This is a private reference website, not a Charleston County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official Charleston County, court, state, federal, or immigration channel that matches the record you need.
Official Charleston County Contacts
For adult county jail custody, start with the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center, 3841 Leeds Ave., North Charleston, SC 29405. The detention center general phone is (843) 529-7300, and the after-hours sheriff number is (843) 202-1700. Charleston County's sheriff is Carl Ritchie, and the official CCSO detention page is https://www.charlestoncounty.gov/departments/sheriff/detention.php.
For processing or inactive-record questions tied to the detention center, the Processing Division administrative assistant is available at (843) 529-7477 or LMitchum@CharlestonCounty.org. Administrative and Inmate Services lists (843) 529-7405 and MHigh@CharlestonCounty.org. For dispositions referenced by the warrants FAQ, the CCSO Records Office is at 3505 Pinehaven Drive, North Charleston, SC 29405.
Warrant questions go to the Warrants Office inside the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center lobby at (843) 529-7391 or Warrants@CharlestonCounty.org. Its public hours are Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM-5:30 PM, closed county holidays. For after-hours arrangements use (843) 202-1700, and for consolidated dispatch use (843) 743-7200.
For General Sessions court-charge and expungement routing, the Ninth Circuit Solicitor's Office is at the O.T. Wallace County Office Building, 101 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401, phone (843) 958-1900, Monday-Friday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM.
Victim notification help through the Detention Center Victim Witness Office is (843) 529-7471. South Carolina VINE registration is also available at (866) 727-2846 and through VINELink South Carolina.
Use the list below to choose the right route before sending a request.
- For someone believed to be in the Charleston County adult jail, use the official search at https://inmatesearch.charlestoncounty.org/ and the guidance on jail inmate records.
- For booking photos, start with jail roster mugshots and remember that public access can be limited by South Carolina FOIA exemptions.
- For charges filed after arrest, compare jail booking information with court records after a jail arrest, the Charleston County Public Index, and the Ninth Circuit Solicitor.
- For facility-specific context, use the footer links for the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center and Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center. Juvenile custody records are not public adult roster records.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the SCDC locator at https://public.doc.state.sc.us/scdc-public/.
- For a federal prisoner or immigration detainee, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ or ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/odls/.
- For county FOIA requests, use https://charlestoncounty.streamlinegov.us/, but note that the portal says law-enforcement FOIA requests go to the responding agency and CCSO has its own process.