Violence at the correctional facilities in Jessup alone is so common it keeps the equivalent of one full-time prosecutor busy every year, said Anne Arundel County State?s Attorney Frank Weathersbee.”At one point in time [in the late 90s] it got so bad, I told the correctional commissioner, ?I am not trying any more cases,? ” he said, adding that the state compensated his office for one attorney?s salary for a brief time.

Weathersbee said he hopes bills will be introduced in the upcoming General Assembly to provide additional assistance to counties bearing the brunt of the responsibility for prosecuting prison violence.

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