Baltimore City Detention Center Fast Facts
BCDC today is a dozen buildings cobbled together from an original structure that opened in 1807:
- It is one of the busiest city jails in the country.
- The main area of the Men’s Detention Center (the part of the facility that will be closed) presently houses approximately 750 detainees.
- BCDC currently has 772 employees.
- There have been at least 11 major renovations to the facility since it was rebuilt in 1859 to replace the original jail.
- The BCDC complex (which includes many separate areas that will not be closed) houses men, women, and juveniles who are charged as adults.
- BCDC also houses a few short-sentenced inmates for the Division of Correction; the remainder of the population is pre-trial.
- The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services is the only correctional system in America to also operate a large metropolitan jail in addition to state prisons.