Difference Between Maryland Prison and Federal Prison

What is the Difference Between Federal Prison and Maryland State Prison?

Maryland prisons and Federal prisons both house inmates or those facing trial. There following are some differences between both prisons:

Federal prisons confine individuals accused or convicted of federal crimes. Federal crime often involves state borders, multiple state offenses, institution-based crime, and white-collar crimes. State prisons detain persons charged with or facing trial for state crimes. State crimes here mean offenses confined to Maryland under the state court system's jurisdiction. Many property and violent crimes are in this category.
Another critical area of difference is in the management of the prison systems. The Maryland Department of Corrections has oversight of state prisons, while the Federal Bureau of Prisons is in charge of federal prisons.
Federal prisons have a network of facilities that makes it possible to post a convict to serve time in any part of the country. It is different for Maryland state prisons because they make the offender do the entire incarceration time within the state's facilities.
The length of sentences is longer in federal prisons than in state prisons of Maryland. This reflects the subtle differences between the justice processes of the two systems.

What is the Maryland Prison System?

A 2020 report from the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services of Maryland shows that the annual daily number of inmates in Maryland prisons was at an average of 18,281. The average age and time of sentence were 38 years and above 18.5 years. Here are the facility locations in the state:

Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center
E Madison St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 545-8122

Baltimore Pretrial Complex
531 East Madison Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 209-4130
Fax: (410) 209-4105

Chesapeake Detention Facility (Formerly MCAC)
401 East Madison Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 625-5300
Fax: (410) 332-4561

Metropolitan Transition Center
954 Forrest Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: (410) 230-1452
Fax: (410) 385-1049, (410) 209-4105

Youth Detention Center
926 Greenmount Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: (410) 230-1452
Fax: (410) 385-1049

Baltimore City Correctional Center
901 Greenmount Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: (410) 332-4340
Fax: (410) 576-9470

Central Maryland Correctional Facility (Formerly CLF)
7301 Buttercup Road
Sykesville, Maryland 21784
Phone: (410) 781-4444
Fax: (410) 781-4414

Patuxent Correctional Mental Health Center - Jessup
7555 Waterloo Road
Jessup, Maryland 20794
Phone: (410) 799-3400
Fax: (410) 799-7457

Dorsey Run Correctional Facility
2020 Toulson Road
Jessup, MD 20794
Phone: (410) 379-6020
Fax: (410) 379-6078

Eastern Correctional Institution
Eastern Correctional Institution Annex
30420 Revells Neck Road
Westover, MD 21890
Phone: (410) 845-4000, (877) 802-6074

Eastern Pre-Release Unit
700 Flat Iron Square Road
Church Hill, Maryland 21623
Phone: (410) 810-540
Fax: 410) 758-4329

Jessup Correctional Institution
Post Office Box 534
Jessup, Maryland 20794
Phone: (410) 799-6100, (877) 304-9755
Fax: (410) 799-1025

Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown
18601 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, Maryland 21746
Phone: (240) 420-1000, (877) 229-1351
Fax: (301) 790-4939

Maryland Correctional Institution - Jessup
7803 House of Correction Rd
Jessup, Maryland 20794
Phone: (410) 799-7610,(877) 313-0632
Fax: (410) 799-7527

Maryland Correctional Institution for Women Jessup
7943 Brockbridge Road
Jessup, Maryland 20794
Phone: (410) 379-3800, (877) 280-1185
Fax: (410) 799-6146

Maryland Correctional Training Center
18800 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, Maryland 21746
Phone: (240) 420-1601, (877) 692-8136
Fax: (301) 797-8574

Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center
550 East Madison Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: (410) 878-3500
Fax: (410) 783-4106

North Branch Correctional Institution Cumberland
550 East Madison Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: (410) 878-3500
Fax: (410) 783-4106

Patuxent Institution
7555 Waterloo Road
Jessup, Maryland 20794
Phone: (410) 799-3400
Fax: (410) 799-7457

Roxbury Correctional Institution
18701 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, Maryland 21746
Phone: (240) 420-3000, (800) 464-0764
Fax: (301) 797-0795

Southern Maryland Pre-Release Unit Charlotte Hall
14320 Oaks Road
Charlotte Hall, Maryland 20622
Phone: (301) 274-4701
Fax: (301) 274-0753

Western Correctional Institution
13800 McMullen Highway, S.W.
Cumberland, Maryland 21502
Phone: (301) 729-7000, (877) 286-3965
Fax: (301) 729-7024

How to Lookup an Inmate in Maryland

Parties may either lookup an inmate using the Bureau of Prisons website tool. Requestors will be required to search using the inmate's name or number to narrow the available options. However, requests for Maryland inmate records may be directed to the jail facility where the inmate is being held.

Maryland County Jails

Maryland State County Jails are local departments of corrections under the management of County law enforcement agencies. Each County has a sheriff's department that books and detains persons charged with misdemeanors and local ordinance violations. Interested parties can look up, send commissaries or money to an inmate in County jails across the state by visiting the county government website. Another way to do this is to contact the law enforcement agency in charge of the area of interest. Local corrections departments can also house state offenders awaiting trial or in transit. The defining feature of County jails in Maryland is short-term stay, usually not exceeding a year. Thirty jails serve the 23 counties in Maryland. According to the National Institute of Corrections data analysis, the jail population in Maryland has been unavailable in the last five years.

How Does the Federal Prison System Work?

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is a federal agency that handles persons serving sentences imposed by the federal court system. With the headquarters in Washington DC, it is a network of 122 prison facilities that run through the country's states, including Maryland. Although there is a more systematic stratification, the facilities' security levels are low, medium, and high security. Low-security prisons are reserved for the least violent offenders, while high security is reserved for prisoners' violent spectrum. All prisoners have increased registration numbers that may reflect the involvement of investigation agencies (Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Corrections, or Immigration Services) or bear the Bureau of Prisons allocated I.D.