MD DOC – Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI)

MD DOC – Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 410-799-6100, 877-304-9755

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at MD DOC – Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI) located at 7804 House of Correction Road
PO Box 534 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 – Jessup Correctional Institution (JCI) – Visitation

Jessup Correctional Institution was formerly known as Maryland House of Correction-Annex. It is a medium security prison that can house over 1,725 adult males. The average duration of an inmate’s sentence at this facility is 9.5 years. This facility has the distinct notoriety of being the facility which produces all of the license plates in Maryland. In addition, Jessup Correctional Institution is responsible for running a sewing shop that manufactures all of the inmate uniforms and pants for police officers throughout the state.

Offenders housed at Jessup Correctional Institution can earn a GED while incarcerated and even take some college classes. Substance abuse treatment is also available for inmates. This prison also acts as an intake unit for inmates from six counties, and a transportation hub for offenders who have court and medical appointments.

visitation Info

Visiting Hours

Friday Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. (Registration begins at 3:30 p.m.)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Saturday & Sunday visits are for even or odd CALENDAR Dates. Friday & Monday – even and odd can have visits

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.

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. 

Only five (5) visitors permitted per inmate at one time with no more than three (3) adults.