MD DOC – Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF)

MD DOC – Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 410-539-5445

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at MD DOC – Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) located at 401 East 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.

MD DOC – Chesapeake Detention Facility (CDF) – Visitation

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.

For teenagers facing adult charges, the Baltimore Pre-trial Complex houses a unique high school behind bars: Eager Street Academy. In addition to a wide array of mental health, social, educational, recreational, spiritual, substance abuse, and rehabilitative programs, detainees are afforded opportunities to learn employable skills while preforming job assignments within the facility, and during outside detail positions within the community.

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.

Chesapeake Detention Facility is located in Baltimore Maryland. It is a maximum security prison that houses over 500 of the states most violent offenders. This prison was formerly called a SuperMax. Chesapeake Detention Facility houses both male and female offenders, and is responsible for housing federal pre-trial detainees. The average term an inmate is incarcerated here is six months.

Chesapeake Detention Facility places a large emphasis on fatherhood and parenting. Many of the programs offered at this institution revolve around improving parental skills and modifying behavioral patterns.

visitation Info

Visiting Hours

Visiting days and hours shall be conducted Thursday – Monday

1st session:

Registration begins at 11:00 a.m. visits begin at 11:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. (All visiting booths must be clear of visits by 2:00 p.m. regardless of the duration of visit)

Note – Saturday and Sunday 1st Session are as follows: Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. visits begin at 9:00 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. (All visiting booths must be clear of visits by 2:00 p.m. regardless of the duration of visit)

2nd session: Thursday – Monday

Registration along with visits begins at 3:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
(All visiting booths must be cleared of all visitors by 8:30 p.m. regardless of the duration of the visit).

Security Level:
Maximum Level II 

Visitor Dress Code

All visitors, to include children, must dress appropriately for visitation.  All clothing must cover from the neck to the kneecaps.

The following types of clothing are not allowed to be worn:

• tube tops, tank tops, or halter tops
• see-through clothing
• mini-skirts, mini-dresses, shorts, skorts, or culottes (at or above the kneecap)
• form-fitting clothes such as leotards, spandex, and leggings
• clothes that expose a person's midriff, side, or back
• tops or dresses that have revealing necklines and/or excessive splits
• coats, jackets, shawls and scarves will be placed in an appropriate area (Exceptions will be made for religious head dress)
• shower shoes or flip flops.