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Baltimore City Detention Center

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Background

Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC, formerly known as the Baltimore City Jail) is a Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services state prison for men and women. It is located on 401 East Eager Street in downtown Baltimore, Maryland. It has been a state facility since July 1991. In July 2015, Maryland governor Larry Hogan announced the men's facility would be permanently closed, and the 750 inmates redistributed among other more modern facilities. The exact date of the closure was not made known.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

1801

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1801

Region

MD

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

901 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore 21202

No public contact details available.

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Data completeness

30%

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