The federal government moved quickly over the last month to establish a foothold in Maryland, notifying Washington County officials of its intentions just days before inking the deed giving it full ownership of the property in Williamsport, just outside of Hagerstown.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has inked a deal to purchase a warehouse just outside Hagerstown for $102.4 million.

Gov. Wes Moore’s office slammed the Trump administration for the conditions depicted in a widely circulated video showing an overcrowded holding cell at the downtown Baltimore field office for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

A prisoner was killed inside the Jessup Correctional Institution on Monday, representing the third prison homicide this month, state officials said.

A new viral video taken inside an immigration holding room facility in downtown Baltimore is the latest proof of abusive treatment of people confined in federal custody, activists and lawmakers say.

The proposed detention facility, which is set to be located in the city’s downtown jail complex, had been slated to receive $125 million.

A coalition of civil rights groups is suing the Harford County Sheriff’s Office, claiming that the agency failed to properly assess jail detainees’ suicide risk and aggravated their mental health conditions.

As Maryland’s budget outlook worsens, state officials are hedging on the controversial Baltimore jail project.

A report dated Dec. 4, 2025, details dire conditions at the since-evacuated Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center in downtown Baltimore.

Unannounced inspections of the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center last year revealed a persistent rodent infestation, malfunctioning air conditioning, and a paraplegic child housed in the infirmary who was left sitting in his own waste.

Baltimore Police released a year-end report Thursday celebrating everything from improvements in hiring and retaining officers to higher clearance rates.

Thirteen incarcerated people have been killed by other prisoners this year, state officials said, marking the highest annual total in at least a decade.

Baltimore is on track to end 2025 with its lowest homicide total in 48 years, with fewer than 150 killings expected, marking a significant decline since 2022.

Baltimore Police have long used department vehicles to inflict serious injuries on suspects, a recently filed lawsuit alleges.

The family of Bilal “BJ” Abdullah, an arabber killed by Baltimore Police this summer, are condemning the findings of state investigators who cleared the officers of any wrongdoing.

But contrary to the messaging from the president and his team, most of those arrested this year had no criminal history, according to a Banner analysis of newly released federal data.

A former lieutenant at the Eastern Correctional Institution in Westover has been found guilty for his participation in a cover-up after one of his junior officers physically abused a prisoner.

Baltimore City firefighters have contained a blaze at Falkenhan’s Hardware, a staple in Hampden that sits on the edge of the Miracle on 34th Street holiday lights display.

For years, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services has declined to explain publicly the circumstances leading up to Javarick Gantt’s murder.

The state corrections department is planning to imminently transfer all detainees out of the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center.