This is a private reference site, not a Charles County government office. It cannot verify whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official office or locator that controls the record you need.
Where to Start for Custody or Records
For Charles County jail questions, the main local facility is the Charles County Detention Center, 6905 Crain Highway, La Plata, MD 20646. The county directory lists 301-932-3100, and the CCSO detention page lists 301-932-3101 as a detention contact. CCSO Headquarters is at 6915 Crain Highway, PO Box 189, La Plata, MD 20646, phone 301-609-6400, with posted office hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; non-emergency calls go to 301-932-2222. Sheriff Troy D. Berry leads the agency. Police records and Maryland Public Information Act requests go through ccso-md.nextrequest.com, while Charles County Circuit Court record requests are handled by Joyce Tippett, Charles County Circuit Court, 200 Charles Street, La Plata, MD 20646, phone 301-932-3202.
- For a person believed to be in the county jail, begin with jail inmate records and the detention center phone numbers.
- For booking photos or related release limits, see jail roster mugshots and use the CCSO NextRequest portal when a public record request is needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Maryland Case Search, or the Charles County Circuit Court records office.
- For a specific local custody location, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Maryland state prisoner, search the Maryland DPSCS locator at dpscs.maryland.gov/services/ii-locator.shtml and consider Maryland VINE at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/MD/ENGLISH for custody notifications.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator or the ICE locator at locator.ice.gov.