The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services runs the search for people in Maryland state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services
- Official search
- Find an Incarcerated Individual
Open the Find an Incarcerated Individual
How to search the DPSCS inmate list
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) runs a public search called Find an Incarcerated Individual.
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Maryland state prisons we list
We do not copy the Maryland prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our Maryland directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center State prison in Baltimore
- Baltimore City Correctional Center State prison in Baltimore
- Baltimore Pre-Release Unit State prison in Baltimore
- Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women State prison in Baltimore
- Baltimore Pretrial Complex State prison in Baltimore
- Central Maryland Correctional Facility State prison in Sykesville
- Charles H Hickey, Jr. School State prison in Parkville
- Chesapeake Detention Facility State prison in Baltimore
- Dorsey Run Correctional Facility State prison in Jessup
- Eastern Correctional Institution State prison in Westover
- Eastern Pre-Release Unit State prison in Church Hill
- Jessup Correctional Institution State prison in Jessup
- Jessup Pre-Release Unit State prison in Jessup
- Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown State prison in Hagerstown
- Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup State prison in Jessup
- Maryland Correctional Institution for Women State prison in Jessup
- Maryland Correctional Training Center State prison in Hagerstown
- Md Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center State prison in Baltimore
- Metropolitan Transition Center State prison in Baltimore
- North Branch Correctional Institution State prison in Cumberland
- Patuxent Institution State prison in Jessup
- Poplar Hill Pre-Release Unit State prison in Quantico
- Roxbury Correctional Institution State prison in Hagerstown
- Silver Oak Academy State prison in Keymar
- Southern Maryland Pre-Release Unit State prison in Charlotte Hall
- Victor Cullen Center State prison in Sabillasville
- Volunteers of America-Chesapeake Residential Re-Entry Center State prison in Baltimore
- Western Correctional Institution State prison in Cumberland
- William Donald Schaffer House State prison in Baltimore
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our Maryland page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in Maryland. Will they be in the DPSCS search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- Find an Incarcerated Individual, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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