This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. Those requests must go to the agency that holds the person or maintains the record.
Official Record Contacts
Baltimore City jail questions usually start with DPSCS because the main booking and pretrial system is state-run. The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office is useful for civil process, courthouse security, and warrant-related routing, but it does not operate a public jail roster for Baltimore City custody.
Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center
300 E. Madison Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-545-8080
Detainee service: 410-545-8080 / 8120 / 8128 / 8122
Baltimore City Sheriff's Office
100 N. Calvert Street, Room 104
Baltimore, MD 21202
410-396-1155
Temporary dispatch section: 667-440-5934
Use the route that matches the record type or custody status:
- For someone newly booked or held in pretrial custody, start with jail inmate records and BCBIC detainee service numbers.
- For booking photos, use the guidance on jail roster mugshots and the DPSCS public-record request path.
- For charges filed after an arrest, search court records after a jail arrest through Maryland Judiciary Case Search.
- For a specific building, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Maryland prisoner, use the DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.