Queen Anne's County Jail Overview
The official facility name is Queen Anne's County Detention Center. It is operated by the Queen Anne's County Department of Corrections as a local adult detention center and county jail, not as a Maryland state prison. The county identifies Warden LaMonte Cooke as the facility administrator. Sheriff Gary Hofmann and the Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff are important to arrests, law-enforcement records, and public-safety information, but the jail itself is a county Department of Corrections facility.
The detention center serves the courts, local police agencies, and state police agencies that bring adult detainees into local custody. That means the Queen Anne's County Detention Center inmate lookup path is different from a sentenced state-prison search. A fresh arrest, a pretrial hold, a local sentence, or a person waiting for court is a county jail matter. A person committed to the Maryland Commissioner of Correction after sentencing should be searched through the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, not treated as still housed at the county jail.
The county directory entry for the Detention Center confirms the Little Hut Drive facility contact information and fax line. The county detention page also lists programs and jail services, including drug and alcohol addiction classes, GED preparation, health care, library and legal access, three meals daily, recreation, and religious services. Those services matter for families because they show that the facility handles daily custody needs, medical access, legal access, and structured programming in one local jail setting.
The county detention page is the source for this facility screenshot: official Queen Anne's County Detention Center page.
The county page is useful because it puts facility history, jail services, mail rules, money-deposit information, and contact details in one official location.
Queen Anne's County Jail Capacity
Queen Anne's County has unusually detailed public history for the detention center's capacity. The county history says the original design had 40 beds, then was increased to 80 before opening. A 1990 U.S. Marshals-funded dormitory addition added 24 beds and brought the facility to 104. A 2009 modular housing project added a 24-bed male dormitory and a 20-bed female unit with full cells, taking the county-stated historical capacity to 148 beds.
State and county planning materials give more recent population context. Maryland's FY2025 local jail capital analysis lists Queen Anne's Q4 2023 operating capacity as 152 and FY2023 average daily population as 60. A 2025 county opioid and local abatement plan refers to an average daily inmate population of 106 in a behavioral-health planning context. The figures are not contradictory for page purposes because they come from different source years and program contexts. They show that population, operating capacity, and treatment needs must be read together.
| Measure | Figure | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Historical capacity after 2009 expansion | 148 beds | Official county detention center history |
| Q4 2023 operating capacity | 152 | Maryland FY2025 local jail capital analysis |
| FY2023 average daily population | 60 | Maryland FY2025 local jail capital analysis |
| 2025 abatement-plan ADP reference | 106 | County opioid and local abatement planning materials |
Queen Anne's County Inmate Lookup
No standard browser-accessible Queen Anne's County online jail roster was located on the official county or sheriff sites. That makes the lookup sequence important. For a current Queen Anne's County Detention Center inmate search, start with the detention center phone line, then use the Queen Anne's Sheriff and DES app if available. The app store listings advertise inmate search, but the field layout was not visible from a desktop browser. For custody notifications, use Maryland VINELink. For court charges, use Maryland Judiciary Case Search rather than treating the court file as the jail roster.
- Call Queen Anne's County Detention Center at 410-758-3817 for current local custody status, booking-number questions, and visit scheduling.
- Use the Queen Anne's Sheriff and DES app from the official app stores if you need the advertised inmate-search feature.
- Check Maryland VINELink for custody status and notification, especially when the public web roster is not available.
- Search DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator only for people committed to Maryland state custody after transfer.
- Use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System only when the custody path is federal or immigration related.
Important: The county jail, DPSCS, BOP, and ICE locators are separate systems. A negative result in one does not clear the others.
Queen Anne's County Jail Contact
The main facility contact is the Detention Center itself. Use the jail number for current custody, scheduling visits, booking identifiers needed for deposits, and facility-specific questions. Use the sheriff's public-information process for official sheriff records, incident reports, body-camera records, or police records held by the Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff. Sheriff Gary Hofmann's office is separate from the Department of Corrections operation, but the sheriff's records process can matter when an arrest record or report is the document being requested.
Queen Anne's County Detention Center
500 Little Hut Drive
Centreville, MD 21617
410-758-3817
Fax: 410-758-2485
Administrative office: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Custody operation: 24 hours a day
Queen Anne's County Office of the Sheriff
505 Railroad Avenue
Centreville, MD 21617
410-758-0770
Emergency: 911
Public records may be routed through the sheriff public-information request process.
Queen Anne's County Jail Visits
Visitation is appointment-based. The official Detention Center FAQ says to call 410-758-3817 and select option 2 to schedule visitation. Walk-ins are not allowed. The FAQ also says no visits occur during shift change or meal periods, and visitation hours depend on the incarcerated person's placement. That means a visitor should confirm the person's housing and approved visit time before traveling to Centreville.
| Visit Issue | Official Detail | Practical Note |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Call 410-758-3817, option 2 | Use this before arrival because no walk-ins are allowed. |
| Schedule | Based on incarcerated person's placement | Confirm the correct block when scheduling. |
| Blackout time | 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | No visitation during meal or shift-change periods. |
| Blackout time | 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. | Do not plan arrival during this window. |
| Dress code | Revealing clothing is not permitted | Mini skirts, short shorts, halter tops, bathing suits, tank tops, and tube tops are listed as barred examples. |
The county FAQ is the source for this visitation and services screenshot: official Queen Anne's County Detention Center FAQ.
The FAQ screenshot supports the main visitor rules because it shows the same county source used for scheduling, dress code, phone accounts, mail limits, and deposits.
Queen Anne's County Jail Services
Mail, phones, video visits, and money all use specific jail rules. Families should confirm the incarcerated person's name, current booking number when needed, and Securus ID before sending anything. Access Corrections deposits are not the same as court bail. They fund an incarcerated person's account and certain probation or parole payments. Bail questions should be confirmed with the jail or court before payment because the public detention page does not publish a bail-payment counter, accepted bail methods, or bond-posting hours.
| Mail Type | Address or Rule |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Incarcerated individual's name and Securus ID #, Queen Anne's County Detention Center, MD, C/O Securus DMC, PO Box 20245, Tampa, FL 33622. |
| Legal mail and publications | May go directly to Queen Anne's County Detention Center, 500 Little Hut Drive, Centreville, MD 21617, when allowed. |
| Scanning | Personal mail is scanned and made available on tablets or kiosks. |
| Destruction | Physical personal mail is destroyed 60 days after upload. |
| Returned items | Packages, certified mail, Amazon packages, cash, checks, photos, stickers, padded envelopes, and many non-paper items are restricted or returned. |
| Phone or Video Service | Provider / Method | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Phone account | Securus | The FAQ says to call 1-800-844-6591 to set up a phone account. |
| Video visits | Securus Video Connect | Friends, family, attorneys, and public officials may use app, computer, or tablet access. |
| Mail viewing | Securus tablets or kiosks | Digitized personal mail is viewed through the facility's electronic system. |
| Money Option | Detail |
|---|---|
| Online deposit | Access Corrections |
| Phone deposit or help | 866-345-1884 |
| Lobby kiosk | The FAQ says a kiosk is available in the QAC Detention Center lobby. |
| Required identifier | The FAQ says the current booking number is required. |
Queen Anne's County Booking
A person arrested in Queen Anne's County may be taken to the Detention Center unless released by citation, diverted, transferred under a different authority, or processed through a juvenile, federal, or other special path. Jail intake normally confirms identity, arrest or charging information, property, medical needs, and security concerns. The county does not publish a step-by-step public booking manual, so families should not assume that a new booking will appear on a web roster after a set number of hours.
Maryland's local criminal process can begin through a warrantless arrest, a statement of charges from a District Court Commissioner, charging documents filed by the State's Attorney, or an indictment. After arrest, a commissioner or judge may make an initial bail decision. If bail is set and cannot be posted, a bail review can follow. The jail booking record and the court record are related but separate. The jail confirms custody and identifiers. The court record shows charges, dates, and disposition.
- Booking number
- A local custody identifier. Queen Anne's deposits through Access Corrections require the current booking number.
- Securus ID
- An identifier used for digitized mail and tablet or kiosk access in the jail communication system.
- Classification
- The jail process that helps assign housing, supervision level, security needs, and program referrals.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can affect release even if local bail is resolved.
Directions to Queen Anne's Jail
The official physical address is 500 Little Hut Drive, Centreville, MD 21617. Little Hut Drive sits in the Centreville area near county government and court traffic. From the Bay Bridge and US-50/US-301 corridor, drivers generally head east or north toward Centreville and then use local navigation to Little Hut Drive. From northern Queen Anne's County, drivers come south through the Church Hill and Centreville area. From the Delaware line or Sudlersville side, use Maryland routes into Centreville and then local navigation.
No official public-transit route, visitor parking-rate detail, or ADA visitor entrance detail was located in the county jail pages. Call 410-758-3817 before a visit if mobility access, the visitor entrance, or parking is important. Because visits are by appointment and no walk-ins are allowed, arrival planning should start with the scheduling call rather than the map alone.
Queen Anne's County Jail Programs
The detention center has a long local history. The county says the older Queen Anne's County Jail was closed after jail-standards concerns, and the current Department of Corrections was created with LaMonte Cooke hired as the first appointed warden in 1987. The new detention center began operations in 1988. Later expansions added dormitory and modular housing space. The facility also installed solar panels in 2011 through a Maryland Energy Administration grant, and the RESET Program was later featured in two A&E "Beyond Scared Straight" episodes.
Current program detail is strongest around substance-use treatment and reentry. County materials say the jail participates in medication-assisted treatment, often called MAT, and a June 2025 grant packet described treatment, counseling, post-release support, University of Maryland telemedicine, Wellpath medical support, a proposed part-time Certified Medication Technician, and a Peer Support Specialist. The 2025 local abatement plan also identified lack of a dedicated reentry program as a gap and set goals for navigation help with housing, employment, health care, mental health, and substance-use treatment after discharge.
Replacement planning is also part of the facility context. The former Eastern Pre-Release Unit at 700 Flat Iron Square Road near Church Hill is not an active jail page for this build and should not be described as currently holding inmates. Official 2025 materials say the closed state property was transferred to Queen Anne's County and considered for a Mid Shore regional detention center. After Kent and Caroline counties could not commit, Queen Anne's County moved toward replacing its own existing detention center at that former EPRU site to address modern medical, mental-health, classification, segregation, juvenile-service, and population-management needs.
Note: Confirm custody, visit approval, parking, and mail identifiers with the Detention Center before traveling or sending funds.