DOCR News
Pre-Release and Reentry Services
Academy of Architecture for Justice Amereican Institution for Architects, Washington DC Presentation (pdf) November 17, 2023
Ivan Downing, DOCR Chief of Community Corrections and Stefan LoBuglio, Principal, Justice Innovations LLC
Pre-Release and Reentry Services
Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission (CJCC) PRC Update Presentation (pdf) September 27, 2023
Opportunity for All: College’s Presence at County Jail Creates Hope for
Inmates
U. S. Secretary of Education Visits County’s Correctional Facility
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos visited the Montgomery County Correctional Facility (MCCF) in Boyds, Maryland, to learn about the facility’s education programs and to also learn more about the nexus of education and workforce development as it relates to Reentry. While At the MCCF, Secretary DeVos met the County’s Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Director Robert Green and his staff along with Montgomery College President Dr. DeRionne Pollard, and other representatives from Montgomery College; Montgomery County Public Schools; and WorkSource Montgomery, Inc. The MCCF was selected by the Secretary’s Director of Correctional Education due to the facility and it programs delivering high-quality reentry education and training to their population. see press release
Montgomery County Correctional Facility Jail Graduation
News Videos
President Obama addressed the NAACP in Philadelphia July 14, 2015 and noted the work of Montgomery County. Specifically, he said
The White House Office of the Press Secretary: Remarks by the President at the NAACP Conference, Pennsylvania Convention Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 14, 2015
Advisory Committee
- Montgomery County Detention Center | Rockville Neighborhood Advisory Committee
- Montgomery County Correctional Facility | Clarksburg Advisory Group
- Pre-Release and Reentry Services | PRRS (PRC/CART) Advisory Committee
Awards
- Pre-Trial Assessment Unit - 2010 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Winning Fathers Program at Pre Release Center - 2010 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- The Silver Spring Community Service Weekend Program - Detention Services - 2012 National Association of Counties (NACo) Achievement Award Criminal Justice and Public Safety
News Articles
- Harris' Heroes: Project Youth ArtReach brings art programs - and hope - to Md. juveniles in jail | ABC7 News Harris' Hero: Project Youth ArtReach - Feature Story on Drumming Program Wednesday 7/22/15 Evening News Channel 7 by Leon Harris
- Inside the maximum-security jail where inmates try to get jobs | Washington Post - June 4, 2015
- PREA Compliance, Montgomery County, Department of Correction and Rehabilitation Positive steps toward ending prison rape | Washington Post Editorial - May 12, 2015
Press Releases