Lookup Caroline County Detention Center Inmates

Caroline County Detention Center Overview

The Caroline County Corrections page identifies Caroline County Detention Center as the county detention facility at 101 Gay St., Denton, MD 21629. The operator is the Caroline County Department of Corrections, and the official page names Warden Charles Scott. The same county source describes the jail as a secure correctional facility in a historic building on the banks of the Choptank River. It is a local detention center, so its inmate lookup rules are different from a Maryland DPSCS state prison locator and different from federal or immigration custody systems.

People held at Caroline County Detention Center include pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, weekend detention participants, and some low-security inmates approved for supervised community work. The county corrections page says inmates may spend up to 18 months there. A person sentenced to a term longer than 18 months normally transfers to Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services custody, where the state locator becomes the better search tool. The county FAQ also describes the jail as a pretrial facility that can house people with charges ranging from impaired-driving offenses to serious violent offenses, with higher-security inmates managed under safety precautions.

The official corrections screenshot is relevant because it shows the county source for the jail name, address, contact number, warden, and facility description: Caroline County Corrections overview.

That county page is the starting point for detention-center facts, but it is not a public roster or booking-photo database.

Caroline County Detention Center Capacity

A county food-service bid from 2019 gives the best located public count for the Caroline County Detention Center inmate population. The official bid says the facility had an operating capacity of 125 and housed an average daily population of approximately 60 inmates. Those figures should be read as dated 2019 bid figures, not as a live daily count. No current Caroline County public roster, jail dashboard, current ADP report, or live detention count was located in the official source review.

The 2019 figures imply that the facility was well below full operating capacity at that time. Using 60 as the approximate ADP and 125 as capacity gives about 48 percent utilization. That calculation is useful for context, but it is not a current crowding finding. The research did not locate a recent official demographic table for the jail, a pretrial-versus-sentenced split, an annual booking count, or a current average length of stay.

Caroline County Detention Center Search

No official public online roster, booking report, inmate-search portal, or mugshot gallery was located for Caroline County Detention Center. The practical jail inmate lookup is a direct phone or in-person inquiry through the detention center. The county FAQ says staff may release only an inmate's name, charge, and bond, while all other information is restricted. That means the public should not expect housing unit, medical status, release plan, booking sheet, or booking photo information from a routine custody inquiry.

For release, transfer, court-date, escape, probation, parole, and victim-notification events, use Maryland VINE. For a person who has been sentenced and moved from the county jail to state custody, use the Maryland DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator. DPSCS is not the Caroline County jail roster. It covers committed state custody and can omit released people and some short-sentenced people in covered pretrial or detention facilities.

1. Call Caroline County Detention Center at 410-479-2517 or go to 101 Gay St. in Denton for a custody inquiry.
2. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date ready before asking staff to check custody.
3. Expect the public answer to be limited to name, charge, and bond when the person is housed there.
4. Use Maryland VINE for notifications and Maryland Judiciary Case Search for court dates and filed charges after the arrest.
5. Switch to the DPSCS locator if the person was sentenced and transferred from local jail custody to state prison custody.

Caroline County Jail Contact

The detention center's public contact path is simple and local. The main jail phone number is 410-479-2517, and the fax number is 410-479-4128. In-person questions go to the Gay Street facility in Denton. Because public release is limited, families should call before sending money, trying to schedule a visit, or assuming a court change means the person has left custody. The detention center can confirm the basic public fields when allowed, but court dates and case status belong with the Maryland courts.

Caroline County Jail Visitation

The official Caroline County visitation page says all inmate visits are currently conducted through Google Duo. The inmate initiates the call, and visitors should download Google Duo before the scheduled visit time. The schedule is based on the inmate's assigned housing unit, and quarantined people are not eligible for visits. Professional visits are in person Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, with after-hours appointments arranged through Support Services when approved.

Visitors must follow the county rules. A state or federally issued photo ID is required. Personal items such as handbags, cell phones, pagers, umbrellas, cameras, cigarettes, and lighters are barred from the visiting area. Visitors under 18 must be with an adult. The county also limits visit composition and bars loitering, disruptive conduct, physical contact, eating, drinking, smoking, and contraband smuggling. Dress code rules require clothing suitable for a setting where children may be present.

The county visitation screenshot is useful for confirming the housing-unit schedule and Google Duo rule: Caroline County visitation schedule.

The schedule depends on the inmate's assigned wing, so confirm the visit window with the facility before arranging travel or a video call.

Caroline County Jail Mail and Money

The Caroline County inmate FAQ allows money orders, letters, signed greeting cards, soft-cover books shipped directly from a bookstore, and newspapers sent directly from publishers. The mailing address is 101 Gay Street, Denton, Maryland 21629. Except for legal correspondence, inmate mail is monitored. The county says inmates do not have email access, internet access, or cell phones. Phone calls may be collect calls or may be funded through an inmate's commissary account.

Cash is not accepted for inmate accounts, but family and friends may send money orders for deposit. Commissary purchases can include clothing, food, and hygiene products. The county FAQ says commissary orders are placed through an automated system by inmate telephone and delivered weekly, with a weekly commissary purchase cap of $75. The research also found ConnectNetwork's Caroline County MD-Prison vendor page, which lists Site ID 71 with AdvancePay Phone and Trust Fund services.

The vendor screenshot matches the payment and phone account source for the facility: ConnectNetwork Caroline County MD-Prison listing.

Use the facility name and Site ID carefully, because vendor account tools are not the same as a public custody roster.

Caroline County Jail Booking

After a local arrest, a person may be transported to Caroline County Detention Center if local jail custody is appropriate. Intake can include identity checks, property inventory, a contraband search, medical or mental-health screening, fingerprints and photographs when taken under ordinary law-enforcement practice, warrant or hold checks, and initial classification. The county FAQ says that after initial booking, inmates are moved into wings or tiers and receive basic supplies such as a uniform and personal hygiene products.

Booking and court records are not the same thing. A booking charge is an intake or custody fact, while filed criminal charges are tracked through the Maryland courts after the prosecutor and court process begin. For more detail on how custody records differ from later court records, the Caroline County jail record path is covered in Caroline County inmate records. Bond information released through the jail is limited to the public field the FAQ allows, and payment methods or timing should be confirmed with the facility before anyone travels to post bond.

Booking

Jail intake after an arrest, including identity, property, screening, and custody placement steps.

Bond

A release condition or amount set by a judicial officer. It may change after court review.

Detainer

A hold from another agency or jurisdiction that can block release even when a local bond exists.

Housing unit

The jail living area. Caroline County visitation uses wing names such as A-Wing, E-Wing, and C-Wing.

Caroline County Jail Programs

The main local program detail is the Caroline Community Assistance and Rehabilitation Enterprise Program, known as CARE. The county describes it as a supervised community work program for low-security inmates. Public agencies and nonprofit groups may request crews for community projects. The stated goals are practical: reduce correctional costs, provide useful public work, and lower recidivism through positive work experience.

Other facility conditions are also described in the county FAQ. Inmates may congregate in day rooms, engage in recreation, attend nondenominational spiritual services, and take part in programs meant to support mature behavior and responsibility. Medical and dental services are provided while incarcerated, and prescription medication may continue through the onsite nurse when appropriate. If an inmate is threatened, harmed, or harassed, the FAQ directs that person to report the issue to an on-duty correctional officer and notes the right to complain to the Warden.

The CARE screenshot is relevant because it documents the county's own community work program for low-security inmates: Caroline County CARE Program.

CARE is a jail program, not a separate detention facility, so it should not be searched as a second Caroline County jail.

Caroline County Jail Transfers

Caroline County Detention Center is the local jail, but it is not the right search system for every person with a Caroline County arrest or case. If the person receives a longer sentence, the county corrections page says a sentence longer than 18 months normally leads to transfer to a state prison. After that move, families should use DPSCS locator rules, state prison visitation rules, state mail and money policies, and state VINE or parole notification paths.

No Maryland state prison, federal Bureau of Prisons institution, ICE detention center, separate county work-release building, city jail, or regional jail was located in official sources within Caroline County, Maryland. Federal defendants may be handled through the U.S. Marshals District of Maryland or the BOP Inmate Locator. Immigration detainees use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Do not confuse this Maryland facility with the unrelated Caroline Detention Facility in Caroline County, Virginia.