MCIH ~ Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown

Facility Administration

Warden: Joseph Sacchet, CCE
Assistant Warden: D. Kenneth Horning
Chief of Security: David Wade

Address

18601 Roxbury Road
Hagerstown, Maryland 21746
240-420-1000

Information

Security Level: Medium
Year Opened: 1932


The Maryland Correctional Institution--Hagerstown is an adult male correctional institution located just south of Hagerstown. It is the oldest of three state prisons in the area, located on some 800 acres of land, just off Maryland Route 65 on Roxbury Road. The construction of the facility, adjacent houses and several barns was initiated in the early 1930's with the use of inmate labor. The limestone used in construction was cut and hauled from nearby quarries and laid in place by inmates under the watchful eye of expert stonemasons. The entire construction of the facility was not completed until 1942.

Today, MCI-H is classified as a medium security facility and houses some 2,000 convicted felons. Since the construction of the main prison, some additional housing areas have been added which include a 128 bed dormitory unit, a 192 bed unit [used as a prototype for the construction of other state facilities now in use] which has double occupancy and three Quonset huts house 340 inmates in a dormitory environment. Eight annexes in the basement of the main building also provide housing for another 192 inmates, again in a dormitory setting. Most cells within the institution contain two inmates. Inmates on segregation or special custody are housed in single cells due to behavior or security concerns.

Visiting Information PLEASE SEE 2nd POST FOR CHANGES

General Population:

Monday and Friday
9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday
9:00 a.m.. - 3:00 p.m.

Administrative Segregation

Monday and Friday
9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Disciplinary Segregation:

Monday or Friday
9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

General Information:

Visitor registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Visitors must arrive at the Visitor's Center prior to 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Monday and Friday. Visitors must arrive at the Visitor's Center prior to 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. Every effort shall be made to provide a one hour visit (subject to space availability). A visitor's name must appear on the inmate's visiting list or the visit shall not be permitted.

General population inmates are allowed two (2) visits per week, with one (1) additional visit on State Holidays. You may have a visit in the morning and again in the afternoon; however, this shall count as two separate visits. On Saturday, Sundays and Holidays when a visitor signs out of the Visitor's Center upon completion of a visit, they shall not be permitted to register again to start a second visit with the same inmate they visited earlier that day. The visitor may register to visit a different inmate. That same inmate may receive a another visit from a different party, providing he has not received is allotted visits for that week.

A five-day (5) grace period will be extended to those inmates from the time they have been placed on Administrative Segregation or Disciplinary Segregation, for visits to occur on any scheduled visiting days. This provision may be applied as the visit does not pose a threat to the safety and security of the institution, staff or visitors.

Disciplinary Segregation inmates shall receive only one (1) visit per week. Segregation visits will be held in the main building only.

Visiting on weekend shall be on a digital basis. That is, inmates with commitment numbers ending in odd digits (1,3,5,7 and 9) may receive visits on an odd numbered days. Inmates with commitment numbers ending in even digits (0,2,4,6,8) may receive visits on even numbered days.

{If anyone has any additional information on this location that you could add, it would greatly be appreciated!}



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