Maryland Correctional Institution - Hagerstown

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

General Population:
Monday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Administrative and Disciplinary Segregation
Saturday and Sunday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Registration begin at 8:30 a.m.and ends at 2:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday (all housing)

Duration:  1 hour (subject to space availability)

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.

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.

A maximum of three (3) adults and three (3) children shall be permitted to visit at a time.

General population inmates are allowed two (2) visits per week,

Disciplinary Segregation inmates shall receive only one (1) visit per week. 

Weekend visits shall be on a digital basis. Inmates with ID numbers ending in odd digits (1,3,5,7 and 9) may receive visits on an odd numbered day. Inmates with ID numbers ending in even digits (0,2,4,6,8) may receive visits on even numbered day.