Lookup Dorchester County Detention Center Inmates

Dorchester County Detention Center Overview

Dorchester County Detention Center is operated by the Dorchester County Department of Correction. County Code Chapter 75 states that the county Department of Correction runs programs for the detention and rehabilitation of people under county jurisdiction who are awaiting trial, convicted and sentenced to a term in the center, or held for another lawful purpose. The same chapter renamed the Dorchester County Jail as the Dorchester County Detention Center.

The facility is an adult detention center in Cambridge. The MCCS final audit says it houses minimum-to-maximum security male and female sentenced and pretrial inmates. That audit also places the facility under the administrative authority of Dorchester County government and describes standard operating procedures, emergency plans, inmate orientation materials, and handbooks reviewed during the inspection.

Dorchester County Detention Center Population

The January 2024 MCCS final audit is the main source for capacity and population. Its May 2023 table listed 285 operating capacity and 94 in-house inmates. It also listed 54 people on home detention and 21 in pretrial services. Those numbers show that Dorchester County manages both secure jail custody and community-supervision caseloads.

Search Dorchester County Detention Center Inmates

Use the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search for current local custody at Dorchester County Detention Center. The roster is hosted on the sheriff's OCV public-safety site even though the detention center is a county Department of Correction facility. Observed public entries showed a current custody status code, inmate ID, booked date, and physical descriptors.

The public OCV inmate feed behind the roster showed current custody records and profile fields when inspected. The screenshot below is tied to that source and shows the public feed structure rather than a historical booking archive.

The feed is useful for confirming custody, but court charges, bond, case status, and custody notifications should be checked through the court, jail, and VINE channels listed below.

1. Open the sheriff inmate-search page and review the default list.
2. Search by last name first because observed roster titles use last-name-first formatting.
3. Open the matching record and compare the inmate ID, booked date, and descriptors.
4. Call 410-228-8101 or 410-228-4141 if the roster does not answer a current custody question.
5. Use DPSCS after state transfer, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.

Dorchester County Detention Center Contact

The official detention-center address is the Fieldcrest Road public-safety campus in Cambridge. The Maryland Manual lists the Department of Corrections phone as 410-228-8101. The sheriff site uses the same campus and lists the sheriff public line as 410-228-4141.

The sheriff website footer lists public-safety office access as 24 hours and lobby hours Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Confirm detention records, visit, and entry instructions before traveling, since secure custody operations do not work like a normal front counter.

Dorchester County Jail Visiting

The MCCS audit states that visiting was available to all populations five days a week, but it did not publish a day-by-day schedule. That means the researched answer is specific but incomplete: visiting exists across the population, yet the current schedule, approved-list rules, and entry instructions must be confirmed with the facility before travel.

For Dorchester residents transferred into state prison custody, use DPSCS visitation rules instead of county jail visiting rules. DPSCS requires valid photo identification for visitors 16 or older and approved visitor-list status for visitors 19 or older.

Dorchester County Jail Mail and Money

Mail should be directed to the inmate at Dorchester County Detention Center, 829 Fieldcrest Road, Cambridge, MD 21613, after confirming the person's current custody and the correct name or inmate ID format. The audit states that mail was available to all populations five days a week. It does not provide a full mail policy, vendor name, or package rule list.

Do not send money based only on a stale roster result. Confirm the person is still in Dorchester County Detention Center custody first, especially if the case may have resulted in release or state transfer.

Dorchester County Jail Booking

A person arrested in Dorchester County is transported or otherwise lawfully committed to the detention center. The practical intake sequence includes identification, property intake, security search, local record creation, screening, classification, and a first-appearance or commissioner process. The public roster may then show the booked date and a current custody status, though the exact refresh interval was not published.

County Code Section 75-3 gives the Director responsibility for safekeeping, care, and custody from lawful commitment to lawful discharge, release, or withdrawal. The MCCS audit confirms that inmate orientation materials, handbooks, classification standards, medical and mental-health service categories, emergency plans, and administrative recordkeeping standards were reviewed.

Dorchester County Detention Programs

The MCCS audit listed inmate council, substance-abuse counseling, mental-health counseling and therapy categories, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, religious services, library access, commissary, visiting, telephone use, mail, indoor exercise, games, radios for most populations, and trusty assignments in sanitation, laundry, and kitchen work. Off-site work crews were marked not applicable.

The facility received a total-compliance finding for adult detention center standards, and MCCS recommended Recognition of Achievement. Maintenance issues observed during the tour were repaired before the exit conference according to the audit. That standards finding is the strongest official recent condition source in the research file.