Jon Cox

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Although the death penalty is set to end in Maryland prisons, the death toll in the state’s correctional facility’s continue to rise with alleged inmate-on-inmate homicides.

With the death of Javaughn Young, a 26-year-old inmate in Jessup state prison, the murder rate in Maryland prisons has risen to seven murders in the past seven months.
Young, who was housed in a 60-inmate wing, died from severe head trauma. Police have said another inmate is suspected in the attack.