What release options are available after a person is committed to the Detention Center?
Persons who are sentenced must serve the time the Court has ordered, minus diminution of confinement credits, or “Good Time.” In some cases, the Court sets an appeal bond which, if posted, will result in the inmate’s release pending appeal. Persons who have been arrested and committed to the Detention Center by a District Court Commissioner will have a bail review hearing before a judge on the next day the Court is in session. District Court bail hearings are held via closed circuit television at 10:30am and 1:30pm at the Annapolis District Court on Rowe Boulevard. If interested in attending, the public should report to the Court and ask for the courtroom assignment. If served with a warrant issued by the Circuit Court, the inmate will have a bail hearing only if the judge did not set a bail on the warrant. If the warrant includes a dollar amount of bail, or if it says “No Bail,” a bail hearing will not automatically be scheduled. At bail hearings in either Court, the judge will decide
