Roxbury Correctional Institution

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

Friday through Monday
8:00 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Last registration at 1:45 p.m.

Duration:  1 hour maximum

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.

Inmates are allowed two (2) visits per week. 

Segregation inmates are allowed one (1) visit per week. 

The visiting week begins on Friday and ends on Monday.  On weekdays only, if a second and different visitor arrives for visitation the same day, this visit shall be considered the second visit for the week and no more will be allowed.

During the weekend visiting schedule, the odd/even numbering system will be in effect - the last digit of the inmate's ID number will correspond to the date of the visit, (i.e., odd digit corresponds with odd date; even digit corresponds with even date).  Whenever both days are odd on the weekend, the odd numbers may visit on either day but not on both days.

Three (3) adults and three (3) minors are permitted per visit.  Minors accompanying adults, shall be supervised and kept under control by the adult at all times or the visit may be terminated. This includes the restriction of minors from wandering from their assigned seat. All male visitors must have their hand-stamped.

Visitors are not permitted to carry any items into the visiting room with the exception of life-saving medications, which must be communicated to the Front Lobby Officer prior to the visit.

No infant paraphernalia, with the exception of a pacifier, will be permitted in the visiting room.