Baltimore Pre-Release Unit for Women

Contraband ~ Criminal Violations

Pursuant to Maryland's Criminal Law Article, Sections 9-410 and 9-412 through 9-417, it is unlawful for a person to possess, deliver, or possess with intent to deliver contraband in a place of confinement. Such items include but are not limited to telecommunication devices, contraband to effect an escape, weapons of any type, alcoholic beverages, controlled dangerous substances, and tobacco.

It is unlawful for a person to deposit or conceal a telecommunication device in or about a place of confinement with the intent that it be obtained by a person detained or confined.

Violators are subject to arrest and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Upon conviction, violators are subject to imprisonment from periods of 3 to 10 years, fines of $1,000 to $5,000, or both.

Visiting Hours

Monday and Friday
7:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Duration: 1 hour

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. 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 four (4) visitors per inmate is permitted at one time.  The only exception is if an inmate has four (4) or more of her own children, age 17 and under, visiting her at any given time, then only one adult can accompany the children.

Visitors must be at the facility by 8:30 p.m. for visits Mondays and Fridays; and by 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday visits.

Inmates may have two visits per week, one of which may occur on the weekend.