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How do I find someone in jail or prison in South Carolina?

Search South Carolina participating-agency custody

Official resources can help you check custody in South Carolina. Use the paths below and confirm a missing or uncertain result with the responsible agency.

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Service coverage
Participating agencies; verify scope
Guidance reviewed
2026-07-23
Jurisdiction
South Carolina

Which system is holding them in South Carolina?

There is no single search that covers everyone. Match the situation to the right official locator — most families start with the first one.

If the arrest was recent

Start with the local jail

Public custody information for participating agencies only. Not every jail participates, and offline agencies may not report current bookings.

Search South Carolina participating-agency custody

Select Name or ID Number and use the displayed criteria. Review the agency and current custody status on any result, and check service notices/offline agencies. If nothing appears, contact the responsible local agency.

A state service link does not establish that this county’s bookings are included. Use a verified local route when available.

Service instructions reviewed 2026-10-05. Public search controls were reached; individual search results were not checked.

If nothing appears, contact the arresting agency or the responsible jail to ask how to confirm booking. A missing record does not prove release, and an agency may limit what it can disclose.

If they were sentenced to prison

Use the correctional locator

For a state-prison sentence, use the South Carolina correctional locator.

A short jail sentence may still be served in a local or regional jail.

A sentence alone does not establish the housing location; confirm with the responsible agency.

South Carolina DOC incarcerated records; local jail bookings separate

Open South Carolina custody search

SCDC number, SID, or name; first name can be omitted

Official agency instructions and assistance

Reviewed 2026-10-05. Search controls reached; individual results not tested.

If the charge is federal

Search the Federal Bureau of Prisons

A federal charge does not tell you which building holds the person. The U.S. Marshals Service is responsible for federal pretrial detention and may use local, state, private, or federal facilities. Check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, but a missing result does not establish that the person is not detained. For a recent federal arrest, contact the arresting agency or the relevant U.S. Marshals district office to ask about the appropriate custody-information process. USMS is a contact route, not a public person locator, and disclosure of a location is not guaranteed.

Search the Federal BOP locator U.S. Marshals district directory

Other kinds of custody

Immigration detention has a separate official ICE detainee locator. It does not search for people under 18, and a missing result does not prove release; use the official ICE field-office contacts. Search by A-number and country of birth, or the name/country/date-of-birth information requested by the service. Access and disclosure can be restricted.

Juvenile and tribal custody may have different agencies, privacy rules, and search limits. This guide does not provide a comprehensive juvenile or tribal locator. Contact the arresting agency or responsible juvenile or tribal authority to confirm the correct process.

For federal pretrial detention, use the U.S. Marshals district directory. Federal responsibility can include housing in a local jail.

City and municipal custody assistance

Use the contact matching the agency that made the arrest. These researched municipal holding and transfer paths are separate from the county routes.

Bowman town custody assistance

Use the current Bowman town Police Department assistance for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Bowman town — Police Department assistance

Call the published Police contact. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established. The separate court payment contact is not used as Police assistance.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Branchville town custody assistance

Use the current Branchville town Police business office for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Branchville town — Police business office

Call the published Police contact. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established. Business office hours are weekdays 8 AM–5 PM, staffing permitting; this is not a 24-hour contact.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Eutawville town custody assistance

Use the current Eutawville town Police Department contact for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Eutawville town — Police Department contact (extension 104)

Call the published Police contact and use extension 104. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Holly Hill town custody assistance

Use the current Holly Hill town Police non-emergency assistance for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Holly Hill town — Police non-emergency assistance

Call the published Police contact. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Myrtle Beach city custody assistance

Official City Police inmate inquiry. Use it for Myrtle Beach City detention assistance, and confirm the actual arresting and holding agency. This catalog does not establish every County, airport, state or federal custody path.

Myrtle Beach City inmate inquiry

Use the visible Search and Advanced controls on the official City portal. Confirm current custody, release or transfer with the City detention-status contact below. No individual search was submitted.

Public search controls were reached without submitting a person query. Individual results, completeness, update delays and current custody accuracy were not tested. A missing result does not establish release; confirm custody, release or transfer with the actual agency.

Myrtle Beach city detention status — 843-918-1088

For someone who may be held in Myrtle Beach city detention, the Police FAQ directs family and friends to this number. The City operates a 48-hour detention facility at its Police headquarters. Confirm the arresting agency and actual holding location; an arrest elsewhere in Horry County does not establish City detention. Call the published detention-status number. Ask whether the person is held there, was released or transferred. If transferred, ask which facility received the person and how to contact it. The City detention section transports people to other facilities; the published page does not name one universal destination.

Horry County Police general office — 843-915-5350

If Horry County Police made the arrest, use its published general department contact to ask which agency or facility has custody. This is a separate Police force and is not the Myrtle Beach City detention-status line. Confirm that Horry County Police handled the arrest and ask about initial holding, release or transfer. The County page lists office hours Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; no answered call or booking hotline was verified.

Horry County Detention Center — 843-915-5140

After an agency confirms intake at J. Reuben Long Detention Center, use its published County detention contact. City detention may precede transfer; this is not an automatic destination for every Myrtle Beach arrest. Use this contact only after J. Reuben Long intake is confirmed, or ask the facility to confirm whether it holds the person. If it does not, follow the actual arresting or transferring agency to identify the receiving facility.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Public search controls reached; individual results were not checked.

North town custody assistance

Use the current North town Police Department contact for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

North town — Police Department contact

Call the published Police contact. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Orangeburg city custody assistance

Use the current Orangeburg city Public Safety non-emergency assistance for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Orangeburg city — Public Safety non-emergency assistance

Call the published Police contact. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Santee town custody assistance

Use the current Santee town Police non-emergency assistance for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Santee town — Police non-emergency assistance (extension 2)

Call the published Police contact and use extension 2. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established. The same base number has a separate court extension 216; use the published Police extension 2.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Springfield town custody assistance

Use the current Springfield town Police Department contact for initial local arrest or custody assistance. Ask which agency can confirm actual holding, release or transfer before relying on a receiving facility.

Springfield town — Police Department contact

Call the published Police contact. Confirm the arresting agency and actual custody, release or transfer. Ask the responsible agency to identify the receiving facility and its contact if intake elsewhere is confirmed.

Published Police assistance; the number was not called. No individual location, universal County intake, booking hotline or transfer timing is established. Town Hall is a separate contact and is not an emergency dispatch facility.

Reviewed 2026-10-06. Published phone assistance; the number was not called.

Find your area in South Carolina

Find the area where the arrest happened. County and city matches identify geography; confirm custody using the responsible agency’s assistance. A place may span several areas.

City and town matches use the 2026 Census places and active municipal subdivisions, with exact county memberships. Custody arrangements are researched separately. Municipal police holding and jail transfers may differ from the county route.

46 counties

Finding your person in South Carolina, step by step

Work through these in order. Each step points to an official source — you do the searching there, on the government site.

  1. Step 1

    Match the custody system

    Public custody information for participating agencies only. Not every jail participates, and offline agencies may not report current bookings. Select Name or ID Number and use the displayed criteria. Review the agency and current custody status on any result, and check service notices/offline agencies. If nothing appears, contact the responsible local agency.

    Official source

  2. Step 2

    Use the relevant state custody resource

    South Carolina DOC incarcerated records; local jail bookings separate SCDC number, SID, or name; first name can be omitted

    Official source

  3. Step 3

    Confirm missing or uncertain records

    Contact the arresting agency or responsible jail. New bookings, transfers, excluded populations and offline agencies may not appear online. A missing result does not establish release.

    Official source

  4. Step 4

    Check federal or immigration custody separately

    Use BOP for BOP records, a U.S. Marshals district contact for federal pretrial questions, and ICE ODLS/ERO contacts for immigration. These systems have different coverage and disclosure limits.

    Official source

What you’ll need to search

You can start with just a name, but these make a match faster and surer.

  • SCDC number, SID, or name; first name can be omitted
  • The exact name or agency identifier requested by that service. Date of birth is useful where the service offers it; it is not required by every tool.
  • The arrest location and responsible agency, if known. Check whether the roster is current custody or historical bookings.

Use official, free sources — and a few things to watch for

  • Use free agency resources or an explicitly agency-endorsed public service. Do not pay a records broker to run these public searches.
  • A county filter in a state-prison search is not proof that it includes every county-jail booking.
  • Check participating agencies and outage notices. Use an agency contact when records are missing or unavailable.
  • Do not infer release or housing location from a missing record, a facility listing or geographic proximity.

If you need to bail them out in South Carolina

Finding the person comes first. Once you know where they are, this is how getting them out works in South Carolina.

Commercial bail available

Release depends on the court’s order. A payment is not required in every case. If a secured bond is ordered, ask the court which options are permitted; a private commercial bond service has separate fees and conditions. Confirm the process before paying anyone.

The court decides release and any conditions.

Ask the court or the responsible jail which forms of payment, if any, the order permits, how payments are made, and what refund or forfeiture conditions apply.

Fees for a private commercial service are separate from court deposits.

Do not assume that payment guarantees release.

The person’s rights. The person in custody has the right to talk to a lawyer about their case, and if they cannot afford one, the court can appoint a public defender.

Other official South Carolina contacts

For a recent local arrest, check the arresting jurisdiction’s official jail roster or custody-notification service. Housing may be at a municipal, county, regional, or contracted facility. If no record appears, ask the arresting agency or jail how to confirm the booking; do not infer the destination from distance or a facility listing. These statewide sources can also help.

Common questions about finding someone in South Carolina

How do I find someone who was just arrested in South Carolina?

Public custody information for participating agencies only. Not every jail participates, and offline agencies may not report current bookings. Select Name or ID Number and use the displayed criteria. Review the agency and current custody status on any result, and check service notices/offline agencies. If nothing appears, contact the responsible local agency.

How do I find someone in state prison in South Carolina?

South Carolina DOC incarcerated records; local jail bookings separate SCDC number, SID, or name; first name can be omitted

Is there a free way to check if someone is in custody in South Carolina?

Public custody searches are free. VINE name-search fields reached without signing in; participating-agency coverage must be verified Check the responsible agency and its current participation. A missing record does not establish release. Avoid paid inmate-search and mugshot sites.

What do I need to look someone up in South Carolina?

SCDC number, SID, or name; first name can be omitted The exact name or agency identifier requested by that service. Date of birth is useful where the service offers it; it is not required by every tool. The arrest location and responsible agency, if known. Check whether the roster is current custody or historical bookings.

How do I check release conditions and costs in South Carolina?

Ask the court or responsible jail for the release order and permitted options. Court deposits and private service fees are different, conditions vary, and payment does not guarantee release.

Sources & review dates

Everything here links out to official government or public-safety sources. We don’t store, search, or republish records.

Guidance research date 2026-07-23 · 10 sources · Custody-routing review 2026-10-05