• Howard County Detention Center, 7301 Waterloo Road, Jessup, MD 20794, 410-313-5200.
• Commissioner next door: 7311 Waterloo Road, 410-313-4740, 24 hours.

Search VINELink or call the jail. Charges are on Case Search.

The commissioner next door sets terms, and a judge in Ellicott City reviews them if needed. See our bail guide.

The Howard County Sheriff's Office runs a warrant and fugitive section; call it at 410-313-4174. Police cases go through 410-313-2200. Talk to a lawyer before a surrender.

Waterloo Road in Jessup is where the jail takes people who turn themselves in. A judge sometimes resets a missed hearing when you ask through the clerk: Circuit Court, 9250 Judicial Way, 410-313-2111; District Court, 3451 Courthouse Drive, 410-480-7700.

The Judiciary's case search lists filed charges but does not show warrants.

Commissioners decide soon after booking: signature release, conditions, bond, or none. Anyone held goes before an Ellicott City judge for review. Our local bail page explains payment and refunds.

Yes; the Waterloo Road jail reports to VINELink, which sends free notices by phone, SMS or email upon release or transfer.

The person goes before the commissioner at 3451 Courthouse Drive (weekdays) or Jessup, 410-313-4740 (overnight), 410-480-7720. Charges, rights and release terms are covered there. Anyone not released gets a judge's review at 3451 Courthouse Drive, 410-480-7700, once court sits. See our court page.

Usually District Court, 3451 Courthouse Drive, 410-480-7700. Felony theft can go to Circuit Court, 9250 Judicial Way, 410-313-2111.

Yes, if eligible. Apply with a commissioner on DC-099, then contact the Public Defender, 3451 Courthouse Drive, 410-480-7777.

Ellicott City courts post them on Maryland Judiciary Case Search; use the exact name. Clerk: 410-313-2111. Released with an Ellicott City citation? Jailable charges still need a preliminary inquiry, due in five business days when the paper shows no time.

Call 410-313-5200 for schedules and rules, and see our visitation guide.

• The Jessup jail records calls: our phone guide.
• Message service, if any: our messaging guide.
• Letters: our mail guide.
• Funds: our money page and commissary page.

Ask the Department of Corrections at 410-313-5200 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.

Then Courthouse Drive and Judicial Way are not the courts; federal cases go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; Baltimore clerk 410-962-2600, Greenbelt 301-344-0660. Magistrates handle detention. Marshals for the District of Maryland, 410-962-2220, who hold defendants until trial. Sentenced people: check the BOP inmate locator.

1. Jessup booking prints may prompt ICE Form I-247A.
2. Requested: up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Local bail won't end it.
3. Agents can collect on Waterloo Road during those hours; otherwise the jail releases.
4. ICE determines placement. Search the ICE detainee locator. The ICE Baltimore Field Office is at 31 Hopkins Plaza, 6th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21201, 410-637-4000.

The Jessup prisons are state-run, separate from the Waterloo Road jail, so use the DPSCS locator. Our Maryland prisons directory has addresses.

Department of Juvenile Services intake for the county sits at 3451 Court House Drive, Ellicott City, 410-480-7878. Staff meet the youth with a parent; the case may end, stay informal under supervision, or go to the State's Attorney. No county youth jail exists; the department picks a facility when detention is needed.

Medical attention and counseling are available, and the jail has a behavioral and mental health unit. People convicted of non-violent offenses may qualify for work release, which helps them prepare for jobs after release.

The Waterloo Road jail has resumed in-person visits after its lobby renovation. Lobby lockers hold personal items and need a 50-cent deposit (two quarters), returned when you empty the locker. Read our visit guide and call the jail at 410-313-5200 about hours.

No. Verify with 410-313-2150. Report: 410-528-8662.

Central Booking, run by the Department of Corrections since 2005, 410-313-5300, takes people arrested by county police, state troopers, Natural Resources Police, deputies and Transportation Authority officers. Each person is searched, fingerprinted by live scan sent to the state records system, and photographed. Then the attached commissioner's office holds the first hearing.

The jail lists programs such as AA and NA meetings, anger management, Thinking for a Change, Seeking Safety, domestic violence classes, grief support, re-entry mediation, a life skills and job program, ServSafe food safety, CDL training and religious services. Staff also screen for substance use and refer people to treatment. People convicted of non-violent crimes may qualify for work release.

Call the shift leader at 410-313-5200 and press 0. The jail has a zero-tolerance rule on sexual abuse, and county police look into any report. Hopeworks, the local sexual assault help line, answers 24 hours a day at 410-997-2272.

Ellicott City courts send people to the Community Service Program at the Serenity Center; walk in weekdays 9 to noon or 1 to 4. Bring your court papers, such as the trial summary, probation order or referral, and exactly $40 in cash or a money order. The program office is at 410-884-6088.

The detention center in Jessup opened in 1983, replacing the 1878 Ellicott City jail, which held 12 people. Central Booking moved from the police to the Department of Corrections in March 2005. The department reports full compliance with the Maryland Commission on Correctional Standards since 1980.

• Howard County Police Department, 10741 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044, non-emergency dispatch 410-313-2200 (Alternative number: 410-313-3200).
• Howard County Sheriff's Office, 9250 Judicial Way, Ellicott City, MD 21043, 410-313-2150.
• Maryland State Police, Waterloo Barrack A, 7777 Washington Boulevard, Jessup, MD 20794, 410-379-9700.

The county has no incorporated towns; Columbia, Ellicott City and Laurel's Howard side are all patrolled by county police. Howard Community College Public Safety, Columbia, 443-518-5500. MTA Police, for MARC trains at Dorsey, Jessup and Savage, 410-454-7720. Transportation Authority Police, who bring their arrests to Central Booking, answer at 410-537-7777. Emergencies: 911.