St Mary’S County Detention Center

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The St Mary’S County Detention Center is located at 41880 Baldridge Street in Leonardtown, MD and is a medium security county jail operated by the St Mary’s County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about everything you might need to know about the St Mary’S County Detention Center, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

St Mary’S County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The St Mary’S County Detention Center Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who are in jail, including status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

St Mary’S County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the St Mary’S County Detention Center takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some questions, such as your full name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge must figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, you should expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

St Mary’S County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the St Mary’S County Detention Center in advance. This information will go into the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at St Mary’S County Detention Center change often, so make sure that you call the official St Mary’S County Detention Center at (301) 475-4200 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the St Mary’S County Detention Center you have to first be on this person’s visitation list.

Make sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at St Mary’S County Detention Center, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the St Mary’S County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the St Mary’S County Detention Center is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the St Mary’S County Detention Center. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the St Mary’S County Detention Center to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the court records on the St Mary’s County court website or you are able to call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the St Mary’s County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the St Mary’s County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail change frequently, so it would be best to review the St Mary’S County Detention Center website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at St Mary’S County Detention Center

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the St Mary’S County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (301) 475-4200 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the St Mary’S County Detention Center store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the St Mary’S County Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are typically more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: (301) 475-4200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the St Mary’S County Detention Center. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at St Mary’S County Detention Center, click the link below.

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