Twenty-two inmate deaths were classified as homicides between 2024 and 2025, accounting for about 48% of all inmate homicides since 2015, according to data from the state’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.
Inmate homicides have increased 75% at Maryland state prisons in 2025, and about 166% in 2024, according to DPSCS.
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 DPSCS…