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Washington County Jail Roster Overview

The official county custody source is the Washington County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search. The Sheriff's Office is headquartered at 500 Western Maryland Parkway in Hagerstown, and Sheriff Brian K. Albert leads the full-service agency that includes road patrol, investigations, courthouse security, and the Washington County Detention Center. The public roster is hosted through the sheriff's OCV website and app platform and is designed for current county jail custody, not for every person with a criminal case in the Circuit Court or District Court.

Use the roster for current local custody. Use Maryland Judiciary Case Search for public court docket events, charges, hearings, and dispositions in the Circuit Court for Washington County or the District Court of Maryland for Washington County. Use the Maryland DPSCS inmate locator for sentenced state-prison custody, and the Maryland sex offender registry for registry information. Federal custody is outside the county jail roster.

Official source: the sheriff's Inmate Search page shows the roster interface used for Washington County custody checks.

The roster image is useful because it shows the search field and repeated inmate-card format that users encounter before opening any charge details.

How to Use the Washington County Inmate Roster

The sheriff's roster is the first stop when a person may be in the Washington County Detention Center. It is also a practical follow-up after a warrant, new arrest, District Court commissioner hearing, or failure-to-appear issue. Because release dates are confidential under the sheriff FAQ and not made public, a roster match should be treated as a custody snapshot rather than a promise about future release.

1. Open the Sheriff Inmate Search from the sheriff website, OCV app share page, or sheriff quick links.
2. Enter a name or keyword in the roster search field. Try last name first when a full name produces no match.
3. Review the visible inmate cards for the name, photo area, and public charge link or charge block.
4. Open the result details where available and compare the custody information with Maryland Case Search for court dates and case status.
5. If the person is not listed but may have been booked recently, call Booking Intake at 240-313-2137 or the Detention Center at 240-313-2133.

Roster Search Fields

The public page does not publish a complex form with separate first-name, last-name, and booking-number boxes. Research captured a single roster keyword search field and repeated inmate cards. The table below preserves that field inventory instead of inventing extra search labels.

What an Inmate Profile Shows

The sheriff roster and the public OCV data feed support a limited field inventory. Some details commonly expected on jail websites, such as bond amount, housing pod, court date, arresting agency, and booking date, were not confirmed in the rendered public capture. Those items should be verified by calling the Detention Center or checking Case Search, rather than assumed from the roster.

Washington County Jail Facility

Washington County has one official county detention facility identified in the research. The available sheriff pages did not publish a verified capacity number, so capacity is not listed. The contact paths below are useful because different questions go to different phone lines: booking status, property, inmate programs, records, medical, or general detention assistance.

Detention leadership identified in official sheriff material includes Warden Major Craig Rowe, Assistant Warden Captain Edward S. Long, and Captain / Chief of Security Captain Todd Faith.

Visitation and Video Visits

Washington County Detention Center uses ViaPath / GettingOut for video visitation. The sheriff's visitation page says that beginning July 12, 2023, the Detention Center transitioned to a new Video Visitation platform using GettingOut.com. The platform is labeled VisitNow and allows incarcerated people to initiate on-demand video visits with approved friends and family contacts. The sheriff FAQ states there are no set visiting hours because inmates initiate visits by tablet and contacts accept or decline.

Official source: the sheriff's Visitation Information page explains the ViaPath / GettingOut VisitNow process.

The visitation source matters because Washington County does not publish a traditional day-by-day visiting-hour schedule for ordinary family video visits.

Phone Calls, App Access, and Status Alerts

Inmate phone accounts are handled through ViaPath and ConnectNetwork. People who want to receive calls from an inmate can call ViaPath at 800-483-8314 for Advance Pay or 855-706-2445 for PIN Debit. The sheriff page also points users to ConnectNetwork online and the related mobile app. For messaging, search for GettingOut rather than treating phone calls and video messaging as the same account.

Official source: the sheriff's Phone An Inmate page lists the ViaPath phone numbers and ConnectNetwork route.

The phone-account source separates call funding from commissary funding, which helps avoid sending money to the wrong service.

The sheriff site advertises the official Washington County Sheriff's Office app through the OCV app share page, Apple App Store ID 6476688942, and Google Play app id com.ocv.a1077. The website and app share the same OCV content platform, including inmate search, most wanted, sex offenders, submit a tip, news and alerts, PIA requests, detention information, visitation, bail, phone, mail, commissary, and resource map features. Because the website also exposes the inmate search, do not treat inmate lookup as app-only.

Commissary and JPay Deposits

Commissary deposits use JPay. The sheriff's commissary page says users can deposit money online with a credit or debit card at JPay by clicking Send Money and entering the inmate ID. The official data also identifies JPay agency ID 119. Phone deposits are available through a 24-hour call center at 800-574-5729, with agents available in English and Spanish. The inmate account is credited within 24 hours, not including weekends and banking holidays.

Official source: the sheriff's Commissary page gives the JPay online and phone deposit options.

The commissary page is the correct source for inmate funds because it includes the JPay workflow and the 24-hour phone deposit line.

The sheriff FAQ adds that the Detention Center lobby has a kiosk available 24/7. The kiosk accepts cash, credit card, or debit card and does not accept checks or money orders. Money received through the mail will be returned to sender. Property is not accepted at the Detention Center, and inmates must purchase items such as clothing basics and sneakers through commissary.

Official source: the sheriff's Detention FAQ covers release-date confidentiality, the lobby kiosk, commissary property limits, and money-by-mail handling.

The FAQ fills in practical details that are not visible in a roster result, especially the rule that release dates are confidential.

Booking, Bail, and Commissioner Contacts

After an arrest, booking status may appear in the sheriff roster once the person is processed and the public system updates. Bond and commissioner questions are separate from the roster. The sheriff bail page says most District Court bonds are posted at the District Court Commissioner's office just outside Central Booking at 500 Western Maryland Parkway. The District Court Commissioner / Central Booking bond contact is 240-313-2840.

During court hours, Circuit Court bonds must be posted through Circuit Court at 95 W. Washington Street in Hagerstown between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, although some Circuit Court bonds can be posted through the Commissioner's Office after hours. Court-record and docket questions tied to a Circuit Court case can also involve Kevin R. Tucker, Clerk of the Circuit Court, at the Andrew F. Wilkinson Courthouse, 24 Summit Avenue. The sheriff instructs people to contact the District Court Commissioner's Office to determine whether a District or Circuit bond can be posted there and how to post it. For court docket status, use Case Search or the issuing court rather than relying only on custody status.

When the County Roster Does Not Find a Person

No roster result can mean several different things. The person may not have been booked yet, may have been released, may be held in another Maryland county, may be in sentenced state custody, may be in federal custody, or may only have a court case without current custody. Start with the Washington County Detention Center phone lines for recent county custody, then branch to the proper state or court source.

• Current county custody: Sheriff Inmate Search, Detention Center 240-313-2133, or Booking Intake 240-313-2137.
• Public court case status: Maryland Judiciary Case Search for Circuit Court and District Court docket entries.
• Sentenced Maryland prison custody: Maryland DPSCS inmate locator.
• Registry status: Maryland DPSCS sex offender registry.
• Sheriff agency records: sheriff Public Information Act page and the NextRequest portal for records not posted online.
• Custody notifications: use the roster's VINELink status notification link when available.