MD DOC – Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center (BCBIC)

MD DOC – Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center (BCBIC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 410-545-8102

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake located at 300 E Madison St in Baltimore, MD are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

The Division of Pretrial Detention and Services is located in Baltimore City, and currently consists of the following facilities: Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center; Chesapeake Detention Facility; Metropolitan Transition Center; and the Baltimore Pre-trial Complex, which includes the Wyatt Building; the Jail Industries Building; the Annex; and the Women’s Detention Center.

Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center is responsible for the intake and classification procedure for most inmates in the state. Because this is an intake facility, the inmate is usually only housed here a short period of time, and then transferred to their more permanent location after they are classified. Inmates who have entered into the Central Booking and Intake Center are stripped of their property and given inmate clothes. Friends/family can pick up the possessions of inmates for up to three days after initial booking at 301 East Eager Street 24 hours a day seven days a week. You will be required to produce photo identification. After three days the items are moved to Jail Industries Building and it is open Monday-Friday 10 am-2 pm for the pickup of inmates' possessions, again photo ID will be required to receive the items.

The Division of Pretrial and Detention Services will continue to strive toward ensuring the safety and security of staff, detainees, and inmates; treating individuals in a humane manner; and believing in the value of the human being. We ensure staff has proper training and equipment; we provide cost-effective services; we protect individuals, whether they are members of the public, our own employees, those we are obligated to keep safe in our custody, or victims of crime.

Around the state, we work in the communities to which many of our offenders will one day return, and we work with the offenders out in the community every day, performing public works and sustainability projects that save tax payer dollars and help to preserve Maryland’s natural resources.

visitation Info

MD DOC – Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center (BCBIC) – Visitation

Visiting Hours

Men's visits are on Sundays:
North Tower & 3 Center: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. and 
South Tower & 4 Center: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Women's visits are on Saturdays:
9:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Detainees cannot have visits until they have been in the facility for at least 30 days.

• The use of restroom facilities is prohibited during visitation. If either the inmate or a visitor requires the use of the restroom, the visit will be terminated at that time.
• All visitors are subject to canine (if available), electronic drug detection devices (if available), and/or visual searches prior to being allowed to visit a detainee. If you cannot clear the metal detector, you will be denied entry.
• All visitors 16 or older must present valid state-issued photo identification.
• Children (18 years of age and younger) visiting the detainee must be immediate family to the detainee or visitor, adult supervision is at all times while on State property to include parking areas.
• Visitors must secure all cell phones, tobacco products and electronic devices in their vehicles.
• Visitors with prior arrest histories are subject to review and can be rejected at any time!
• Detainees are only permitted one (1) visit per day.
• Approved attorney visits 24/7.
• Pastoral visits are on Sundays only between the times of 9a-4p with approval for BCBIC.
• Visits for BCBIC detainees housed at the Maryland Transitional Center (MTC) Hospital shall follow the guidelines below:
  • Submit a written request to the BCBIC Chief of Security.
  • The request must include detainee’s name, date of birth and state identification number.
  • Name and relationship of the visitor to the detainee.
  • Visitors are subject to MTC guidelines.
• Outside Hospital visits are only allowed upon prior approval of by the BCBIC administration (i.e. Johns Hopkins, Mercy, University of Maryland, etc).
  • Submit a written request to the BCBIC Chief of Security.
  • The request must include detainee’s name, date of birth and state identification number.
  • Name and relationship of visitor to the detainee.
  • Visitors are subject to individual hospital guidelines.