• Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center, 300 E. Madison Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-545-8080: booking and intake.
• Other DPDS pretrial units in East Baltimore.

All are part of the Division of Pretrial Detention and Services.

Central Booking on East Madison Street is run by the state, so enter a last name, first name or ID on the DPSCS incarcerated individual locator. It covers state prisons and Baltimore pretrial units. If a new booking is missing, call 410-209-8122. Court data is on Case Search.

Commissioners at 500 N. Calvert Street, 410-878-8990, set first terms, and judges review them. Our Baltimore City bail guide has more.

Ask the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office warrant unit at 410-396-7591; the office is at 100 N. Calvert Street, Room 104, and its main number is 410-396-1155. For a police case, call the Baltimore Police Department. Bring the full legal name and birth date when you ask.

Every city arrest is booked at Central Booking on East Madison Street, and that is also where a planned surrender ends up. Talk with a lawyer before anyone walks in, so the person goes before a commissioner quickly. When the warrant is for a missed date, the clerk may offer a new one instead: Circuit Court clerk, 410-333-3722, at the 100 N. Calvert courthouse; District Court, 500 N. Calvert Street, 410-878-8900.

The Judiciary's case lookup shows a case once it is filed, along with charges and hearing dates, yet it says nothing about whether someone is wanted.

Commissioners at Central Booking look at charges, then choose personal recognizance, conditions, a secured bond, or detention. Those held see a judge at a bail review. Confirm status through the DPSCS locator or customer service lines. Our bail here page covers paying, bondsmen and refunds.

VINELink covers state-run pretrial units on Madison Street. Search by name, choose the right record, then register to hear by phone, SMS or email about release or transfer.

Everyone arrested in Baltimore, or on a city warrant, is booked at Central Booking on East Madison Street, run by the state's Division of Pretrial Detention and Services. Within 24 hours a commissioner at 500 N. Calvert Street, 410-878-8990, explains the charges and rights, checks public defender eligibility and sets terms. A judge reviews them for anyone still held. Our court guide explains later steps.

First appearances and misdemeanors are in one of four District Court buildings, including 500 N. Calvert Street, 410-878-8900. Courthouse East, 111 N. Calvert Street, holds the Circuit Court for felony and jury cases, 410-396-5188. A felony defendant not yet indicted has 10 days after appearing before the commissioner to request a preliminary hearing.

Apply through a commissioner on form DC-099, then go to the city public defender at 201 N. Charles Street, 410-333-4900, with the written eligibility finding. District Court teams also work at the Eastside building, 410-878-8600, and the Hargrove building on Patapsco Avenue, 410-878-8400. Teens charged as adults have a separate youthful defendant unit at 410-209-8680.

Cases from the Calvert Street courthouses appear on Maryland Judiciary Case Search by exact name; the DPSCS locator gives an ID number. Customer service for DPDS gives ID numbers and custody status at 410-209-8122. Case Search shows summaries only; the clerk's office has the full record. A Baltimore summons or must-appear citation, instead of arrest, sets a preliminary inquiry; Baltimore's limit, absent a printed time, is five business days.

Each Madison Street pretrial unit has its own visiting schedule, set by DPSCS, and sometimes cancels visits for weather or security. Call 410-545-8080 before going, and read our visitation guide.

• Calls out of Central Booking are collect or prepaid and recorded; see our phone guide.
• Tablet text messages may be offered; see our email guide.
• Letters need a full name and state ID number; see our mail rules.
• Use our money page and commissary page for funds.

Central Booking's state locator does not show photos. Ask DPSCS public information through its website or the arresting agency. ICE booking photos must be requested through ICE's FOIA office. Federal booking photos are not released to the public or the press, except that the U.S. Marshals Service may publish one while looking for a fugitive.

The federal courthouse is in the city at 101 W. Lombard Street. The clerk of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland answers at 410-962-2600 (Greenbelt division: 301-344-0660). The U.S. Marshals Service district headquarters, 410-962-2220, handles federal prisoners before trial. Once someone is sentenced, the BOP inmate locator shows the prison.

• After Madison Street prints are checked, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may lodge Form I-247A.
• It seeks custody up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). City bail doesn't dissolve it.
• If agents appear at Central Booking within that period, they take the person; otherwise release follows.
• ICE then decides placement. Search the ICE detainee locator with the A-number. The ICE Baltimore Field Office is at 31 Hopkins Plaza, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-637-4000.

Yes; the DPSCS incarcerated individual locator that covers Central Booking also covers state prisons. Our Maryland prisons directory gives addresses.

Youths are handled by the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, 217 E. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-230-3100. The city's juvenile court sits at 300 N. Gay Street, and youths charged as adults can face separate rules on where they are housed.

It is a state program inside DPDS, the agency that runs Central Booking in Baltimore. It reviews criminal history, rates risk for bail review hearings, and supervises defendants released in the community while they wait for trial. It also handles case diversion. Ask about a person's supervision through DPDS customer service, 410-209-8123.

The Baltimore City Detention Center offers mental health, social, educational and rehabilitative programs. A DPDS treatment program begun in 2008 was the first in a state prison system to win federal licenses for methadone use. Teens held on adult charges can attend the Eager Street Academy high school. Call 410-545-8080 about a specific health need.

The Baltimore City Sheriff's Office and the city courts don't ask for payment by phone, text or email, and won't send you a link or QR code to close a case. Scammers have copied real court numbers. Hang up, then call the court or the Sheriff's Office at 410-396-1155 yourself. Report fraud to the Attorney General at 410-528-8662. Our money guide lists real ways to send funds.

Letters to Central Booking need the person's full name and state ID number; see our mail rules. Visiting schedules are set by facility and can be canceled for weather or security, so call 410-545-8080 first and read our visitation guide. Funds go through the commissary page. For property taken at booking, ask DPDS customer service, 410-209-8122.

• Baltimore Police Department, 601 E. Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-637-8875 (Alternative number: 410-369-2020); city services 311.
• Baltimore City Sheriff's Office, 100 N. Calvert Street, Room 104, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-396-1155.
• Baltimore City School Police, 410-396-8590.
• Maryland Transit Administration Police, 410-454-7720, for buses and rail.

The city has no separate towns inside it; every neighborhood is covered by the Baltimore Police Department. Emergencies: 911.