MD DOC – Maryland Reception, Diagnostics & Classification Center (MRDCC)

MD DOC – Maryland Reception, Diagnostics & Classification Center (MRDCC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 410-878-3500

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at MD DOC – Maryland Reception, Diagnostics & Classification Center (MRDCC) located at 550 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 – Maryland Reception, Diagnostics & Classification Center (MRDCC) – Visitation

visitation Info

MD DOC – Maryland Reception, Diagnostics & Classification Center (MRDCC) – Visitation

Visiting Hours

Effective September 1, 2012, the following changes will be implemented to all MRDCC inmate visiting hours:

Parole Violators:

• Friday evenings from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. (cut off time is 8:00 p.m.)
• Sundays from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. (cut off time is 10:00 a.m.) and 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. (cut off time is 2:00 p.m.)

Segregation:

• Saturdays – 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. (cut off time is 10:00 a.m.)

CADRE:

• Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. (cut off time 2:00 p.m.)
• Sundays from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m. (cut off time 10:30 a.m.) and 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. (cut off time 2:00 p.m.)

Duration: 30 minutes

General Information:

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.  In addition, all visitors shall be fingerprinted using a single digit fingerprint scanning device (Web ID software).  If the Web ID system indicates a “hit” (which only indicates that the visitor has fingerprints on file for either criminal or non-criminal purposes), the visitor will be provided with a letter which explains that the visitor did not clear the fingerprint identification process and what is necessary to proceed.   After the visitor submits the required information,  the warden or designee will advise the visitor (in writing) as to whether or not their visiting privileges have been approved or disapproved. 

If visitors cannot clear the metal detector, they will be denied entry.  Nothing may be brought into the institution except as authorized by the warden or designee.  Any item brought into the 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.

Us 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.

Visitors should enter through the Greenmount Avenue and Madison Street entrance.  Visitors will not be permitted to register after the cut off times listed above. 

Inmates will only be allowed legal and clergy visits for the first 60 days of their stay.  After the first 60 days, inmates may receive two (2), 30 minute social visits per weekend for the remainder of their stay at MRDCC.  Once an inmate is assigned to CADRE, they are permitted to have visits immediately regardless of whether or not they have been at MRDCC for 60 days.

No more than three (3) visitors, including children, may visit at any one time.  Toddlers and children are included as visitors.