Why This Reference Exists
Somerset County has two correctional systems on the same road. The county-run Somerset County Detention Center keeps local booking and movement records. Eastern Correctional Institution belongs to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. A person who leaves one for the other has transferred, not entered the community. That distinction makes the originating facility and receiving agency as important as the person’s name.
This site brings the official paths together. SCDC records can document a local release or transfer. DPSCS records can confirm a state-prison discharge. Maryland Judiciary Case Search supplies legal context, while the Maryland Parole Commission and Division of Parole and Probation address supervision. VINELink can send custody-change alerts, and federal or immigration cases require their own locators.
Resources Organized Here
The pages are arranged around the question a reader is trying to answer.
- The home page covers the full released-person search and the fields and request steps for a release record.
- The projected release date, VINELink check, and parole and probation pages address timing, alerts, and supervision.
- Separate facility pages give addresses, official contact routes, and the correct county-jail or state-prison release process.
- Recent-release pages explain date-bounded SCDC requests because Somerset publishes no verified 24-hour or 72-hour feed.
- Records guidance identifies official booking, movement, court, and photograph request channels.
Limits of This Site
Somerset County Released Inmates is privately operated. It has no connection with Somerset County, the Sheriff, SCDC, DPSCS, ECI, the Maryland Judiciary, or any other government body. It cannot confirm a current custody status, order or carry out a release, transfer a person, or change an official record.
- It cannot post bond, schedule a visit, or send funds for a visitor.
- It cannot obtain a protected record on someone’s behalf.
- It cannot give legal advice or decide eligibility for expungement.
- It cannot guarantee that a government phone number, fee, address, or portal has not changed.
Only the office that holds the record can confirm custody, charges, a release, or the contents of an official file.
Search Partner Disclosure
Some pages contain search boxes supplied by outside providers. Those providers control their results, terms, data practices, and prices. If an outside tool leads to a paid signup, this site may receive a referral fee. That support helps keep the reference pages available, but it does not make the provider’s result an official Somerset County or Maryland record.