Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown Inmate Lookup

Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown Overview

Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown, often shortened to MCI-H, is operated by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. DPSCS lists the prison at 18601 Roxbury Road in Hagerstown and identifies it as a medium-security state correctional institution. The facility opened in 1932 and is part of the group of Hagerstown-area state prisons on Roxbury Road, separate from the Washington County Detention Center on Western Maryland Parkway.

This distinction matters for inmate lookup. MCI-H is not a booking jail for ordinary new Washington County arrests. It houses sentenced Maryland Division of Correction incarcerated individuals. A person arrested last night in Hagerstown, Boonsboro, Williamsport, or another Washington County community is more likely to be in WCSO custody first. A person who has been sentenced to Maryland prison custody and assigned to MCI-H should be searched through the DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator.

DPSCS facility information inspected for MCI-H listed Commissioner Keith D. Dickens, Warden Gregory A. Werner, Assistant Warden James V. Sprecher, Administrative Aide Kara Bowers, and Chief of Security Wesley H. Crist. Official facility pages publish leadership, contact, visiting, and security information, but they did not publish a current population count or rated capacity for this prison in the research set.

The official DPSCS MCI-H page is the image source for this facility screenshot: Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown facility page.

The screenshot is useful because it reflects the official prison page used for contact details, security level, visitor rules, and schedule notes rather than a county jail roster screen.

MCI-H Capacity and Population

The research file does not identify a DPSCS-published current population or capacity figure for Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown. Section 15 specifically notes that official facility pages for MCI-H, Maryland Correctional Training Center, and Roxbury Correctional Institution published security levels, contact details, and visiting rules, not current population counts. For that reason, no bed count or population total is stated here.

Available official details still define the facility's role. MCI-H is a medium-security state prison for sentenced Maryland incarcerated individuals. It is part of the state prison system serving Washington County and the rest of Maryland, while the Washington County Detention Center is the local jail for pretrial custody, local sentences, bond status, and current WCSO roster records. If an online search fails, confirm whether the person is in local jail custody, state prison custody, federal custody, or immigration custody before assuming the facility is wrong.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown

Use the Maryland DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator for MCI-H. The locator is designed to help the public find the housing location of people committed to the Commissioner of Correction and currently housed in Division of Correction facilities, Patuxent Institution, and some short-sentenced people in Division of Pretrial and Detention Services facilities. DPSCS warns that the locator does not list everyone in custody, may omit some short-sentenced people in pretrial or detention facilities, and does not list people no longer in custody because of release, escape, or another custody change.

1. Open the DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator, not the WCSO inmate search page.
2. Search by the person's first name and last name as shown in court or correctional paperwork.
3. Review the returned housing location and confirm whether it names Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown.
4. If no result appears, check spelling, name changes, release status, and whether the person is still in county jail, federal custody, or immigration custody.

Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown Address and Contact

Use the facility phone numbers for prison-specific questions such as visitation confirmation, visitor processing, schedule changes, and current mail instructions. Do not use MCI-H contact numbers to ask about a newly arrested Washington County detainee unless the person has already been sentenced and committed to DPSCS custody.

Visiting Someone at Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown

MCI-H visitation is a DPSCS state-prison process. Visitors should expect approval, identification checks, search rules, dress-code enforcement, and schedule limits. DPSCS notes that visitors must clear the metal detector and follow facility dress rules. General population and administrative segregation were permitted up to two visits per week in the research, while disciplinary segregation was limited to one non-contact visit per week.

The research also noted a current MCI-H notice that segregation population in-person and video visitation was postponed until further notice due to unforeseen circumstances. Confirm directly with MCI-H before traveling or scheduling a segregation visit because state prison visiting notices can change.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown

MCI-H uses ConnectNetwork, also associated with GTL and ViaPath, for incarcerated individual phone and debit account information. DPSCS describes ConnectNetwork as the authorized deposit and account portal. AdvancePay funds calls to a specific phone number, while PIN Debit deposits fund an incarcerated person's phone account. Fees may apply, and current availability should be checked through ConnectNetwork and DPSCS before depositing funds.

Mail should follow current DPSCS and facility-specific instructions. The research does not provide a complete MCI-H mail format beyond the facility address, so avoid sending money orders, packages, or special items unless the current DPSCS page expressly allows them. Prison mail rules can differ from the Washington County Detention Center's local jail mail and commissary instructions.

State Prison Intake and Custody at MCI-H

MCI-H intake is not the same as a Washington County street-arrest booking. After an arrest, a person may first appear in the Washington County Detention Center roster while charges, bond, and early court events are handled locally. If the case ends in a Maryland prison sentence, the person may be committed to DPSCS and later moved through reception, classification, or assignment to a prison such as MCI-H.

Once a sentenced person moves into DPSCS custody, the WCSO roster may no longer be the useful search tool. The DPSCS locator becomes the better starting point for housing location, while Maryland Judiciary Case Search is the better place to review court filings, charge history, and hearings. For federal sentences, use the BOP locator. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS. MCI-H should not be treated as a county jail, a federal prison, or an immigration detention center.

About Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown

MCI-H is one of three state prisons on Roxbury Road in Hagerstown, making Washington County's custody map more complicated than a single county jail page suggests. The facility's 1932 opening year makes it the oldest of the three Washington County state prisons identified in the research. DPSCS facility pages emphasize visiting procedures, phone and debit services, contraband rules, and visitor compliance.

DPSCS visitation material frames family and community contact as part of incarcerated-person development and case management. That does not remove security screening or schedule limits. Visitors should expect photo identification requirements, searches, metal detector screening, and termination of a visit if rules are violated. Because facility notices can change quickly, the most practical step before a trip to Roxbury Road is to confirm the person's location through DPSCS and then confirm MCI-H's current visiting status.