaurants would have to Close !!! Not Happening