MD DOC – Brockbridge Correctional Facility (BCF)

MD DOC – Brockbridge Correctional Facility (BCF) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 410-799-1363

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at MD DOC – Brockbridge Correctional Facility (BCF) located at 7930 Brock Bridge Road in Jessup, 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.

MD DOC – Brockbridge Correctional Facility (BCF) – Visitation

Brockbridge Correctional Facility is located in JessupMaryland. It is a minimum security institution that houses over 640 adult males. Inmates at this prison can earn a GED, and take classes for reading, writing and math. This facility is part of Maryland’s Pre-Release system, and helps prepare inmates for release by teaching them interview skills, resume writing and computer courses.

BrockbridgeCorrectional Facility employs 219 people and has an operating budget of$23.4million. The average cost to incarcerate an inmate at this prison is a little over $40,500 per year.

visitation Info

Visiting Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sunday and Major Holidays – New Year's Day; July 4th; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day 
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 hour as space permits

***Visiting Hours Effective March 11, 2013:

Wednesday and Friday – 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday and Major Holidays – 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Inmates are allowed two (2) visits per week. Duration of the visit is 1 hour, space permitting.

No visits will be permitted on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

Major Holidays

New Year's
4th of July
Thanksgiving
Christmas

General Information:

Inmates assigned to both floors are allowed visits on the major holidays listed above.

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.  Please keep this in mind when visiting with small children.

All visitors are subject to canine (if available), electronic drug detection device (if available), and/or visual mouth searches prior to being allowed to visit an inmate. If you cannot clear the metal detector, you will be denied entry. Nothing may be brought into the institution except as authorized by the warden or designee. Any item brought into this institution in a manner other than authorized is contraband, and the person bringing the item into the institution is subject to criminal penalties.

A visitor 16 years of age and older must present photograph identification.

Children (18 years of age and younger) visiting the inmate must be immediate family to either the inmate or the visitor and must be accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older who is on the inmate's visiting list.

Visitors must be registered 30-minutes prior to the expiration of visiting hours. 

No more than five (5) visitors, including infants and children, will be permitted on one (1) visit.

Inmates are allowed two (2) visits per week. The visiting week begins on Monday and ends on Sunday.  Inmates are permitted one (1) visit during the week and one (1) visit on the weekend; or the inmate may have two (2) visits during the week and no visits on the weekend.