Find Garrett County Detention Center Releases

Detention Center Release Paths

Garrett County Detention Center is the county’s conventional local jail. It holds pretrial detainees, people serving court-imposed local sentences, and people waiting for transfer to another jurisdiction. That mix matters when a person no longer appears to be in the building. A bond or recognizance order may return someone to the community while the case continues. A completed local sentence may end jail custody. A court can also place a person in Home Detention or Pre-Trial Services. In other cases, the Sheriff may deliver the person to state, federal, immigration, or another county custody.

The release destination is not shown by a missing live entry. The Sheriff’s official Arrest Log can retain an entry marked RELEASED, but that label does not disclose the time, legal basis, destination, or conditions. A transfer ends Garrett County Detention Center custody without creating a community release. Confirm the distinction through the jail record, court order, and any receiving agency named in the record.

Confirm a Detention Center Release

Start with the county source, then follow the custody trail. The official log is an arrest history with current and monthly pages, not a complete live jail census. Its visible date is the arrest or booking date. It is not a separately labeled release date. An entry marked PENDING also does not prove that the person is still inside at the exact moment of the search.

1. Open the Sheriff Arrest Log and select the month when the arrest occurred. Use the browser’s find tool if the month contains many cards.
2. Open the matching detail and compare the name, arrest date, and photograph. Do not rely on a shared name alone.
3. Read the status as written. Treat RELEASED, SENTENCED, and PENDING as broad log labels, not full legal outcomes.
4. Search Maryland Judiciary Case Search for the Garrett County case. Review bond, disposition, sentence, and docket events.
5. Call the detention center for a current event or request the release sheet for the exact date, time, authority, and transfer destination.
6. If the record names another custodian, continue with that system rather than treating departure from Garrett as final release.

A named-person search across county, state, and federal channels is covered more fully on the Garrett County released-inmates home page. For this facility, the Sheriff record remains the first source because the jail created the local custody event.

Note: Record the date and time of each check because log status and custody can change after a court or transfer event.

Detention Center Release Records

A historical release sheet should identify more than the public web card. Ask for the existing booking and release record by full name and a narrow booking date range. Useful requested fields include booking and release date and time, release type or authority, custody-status history, any transfer or receiving agency, and the booking photograph. Give a date of birth, case number, or booking identifier when known. This reduces false matches and helps staff locate the right file.

For Sheriff-specific records, contact the Sheriff at the facility address or use Garrett County’s public-information request form. The county PIA contact can route a request if needed. Maryland’s Public Information Act concerns existing records; it does not require the office to build a new report or invent a list it does not keep. Ask for electronic delivery and a fee estimate before staff incur a charge above a limit you set.

Detention Center Contact Details

Direct contact is the best route for a recent release when the web log has not caught up or the status does not explain the destination. Staff may limit information for safety, privacy, or state-law reasons. Ask a narrow question: whether the person remains in Garrett custody, whether an existing release record can be requested, and which office handles the request. The Sheriff does not publish a visitor-facing release counter schedule, a release gate, or routine release hours, so callers should not assume the lobby is a pickup point.

For record and fee questions, the Sheriff lists Diana Collins at 301-334-1910 and dcollins@garrettcountymd.gov. The published fee schedule does not name a price for a release sheet or clearly say that its photograph fee covers a booking image. Request a written estimate rather than promising a fixed cost.

Garrett Detention Center Custody

The official Detention Center description reports seven custody units, 72 general-population beds, and four holding cells. It says people may be held on bond or without bond, may serve a court-imposed sentence, or may await transfer. These are facility facts, not a count of releases. State capacity material for an earlier reporting quarter listed an average population of 52 and a peak of 71. Those period-specific figures should never be restated as current occupancy.

The linked facility source and following image document the operator and present secure-custody context.

The image connects the local release search to the Sheriff page that describes who the jail holds and why transfers occur.

The facility’s mix explains why status must be checked against the legal case. A sentenced person can remain in the local jail, move to a Maryland Division of Correction facility, or finish the custodial term. A pretrial detainee can receive bond, recognizance, Home Detention, or Pre-Trial Services. Someone awaiting another jurisdiction can leave the building in handoff custody. The same physical exit can therefore have very different legal meaning.

Detention Center ICE Transfers

Garrett County previously participated in a federal ICE 287(g) arrangement. Official county and state materials report that Maryland legislation ended that arrangement in February 2026. The Sheriff said legally appropriate coordination concerning impending releases would continue. That history must not be described as a current county detention contract or proof that ICE holds a given person.

When a jail record suggests an immigration detainer or transfer, check the ICE Online Detainee Locator directly. ICE accepts a nine-digit A-number with country of birth or biographical search data and excludes minors from public results. Its limited recent-release coverage does not form a permanent archive. A Garrett County RELEASED label only states the local log category. It does not rule out custody by ICE or another sovereign.

Note: A detainer is another agency’s request concerning custody, not proof by itself that a community release occurred.

Detention Center Release History

The Sheriff dates the current Garrett County Detention Center to 1978 and says it was originally built for 22 people. A later Sheriff history feature reported a maximum occupancy of 70 and an average daily population of 55. The current facility page instead describes 72 general-population beds plus holding cells. Those facts use different dates and measures. They illustrate the jail’s change over time but should not be blended into one capacity claim.

The official Arrest Log provides another part of the local history. At the research date, month links ran from August 2024 through July 2026, and older released cards remained online. This observed archive is helpful for a Garrett County Detention Center release search, but it is not a formal retention promise. The first visible month may move. For earlier or more complete material, request the government record instead of assuming the webpage is the entire file.

Detention Center Release Pickup

No official source publishes a routine exit point, waiting place, weekend protocol, release-processing time, property-return checklist, or transportation handoff for Garrett County Detention Center. Call 301-334-5055 before travel and ask where a permitted pickup should occur. A court decision can happen outside clerk-office hours, but commissioner coverage does not establish when the jail will finish release processing.

Garrett Transit Service operates a demand-response model rather than a guaranteed jail stop. A released person or family should confirm the exit location, reservation lead time, service hours, fare, and accessibility needs with the provider and facility. Never promise a gate pickup. Court paperwork, another hold, identity checks, property processing, and transport arrangements can affect timing even after a release order exists.