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, the highest within the last decade, according to department data. Previously, the highest number of inmate homicides in a single year was eight in 2024 and five in 2019.
There had been three inmate homicides in 2026 as of April, according to Keith Martucci, the public safety department’s social media and media relations manager…