This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official record.
State Prison Release Contacts
For current SCDC public information, use the Incarcerated Inmate Search or call 1-866-727-2846. Historical departures belong in the SCDC Released Inmate Search. Questions about sentence and release records may be directed to Inmate Records at 803-896-8531.
SCDC FOIA Coordinator, Office of General CounselP.O. Box 21787
Columbia, SC 29221-1787
Email: FOIA@doc.sc.gov
SCDC requires a written description plus the requester's name, address, and phone. Published research did not establish public walk-in hours, so confirm the current submission method with SCDC before sending sensitive details.
Choose the Responsible Office
A local jail record remains with the county custodian, while a state-prison record remains with SCDC.
- For a county jail release, select the holding county in the County Directory.
- For active parole, probation, or community supervision, use the SCDPPPS Offender Search and its county-office route.
- For a named parole hearing or posted result, use the Parole and Pardon Hearings search.
- For a facility-specific route, use the Facility Directory.
- For a court disposition, select the correct county through the Judicial Branch case-record gateway.
Notification and Federal Contacts
SC VINE telephone help is available at 1-866-727-2846. Formal SCDC victim registration uses the Division of Victim Services at 1-800-835-0304. A federal sentence belongs in the BOP Inmate Locator. Current immigration custody belongs in the ICE Online Detainee Locator; the ICE information line is 1-888-351-4024 on weekdays, excluding holidays, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern. Avoid sending a full birth date, identification number, or other sensitive identifier through a general website message.