Maryland Reviewing Hospitalization Rules of Inmates
posted 5:54 am Fri January 04, 2008 - Hagerstown, Md.
Governor Martin O'Malley said he's "deeply concerned" it happened again over such a short period of time. O'Malley commented after a speech Thursday night at the winter conference of the Maryland Association of Counties in Cambridge. Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services spokesman Rick Binetti said agency leaders hope to discuss the issue next week with correctional officer union leaders - some of whom have said firearms don't belong in a community hospital setting.
The question arose after an inmate who had been admitted to Laurel Regional Hospital for chest pains overpowered a guard, stole his gun and escaped before he was shot to death by police Wednesday afternoon.Not a member yet? Click Here to sign up.
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