About Us
The Frederick County Adult Detention Center is a full service correctional facility offering all available alternatives to incarceration to include:
- Pretrial services
- Home detention
- Alternative sentencing / community service
- Work release, as well as traditional incarcerations and imprisonment for offenders either awaiting trial or sentenced to the Frederick County Adult Detention Center
Sentenced offenders are incarcerated at a local correctional facility for a maximum of 18 months. For any sentence greater than 18 months, the offender will be sent to the Maryland Department of Public Safety / Division of Corrections.
Corrections Bureau
The Corrections Bureau is comprised of a total of 185 employees which include:
- 125 correctional officers
- 33 civilian staff
- 3 county maintenance technicians
- 24 positions managed under contractual services to include state and federal grants
- This does not include over 150 estimated volunteers who provide valuable services and programs to the incarcerated and community-based offender population