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Allegany County Detention Center Overview

The official Allegany County Detention Center page identifies the jail as the county's secure holding facility for people legally placed in confinement in Allegany County. The operator is the Allegany County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. The facility holds men and women in local custody, including pretrial detainees, people held on bond or without bond, people serving local sentences, and people waiting to transfer to another jurisdiction.

The county describes the jail as a direct-supervision facility. That means corrections staff work in close contact with inmates instead of relying only on remote observation. The official page also says the jail uses Guardian RFID technology to manage and track inmates in real time. Those local details matter for inmate lookup because the roster is tied to current jail custody, not a full criminal-history file or a statewide prison file.

The official detention center screenshot from Allegany County Government shows the jail's mission, programs, commissary notes, education, reentry work, and mobile app references.

The page confirms that the local jail has more detail than a roster alone, including custody programs and rules that affect visits, mail, money, and release planning.

Allegany County Detention Center Population

Current Allegany County pages reviewed in June 2026 did not publish a live average daily population for the jail. The most specific capacity figure in the research is historical but official: a Maryland local jails FY2016 population report listed 204 male beds, 30 female beds, and 234 total operating capacity for Allegany County Detention Center. Treat that figure as a historical operating capacity, not a current rated-capacity guarantee.

The jail's program page gives one current program count. It reports an average of 42 inmates receiving daily medication doses through the Medicated Opioid Use Disorder program. That is not the total jail population. It is a program-participation figure, but it helps show why current custody includes more than a name search, booking date, and charge text.

Lookup Allegany Detention Center Inmates

The correct search tool for Allegany County Detention Center is the Allegany County Sheriff's Office inmate search. It is a county jail roster, so it is meant for current local detainees and recent local custody. It is not the right tool for Western Correctional Institution, North Branch Correctional Institution, FCI Cumberland, or immigration custody. For broader custody context, the main Allegany County inmate records page separates those systems.

1. Open the county inmate search and start with Last Name or Nick Name. The form showed an error when both were blank.
2. Add First Name if the last name is common. Sex and race filters can narrow a large result list.
3. Review the results list for name, race, sex, birthdate, booked date, inmate number, and nickname.
4. Open the profile and confirm the active status, booking date and time, inmate number, bond section, charges, and visible mugshot when present.
5. If the person is not listed, call the jail, check Maryland DPSCS for a sentenced state prisoner, or use BOP for federal custody.

Allegany Detention Center Contact

Use the detention center phone line for custody confirmation, visit questions, and immediate local jail issues. Use the Sheriff's Office main office for sheriff administration. For a booking record, mugshot, or jail document not shown online, the county Public Information Act process is the documented fallback channel.

Allegany Detention Center Visits

The official detention FAQ says there is no in-person social visitation at the facility. Visits are virtual and are administered through PayTel. Video visits using equipment at the facility are free. Visits from personal equipment are fee-based. The FAQ did not publish fixed public day-by-day hours, so visitors should check PayTel availability and call the jail when timing matters.

Note: A roster profile can change quickly after bond, court, transfer, or release, so confirm custody before scheduling a visit.

Allegany Detention Center Mail

Personal mail for the jail does not go straight to the Cumberland facility. The county FAQ says it is sent to an off-site scanning address, searched, scanned, and then made available to inmates on tablets. Money, checks, packages, magazines, and newspapers are not accepted through mail. People held at the jail cannot receive incoming phone calls, but they may use collect calls or inmate funds for phone access.

Allegany Detention Center Intake

A local arrest usually leads to intake, identification, property handling, medical and security screening, fingerprints, a booking photo, and entry into the jail-management system. The public roster reflects that process by showing fields such as booking date and time, inmate number, active status, race, sex, birthdate, and charge or case text. A booking is not the same as a conviction, and the roster notice says court disposition should be checked through the District Court of Maryland.

The jail's programs begin early for some people in custody. JSAP, the Jail Substance Abuse Program, works with the Allegany County Health Department and uses the SBIRT model, meaning screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment. The county also describes reentry support for housing, employment, behavioral health, substance-abuse services, job training, documents, clothing, and medical assistance.

About Allegany Detention Center

Allegany County Detention Center sits on the McMullen Highway corrections corridor south of Cumberland, near two state prisons that use different inmate lookup systems. That local geography can confuse searches. A person arrested locally may appear on the county roster, while a person sentenced to a Maryland prison should be checked through DPSCS. A federal sentence points to BOP instead.

The county jail also has a documented mobile-app channel. The Allegany County Sheriff's Office app advertises an inmate list and inmate change-of-status notifications. Maryland VINE is another notification option for custody and case updates. These tools are useful, but the jail phone line remains the best confirmation before travel, bond action, or visit scheduling.