A military veteran serving time at the Central Maryland Correctional Facility wrote directly to the commander of the Maryland National Guard and asked her to come visit — to speak with the veterans inside who, like her, once wore the uniform of the United States.
She said yes.
Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, Maryland’s adjutant general and the military adviser to Gov. Wes Moore, will visit the Sykesville prison on Wednesday, Nov. 11 — Veterans Day — to meet with incarcerated veterans and with correctional staff members who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, according to a media advisory from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services…