Inmate Search | South Carolina Department of Corrections (2024)

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How do you find an inmate in South Carolina? ›

SCDC offers the Internet “inmate search” feature and the toll free inmate information line, 1-866-727-2846, as a public service to interested citizens. While SCDC strives to ensure accuracy of this information, it makes no guarantees as to the reliability of the data.

Department of Corrections operates 21 prisons serving about 16,000 inmates.

South Carolina Department of Corrections.

You can access criminal records in South Carolina through the South Carolina Law Enforcement Department site, called SLED, or obtain criminal case information on the website, SearchSystems.net. SLED allows you to check information on arrests and the charges, court findings, and sentencing.

The best way to locate information on a federal prisoner for free is to go to the Bureau of Federal Prisons. Then, go to the inmate locator tab. You can search by inmate number or name. A list of results will appear with the inmates' names, ID number, age, sex, race, and release date, or prison location.

How to Find South Carolina Criminal Court Records Online? The South Carolina judicial branch provides members of the public with online access to criminal court records through its Case Records Search database. This database allows interested parties to search for records by county, name or case number.

Dormitories. Most inmates in lower-security facilities are housed in a dorm setting. Therein, the housing unit consists of a large room with a number of bunk beds. The dorm could have as few as 50 inmates (25 bunk beds) or as many as 200 inmates (100 bunk beds).

South Carolina used to carry out an average of three executions a year and had more than 60 inmates on death row when the last execution was carried out in 2011. Since then, successful appeals and deaths have lowered the number to 33.

Conjugal visits not permitted. A prisoner who is incarcerated within the state prison system or who is being detained in a local jail, local detention facility, local correctional facility, or local prison camp, whether awaiting a trial or serving a sentence, is not permitted to have conjugal visits.

For purposes of this section, "life" or "life imprisonment" means until death of the offender without the possibility of parole, and when requested by the State or the defendant, the judge must charge the jury in his instructions that life imprisonment means until the death of the defendant without the possibility of ...

How much do you get paid in South Carolina prisons? ›

As of Jun 9, 2024, the average annual pay for a Correctional Officer in South Carolina is $48,898 a year. Just in case you need a simple salary calculator, that works out to be approximately $23.51 an hour. This is the equivalent of $940/week or $4,074/month.

Finding an inmate in a state correctional facility is straightforward, as the interested individual can use the SCDC Offender Locator to find an inmate. However, a drawback is that it may take several business days for inmate information from state prisons to reflect on this database.

Yes. Members of the public can access information about recent arrests ("arrest logs") from a local law enforcement agency's website for free. However, anyone requesting a copy of an arrest record or report from such agencies must pay the associated fee, which differs by agency.

All arrest warrants issued by magistrates and municipal judges must be on numbered forms distributed by S.C. Court Administration. They are generally disclosable to the public upon service of the warrant, because of requirements of the state Freedom of Information Act.

Look up state and local prison records

For state and local prison records, contact the state's department of corrections.

Your local police station should have arrest records for the city. Stop in during normal business hours to request a report. You may need to fill out a form and pay a processing fee. Arrest records are public records, so they should be generally available.