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Eastern Correctional Institution

1987 establishments in MarylandBuildings and structures in Somerset County, MarylandPrisons in MarylandWestover, Maryland

The Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) is a medium-security state prison for men located in Westover, Somerset County, Maryland, owned and operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Eastern has a minimum-security Annex, completed in 1993, and housing some 560 inmates. The total capacity of the minimum- and medium-security sections is around 3,400. With an actual population of about 3,300, this is Maryland's largest prison.The facility is adjacent to the Somerset County Detention Center. In October 2016, federal authorities indicted eighty people as part of a scheme to smuggle drugs, telephones and pornography into the facility. Also while there the federal authorities investigated 6 different murders within the facility one of them resulting in one inmate being partially decapitated. The investigation led to the charge and conviction of an inmate Patrick Simpson#3378314 who was also under suspicion for 2 previous murders and for smuggling large amounts of illicit drugs and tobacco. Simpson subsequently pleaded out to assault with a deadly weapon and received an additional 2 years on his sentence to be served before his release.

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Eastern Correctional Institution
Revells Neck Road,

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Eastern Correctional Institution

Revells Neck Road 30420
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Maryland, United States
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Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

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Princess Anne Historic District
Princess Anne Historic District

The Princess Anne Historic District is located in Princess Anne the county seat of Somerset County, Maryland on Maryland's Eastern Shore. There has been little change due to industry or other development, and the town retains much of its historic character since its founding in the early 18th century. It has been the governmental center since the county was formed in 1742 and the present courthouse is one of the most architecturally distinguished in the state. Within the historic district are a few pre-Revolutionary structures, a high concentration of Federal and Victorian architecture, vernacular dwellings as well as 19th and early-20th century commercial and public buildings. The district contains approximately 270 structures of which nearly 90 percent are contributing to the character of the district.Among the contributing structures are: Beckford Avenue Tenant Houses (c.1870) Boxwood Gardens (c.1850) Charles Jones House (c.1780) Colonel George Handy House (1805–06) John W. Crisfield House ("Somerset House") (c.1852 and earlier) Linden Hill (c.1750, c.1835) Littleton Long House (c.1830) (See Somerset County Historical Trust) Nutter's Purchase (c.1800) St. Andrews Episcopal Church (1767–73, 1859, 1896) Teackle Gatehouse (c.1805) Washington Hotel (c.1797, 1838) William Geddes House ("Tunstall Cottage") (c.1755) William W. Johnston House (c.1834-35) Woolford-Elzey House (c.1788, c.1840)It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.