• Garrett County Detention Center, 311 E. Alder Street, Oakland, MD 21550, 301-334-5055.
• Commissioner: 239 E. Alder Street, Oakland, 301-334-8030.

The Sheriff's arrest log lists recent arrests by the Sheriff's Office. It is not a full custody list. Use VINELink or call the jail to confirm, and Case Search for charges.

Terms set down the street by the commissioner, then posting them; a held defendant gets a judge's review later. See our bail guide.

Call the Garrett County Sheriff's Office at 301-334-1911, or look at the outstanding warrants list on the Sheriff's home page. Oakland Police can check city cases. Give the full name and birth date.

A person who surrenders at the Alder Street jail can usually see the commissioner the same day, and a lawyer helps. Clerks in Oakland handle requests for a new hearing date: Circuit Court, 203 S. 4th Street, 301-334-1937; District Court, 205 South Third Street, 301-334-8020.

The state's case lookup has filed charges and court dates, though no warrants.

Oakland's commissioner sets terms after booking, from signature release to secured bond. Garrett detainees still held see a District Court judge next session. Our bail in this county page covers payment.

Yes. VINELink offers free Garrett release or transfer alerts by phone, SMS or email.

Step one: the commissioner, Alder Street, 301-334-8030, within 24 hours. Step two, only if still held: bail review before a judge at Third Street, 301-334-8020, the next time court sits. Felony defendants not yet indicted have 10 days to ask for a preliminary hearing. See our court guide.

Circuit Court at Fourth Street, 301-334-1937. Other cases: Third Street, 301-334-8020.

A commissioner decides, using form DC-099 and proof of income such as two recent pay stubs. Then reach the office at 2100 Starlite Plaza, 301-334-9196. Eligibility questions: 833-453-9799.

Summaries on Maryland Judiciary Case Search; full files with the clerk, 301-334-1937. No booking, only an Oakland summons? It may set a preliminary inquiry before a judicial officer; no time given means within five business days.

Family visits are scheduled and paid for through the jail's video provider. Attorneys can meet in person or by phone or video after their credentials are verified. See our visitation guide or call 301-334-5055.

• Only legal mail goes to the jail. Personal letters go to an off-site processing center, which scans them for viewing on tablets; address them to Garrett County Detention Center, the person's name and ID number, 5263, P.O. Box 18247, Greensboro, NC 27419. See our mail guide.
• No money, checks, magazines or packages are accepted by mail.
• Calls: our phone guide. Messages: our messaging guide.
• Funds: our money page and commissary page.

Possibly; call the Sheriff's Office at 301-334-1911. 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.

Then the Oakland courts are not involved; federal charges go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; clerk 410-962-2600 (Baltimore) or 301-344-0660 (Greenbelt). Detention hinges on a magistrate. People charged federally answer to the U.S. Marshals, 410-962-2220, who hold federal defendants. Sentenced? See the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE may lodge Form I-247A at Alder Street.
2. Requested: up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Bail in this county leaves it standing.
3. Agents may reach Oakland then; with no pickup, releases.
4. ICE chooses the next facility. Use the ICE detainee locator. The ICE Baltimore Field Office is at 31 Hopkins Plaza, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-637-4000.

Yes; once someone leaves Alder Street for state prison, use the DPSCS locator and our Maryland prisons directory.

Youth cases go to the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, 217 E. Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, 410-230-3100.

The Alder Street jail sends personal mail to an off-site center, where it is scanned so the person reads it on a tablet. No money or packages are accepted by mail; family can order approved packages instead. Funds can be put on the account at the lobby kiosk, electronically or by phone, and people with no funds get indigent kits. See our mail page and money page.

The Oakland jail has no in-person visits. Visits are by video and must be set up and paid for in advance by the visitor; calls into the jail are not accepted. Read our visiting guide and call 301-334-5055 with questions.

The Sheriff's Office, 301-334-1911. Scam reports: 410-528-8662.

Ask 301-334-5055 first; Alder Street jail property pickup too.

Local agencies, including the Sheriff's Office, 301-334-1911, and Oakland police, 301-334-2691, reported 357 serious crimes in 2020, by Maryland's open data county table from State Police data. That was 64 violent and 293 property crimes, about 1,240 per 100,000 people, down from 532 in 2010.

Garrett County Detention Center, 301-334-5055, takes no items by mail, but families may order approved packages from the jail's package vendor online or by phone. People with no money get free kits with hygiene and writing supplies. Account funds also pay for calls, medical fees and tablet entertainment. See our commissary page.

• Oakland Police Department, 301-334-2691.
• Garrett County Sheriff's Office, 311 E. Alder Street, Oakland, MD 21550, 301-334-1911.
• Maryland State Police, McHenry Barrack W, 67 Friendsville Road, McHenry, MD 21541, 301-387-1101.

Accident, Deer Park, Friendsville, Grantsville, Kitzmiller, Loch Lynn Heights and Mountain Lake Park each lack town police; the sheriff's office and McHenry troopers respond. Emergencies: 911.