Thomas Francis Edwards was confined in the Patuxent Institution of Maryland from 1966 until some time shortly before the murders of Sherry Kennedy and Catherine Kalberer in January of 1970.
He was again confined there between 1970 and 1977, however, I have no information regarding whether or not he was allowed out for any probation or leave during that time.
Below is some history on Patuxent Institution.
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Patuxent Institution, located in Jessup, Maryland, began operations in 1955, a unique facility created to house Maryland’s most dangerous criminal offenders.
...Patuxent Institution is the only institution for sentenced criminals in Maryland that is not part of the Maryland Division of Correction. ...
Its mission was to ensure public safety through the psychotherapeutic treatment of “Defective Delinquents.” These were offenders who demonstrated persistent antisocial and criminal behavior, and who were designated by the court to be involuntarily committed to Patuxent Institution under an indeterminate sentence.
From its inception, Patuxent Institution was specifically designed to be a self-contained operation that was staffed by full-time clinicians, including psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists, as well as by custody personnel.
Patuxent Institution was also unique in that it was provided with its own admission, inmate review, and paroling authority separate from that of the Maryland Division of Correction (DOC). Thus, once designated as a defective delinquent, an offender was to be released from Patuxent only upon the findings of the court that the inmate’s release was for the "[inmate’s] benefit and the benefit of society..."
A gubernatorial commission was formed in 1977 to review Patuxent Institution’s functioning, as well as the laws governing it. This review resulted in Article 31B being rewritten. The Defective Delinquent Law and indeterminate sentencing were abolished, and on July 1, 1977, the Eligible Persons, or “EP” Program came into existence....
Source:
Patuxent Institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was again confined there between 1970 and 1977, however, I have no information regarding whether or not he was allowed out for any probation or leave during that time.
Below is some history on Patuxent Institution.
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Patuxent Institution, located in Jessup, Maryland, began operations in 1955, a unique facility created to house Maryland’s most dangerous criminal offenders.
...Patuxent Institution is the only institution for sentenced criminals in Maryland that is not part of the Maryland Division of Correction. ...
Its mission was to ensure public safety through the psychotherapeutic treatment of “Defective Delinquents.” These were offenders who demonstrated persistent antisocial and criminal behavior, and who were designated by the court to be involuntarily committed to Patuxent Institution under an indeterminate sentence.
From its inception, Patuxent Institution was specifically designed to be a self-contained operation that was staffed by full-time clinicians, including psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists, as well as by custody personnel.
Patuxent Institution was also unique in that it was provided with its own admission, inmate review, and paroling authority separate from that of the Maryland Division of Correction (DOC). Thus, once designated as a defective delinquent, an offender was to be released from Patuxent only upon the findings of the court that the inmate’s release was for the "[inmate’s] benefit and the benefit of society..."
A gubernatorial commission was formed in 1977 to review Patuxent Institution’s functioning, as well as the laws governing it. This review resulted in Article 31B being rewritten. The Defective Delinquent Law and indeterminate sentencing were abolished, and on July 1, 1977, the Eligible Persons, or “EP” Program came into existence....
Source:
Patuxent Institution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia