Mid Shore Regional Jail Status
Mid Shore Regional Detention Center is planned as a regional adult detention center serving Queen Anne's, Caroline, and Kent counties. Official Queen Anne's County and Maryland bond documents place the project at 700 Flat Iron Square Road in Church Hill, Maryland, on the former Eastern Pre-Release Unit site. The research is clear on the most important user point: this is not the current Kent County jail.
Until the regional facility is placed in service, Kent County Detention Center remains the active primary facility for Kent County local custody. People arrested in Kent County should not be assumed to be at Mid Shore Regional Detention Center. Current custody, mail, money, PayTel, and visitation questions still begin with the Kent County Detention Center, while state-sentenced people are searched through the Maryland DPSCS locator.
Important: Do not present Mid Shore Regional Detention Center as an active roster, booking, mugshot, or visitation facility for Kent County.
Mid Shore Planned Capacity
The planned facility is described in official documents as a 338-bed regional detention center with 146,667 new gross square feet. Those are project-planning figures, not a live population count. The facility has no public Kent County inmate roster, no current booking feed, and no active public visitation schedule in the reviewed research because it has not been placed in service.
| Project Fact | Documented Detail |
|---|---|
| Facility status | Planned regional facility, not current jail |
| Member jurisdictions | Queen Anne's, Caroline, and Kent counties |
| Prime member | Queen Anne's County |
| Planned capacity | 338 beds |
| New gross square footage | 146,667 |
Mid Shore Inmate Lookup Limits
Because Mid Shore Regional Detention Center is not active, it should not be treated as a live lookup source for Kent County inmate records. Current Kent County local custody checks start with the active county jail. If a person has been committed to state custody after sentencing, use the Maryland DPSCS Incarcerated Individual Locator. If the person is in federal or immigration custody, use the federal locator system that matches that custody type.
- For a current Kent County arrest, call Kent County Detention Center first.
- For custody notifications, check Maryland VINE as a supplemental tool.
- For filed charges and court dates, use Maryland Judiciary Case Search or the courthouse records path.
- For sentenced state custody, search DPSCS rather than a county jail record.
- For future Mid Shore custody, wait for the operating authority to publish the active records and visitation process.
The planned regional model may eventually change where Kent County detainees are housed after local booking. It does not change the present lookup rule. Mid Shore Regional Detention Center has no live inmate page in the research file.
Mid Shore Planned Address
The project address comes from official regional detention planning and bond materials. Research did not locate an active jail phone number, public front desk, visitation desk, or records unit for Mid Shore Regional Detention Center. Until the facility opens, Kent County users should use the active Kent County Detention Center for local custody questions and county administrators or project documents for construction and governance questions.
Mid Shore Regional Detention Center
700 Flat Iron Square Road
Church Hill, MD
Not placed in service
Use Kent County Detention Center for current Kent custody
Mid Shore Visitation Rules
No active Mid Shore Regional Detention Center visitation schedule, visitor approval process, ID rule, dress code, phone vendor, video visit platform, or lobby hours were located in the reviewed research. That is expected for a planned facility. The rules should come from the operating authority after the facility is placed in service, not from Kent County's current jail page and not from state-prison visitation rules.
| Visitation Item | Current Research Status | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visiting | Not published | Facility is planned, not operating |
| Video visitation | Not published | No active vendor located |
| Visitor approval | Not published | Operating rules still need confirmation |
| Mail and money rules | Not published | Do not borrow Kent County Detention Center rules for the future facility |
For present visits with a Kent County detainee, call Kent County Detention Center before traveling. The planned regional facility should not be used as the visit destination unless an official future operating notice says the person is housed there.
Future Mail and Money
Mail, commissary, phone, and money-deposit rules for Mid Shore Regional Detention Center were not available in the reviewed official sources. The cooperative and bond documents describe the planned facility, cost, member counties, location, capacity, and governance, but they do not provide live inmate services. That means no current Mid Shore mail format should be inferred.
| Service | Current Status |
|---|---|
| Inmate mail address | Not published for active use |
| Commissary deposits | No active vendor documented |
| Phone service | No active provider documented |
| Fee schedule | No active public schedule located |
Do not send mail, money orders, deposits, or visit requests to the planned Mid Shore facility based only on the project address. Use the active facility or official agency instructions tied to the person's actual custody location.
Future Kent County Transfers
The cooperative agreement states that the regional facility will accept incarcerated individuals from member jurisdictions after the placed-in-service date. That includes people arrested and held pending trial and people convicted and sentenced by a court. Member detainees receive preference over non-member jurisdictions. The agreement also says each member jurisdiction is responsible for initial transportation from its jurisdiction to the facility, while the regional facility later handles transport to and from the facility.
For Kent County, that future model may mean a person is first processed locally and then transported to the regional center after local booking steps. The exact public records path, timing, and public search tools still need official operating instructions. Until then, current custody remains tied to Kent County Detention Center and the existing fallback chain of phone, records request, VINE, court records, DPSCS, BOP, and ICE where applicable.
Mid Shore Funding Context
The 2025 bond fact sheet estimates total capital cost at $100,000,001. It lists Queen Anne's County at $22,500,001, Kent County at $12,500,000, Caroline County at $15,000,000, and State/MDPSC funding at $50,000,000. The cooperative allocation gives Kent a 25% share, with Queen Anne's at 45% and Caroline at 30% for design, construction, and first-year operating shares.
The regional detention project is a major Kent County jail context item because state budget materials say prior Kent renovation planning was tied to ADA and ACA regulatory-code compliance. Bond comments also state Kent expressed a desire to permanently close its current facility because of lack of efficiency. Those planning statements explain why Mid Shore Regional Detention Center belongs on the facility list even though it is not yet a current roster or booking-photo source.
Note: Mid Shore Regional Detention Center should be checked as a future facility, not a current Kent County custody location.