Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center Inmates

Sheriff Al Cannon Jail Overview

Charleston County Sheriff's Office detention center information identifies Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center, often shortened to SACDC, as the county's adult detention center. It is operated by the Charleston County Sheriff's Office and serves the Charleston County courts, municipal courts, and other agencies when a lawful hold or transfer is accepted. The facility is not a state prison. Most new arrestees, adult pretrial detainees, short-sentence local inmates, and people waiting for bond court begin in this Charleston County jail system.

The detention center is part of the Leeds Avenue public-safety corridor in North Charleston. Official county material describes direct-supervision housing, intake, classification, medical screening, bond hearing coordination, victim notification, release processing, and transportation to court, medical appointments, SCDC, federal prisons, and other facilities. That mix matters for inmate lookup. A Charleston County jail roster record may show current local custody, while the same person can later move to the South Carolina Department of Corrections or a federal system that uses a different search tool.

The official SACDC page is the source for the facility snapshot shown below.

Sheriff Al Cannon Jail Population

The official detention page gives the current rated capacity for Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center and a public point-in-time population snapshot. Those figures should be read with care. A facility snapshot is not the same as an annual average daily population. Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council reports use annual jail-use measures, while the jail page shows a live public-facing count at the time it is inspected.

SACDC has changed size over time. The official history says the original jail was built in 1966, a four-story addition in 1994 raised capacity, modular units were added in 2007, and a 2010 expansion raised capacity again. In 2020, two modular units and the Work Camp were removed, lowering capacity by 224 beds. The current jail population therefore sits inside a building history that affects housing, classification, and crowding.

Search Sheriff Al Cannon Inmate Records

The correct public starting point for an adult held at SACDC is the official Charleston County inmate search. The search page is free, uses reCAPTCHA, and defaults to current inmates. It also includes a checkbox for past bookings, which is useful when the person has been released or when the goal is to compare a past jail booking with a later court record.

1. Open the Charleston County inmate search and start with last name and first name.
2. Use Soundex when the spelling may be wrong, or use the inmate number if a family member, lawyer, or bond company has it.
3. Narrow a common name with booking-date or arrest-date ranges in the listed date format.
4. Leave Show Past Bookings unchecked for current custody, and check it for released or prior bookings.
5. If no SACDC record appears, check SCDC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, the court Public Index, or call the jail for urgent confirmation.

The official inmate search form is the relevant public image source for the lookup fields.

Do not treat one failed search as proof that a person is not in custody. Intake, transport, charge review, medical screening, and bond paperwork can delay online visibility. Federal, state, immigration, municipal, and court records may also be in separate systems.

Sheriff Al Cannon Address

Use the facility contact for custody confirmation, visitor questions, and basic detention routing. For court outcomes, use the court system. For incident reports or law-enforcement records, the Charleston County FOIA portal says law-enforcement FOIA must go to the responding agency, so a CCSO detention or arrest record should be routed through CCSO channels when CCSO is the holder of the record.

The Warrants Office is also listed in the main lobby area, and the Centralized Bond Hearing office is nearby on Leeds Avenue. Family and friends attending bond hearings should use the bond-hearing address published by CCSO, not the jail housing entrance, unless staff direct them otherwise.

Sheriff Al Cannon Visitation Schedule

SACDC uses video visitation for personal visits to reduce contraband and inmate movement. The official detention page says an inmate must be incarcerated at least 72 hours before receiving a visit. Personal visitation is online only, except for attorneys, and visitors set up visits through Securus. A visitor suspected of being under the influence can be denied, and clothing must meet jail standards.

Visitors under 17 must be with a parent or guardian to schedule online visits. Clergy related to an inmate follow normal visitation rules. The entrance process includes security screening, and all bags are scanned for contraband.

Sheriff Al Cannon Mail Money

SACDC is cashless. People in custody may not keep U.S. currency, and commissary funds are held in an inmate account. The detention page says the inmate number on the armband and birth date are used at housing-unit kiosks. Weekly commissary spending is capped at $100, and canteen deposits must be made before 8:00 AM Monday for that week's availability.

Personal mail changed in 2023. It no longer goes straight to the detention center for normal delivery. It is sent to the Securus Digital Mail Center for scanning, then made available on tablets when accepted. Cash, personal checks, many packages, stationery, stamps, weapons, food, Polaroid photos, and items treated as contraband are not accepted.

Sheriff Al Cannon Booking Intake

The CCSO processing page gives a detailed local intake sequence. After an arresting agency brings a person to SACDC, charges are reviewed and the person is searched before commitment to the detention center. Staff inventory property, take the booking photograph and fingerprints, assign a PIN, and permit free phone access during intake before regular collect or Securus calling rules apply.

Classification follows the first booking steps. Officers ask about enemies, co-defendants, gang affiliation, and protective-custody needs, then use the Northpointe objective classification system for custody level and housing. A nurse screening addresses medical history and immediate medical concerns. After paperwork is entered into the Jail Management System, the person waits for bond hearing. All Charleston County bond hearings are conducted by video.

Booking

The jail intake record opened after arrest and commitment to SACDC.

Classification

The housing and custody-level process based on safety, medical, and operational needs.

Detainer or hold

A legal authority from another agency that may keep a person in custody even after one bond is set.

SCDC

South Carolina Department of Corrections, the state prison system for sentenced prisoners.

Sheriff Al Cannon Custody Transfers

Not every person connected to a Charleston County arrest remains on the SACDC roster. The processing page says transportation handles movement to court, medical appointments, SCDC, federal prisons, and other in-state or out-of-state facilities. A person sentenced to state custody should be searched through the SCDC public inmate search. A sentenced federal prisoner should be searched through the BOP inmate locator, and immigration custody should be checked through ICE ODLS.

Victims and family members who need custody-change alerts can use South Carolina VINELink. CCSO also documents VINE phone registration at (866) 727-2846. For court-filed charges and outcomes after booking, use the Charleston County Public Index, because arrest charges can be amended, reduced, dismissed, or replaced after the first jail record appears.