MD DOC – Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI)

MD DOC – Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 410-845-4000, 877-802-6074

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at MD DOC – Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) located at 30420 Revells Neck Road in Westover, 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 – Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) – Visitation

visitation Info

Visiting Hours

Visiting Schedule for Eastern Correctional Institution East and West:
Friday: 8:30 a. m. – 2:30 p.m.
Saturday:  8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 AM – 2:30 PM

Visiting schedule for Eastern Correctional Institution Annex
Saturday: ​9​ a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. 
Monday: 6 p.m. – 9 p.m.

All visitors must be registered before one hour prior to the close of visiting day. 
All visiting schedules are subject to change or cancelations without any prior notice.

All visiting schedules are subject to change or cancelations without any prior notice. 

Protective Custody Status 
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Visitors must be processed prior to 8:00 p.m. Visitors should plan to arrive no later than 8:00 p.m. to allow proper time for processing. However, processing time varies and is dependent upon the number of visitors.

Holidays: Holiday visits will be determined by the Warden and distributed through institutional memorandum. Visitors may call the Eastern Correctional Institution's mail phone number and follow the prompts for visiting hours and holiday visits. The inmate population is notified of visits and all changes through the inmate information channel.

Duration: 2 hours

General Information:

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.

Normal Visiting Hours for ECI East and West  Compounds:
Friday, Saturday and Sundays:
8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.- All visitors must be registered  1 hour prior to close of Visiting Room.

Normal Annex Visiting Hours:
Fridays:  5:00 p.m. through 9:00 p.m.*
Saturdays & Sundays: 9:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m.*
*All visitors must be registered 1 hour prior to close of the Visiting Room.

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.

A maximum of two (2) visits per week.  The week shall begin on Tuesday and end on Monday.  Visits are limited to two (2) visits per day.

Administrative Segregation inmate visits shall be of the same duration unless visitors are waiting in the lobby.  In this case, they shall be allowed only one (1) visit per day.

Disciplinary Segregation inmate visits are allowed one (1) hour visit one (1) time per week.

A maximum of five (5) visitors shall be allowed to visit an inmate at one time with no more than three (3) adults or no more than three (3) children in the group of five.