Find Garrett County Detention Center Inmates

Garrett County Detention Center Overview

Garrett County Detention Center is operated by the Garrett County Sheriff's Office. The official detention-center page says the jail is under the responsibility and control of the Sheriff and the Jail Administrator. It houses people held on bond, held without bond, serving a court-imposed sentence, or awaiting transfer to another jurisdiction. It is a local adult detention facility, not a Maryland state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center.

The sheriff's page describes seven housing units, 72 general-population beds, and four holding cells. It also says the facility is audited by the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards. The jail mission emphasizes a safe environment for staff and incarcerated people, behavior management, education, accountability, and reintegration programs. The current jail and sheriff's office sit in Oakland near the courthouse cluster.

The official detention-center overview captured for this project shows the local custody purpose and bed-count language.

The screenshot supports the facility-specific point: this page is about the county jail, while sentenced state custody is searched elsewhere.

Garrett County Detention Center Population

The best facility population picture uses both the current sheriff page and the Vera incarceration trends dataset. The sheriff page gives the physical jail description. Vera's 2024 Garrett County row lists a total jail population of 34, with 23 in pretrial custody and 11 in sentenced custody. The research warns that Vera's rated-capacity field differs across years and differs from the sheriff's current bed description.

Look Up Garrett County Detention Center Inmates

Garrett County Detention Center inmate lookup uses the sheriff's public arrest log rather than a full vendor-style current roster. The log shows recent arrest entries and archive months, and detail entries may show a mugshot, name, date, and status. For current custody, the Detention Center phone line is still the direct local channel because the jail page says public inmate information is available subject to safety, security, and state law.

1. Open the Garrett County Arrest Log and browse recent entries or the relevant month archive.
2. Open any matching detail page and compare the name, date, image, and public status.
3. Call 301-334-1911 if the person may be physically held at the Detention Center now.
4. Search Maryland Judiciary Case Search for court charges that followed the arrest.
5. Use DPSCS, BOP, ICE, or VINELink if the person has transferred out of local jail custody.

Note: A public arrest-log status does not guarantee a real-time housing or release status.

Garrett County Detention Center Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the same East Alder Street address in Oakland. The District Court and Circuit Court are nearby, so arrest, booking, commissioner review, prosecution, and court-record activity often point to the same downtown government area. Call before traveling for any time-sensitive custody, visit, bond, mail, or records question.

Garrett County Detention Center Visits

Personal visitation is virtual only. The official helpful-information page says all visits must be set up and funded through HomeWAV. Video kiosks are located in each housing unit, and the lobby kiosk is available for visitors without a charge according to the county page. The research did not locate specific visiting days, time limits, remote rates, dress-code text, or visitor-list forms.

The jail helpful-information page captured for this project shows virtual visitation, HomeWAV, and mail-scanning language.

That source is the strongest local reference for visit planning because it states the no in-person personal visitation rule directly.

Garrett County Detention Center Mail

The county page says incarcerated people do not receive personal mail at the facility other than privileged and legal mail. Personal mail is sent through off-site processing, searched, scanned, and then viewed on tablets. The same source says no money, checks, magazines, newspapers, packages, or similar items are accepted at the facility.

Booking at Garrett County Detention Center

Garrett County's public jail pages do not post a complete booking manual. The supported local process includes arrest by the sheriff, Maryland State Police, or another authorized agency, followed by transport to the Detention Center, the District Court Commissioner process, or another appropriate point. Intake can include identity confirmation, paperwork, search, property inventory, fingerprints, a booking photograph, screening, and classification.

The jail holds people based on bond, no-bond status, sentence, warrants, violations, extradition, or transfer needs. The public arrest log may show a thin public entry for some arrests. Court records can appear later through Maryland Judiciary Case Search when charges are filed or a case is opened.

Garrett County Detention Center Programs

Official local programs tied to Garrett County custody include community service, home detention, and pretrial services. Community service is described as an alternative judges may use for selected non-violent offenders. Home detention confines an eligible person at home instead of jail while serving a sentence, with judge authorization and final approval by the Detention Center Administrator. Pretrial services collects risk information, makes release-condition recommendations, and supervises released defendants before adjudication.

The Pre-Trial Services page captured for this project describes release supervision and jail-overcrowding reduction.

That program context helps explain how the local jail population can change before a case is fully resolved.

Garrett County Jail History

The sheriff history page says the Garrett County Sheriff's Office was founded in 1872 and that Thomas Coddington became the first sheriff on January 31, 1873. It identifies older jail locations, including a second jailhouse at 4th and Alder Streets next to the courthouse, and the current jail and sheriff's office at 3rd and Alder Streets in Oakland. That local courthouse geography is useful for visitors because the State's Attorney, District Court, Circuit Court clerk, sheriff, and jail are all in the same downtown government area.