Inmate Death in Jessup Ruled Homicide: Police

JESSUP, MD – Authorities are investigating the death of a 58-year-old inmate at Jessup Correctional Institution as a homicide.

Glenn E. Smith died from multiple blunt force injuries in what the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled a homicide, according to Maryland State Police.

Court records show Smith was serving a life sentence for a first-degree rape that occurred April 29, 2001.

Detectives have identified a suspect but are not naming him as he has not yet been charged, Maryland State Police said in a statement.

Smith was last seen unharmed on Sunday, Jan. 17, before cells were locked for the evening, police said.

He shared the cell with another inmate who told a correctional officer the next morning that Smith had been injured, according to police.

Correctional officers found Smith in his cell with multiple injuries to his face, and he was taken to the hospital on Monday, Jan. 18.

Smith died at the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center the morning of Thursday, Jan. 21, police reported.

The suspect is being held in another location within the Division of Correction, according to Maryland State Police.

While the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Internal Investigative Unit began the investigation, Maryland State Police is continuing the probe. It is standard procedure for Maryland State Police to investigate homicides in the prison system.

Once the investigation is complete, information will be sent to the Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney’s Office for a determination regarding charges.

Photo Credit: Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.