Official York County Roster
The first source for a current York County inmate record is the official York County Detention Center current inmate roster. It is linked from the York County Sheriff's Office inmate information area and is hosted on a county government domain, not by a commercial inmate-search site. Sheriff A.W. "Tony" Breeden's office operates the roster for the York County Detention Center, which includes the Main Building and the Annex at the Moss Justice Center.
The roster's key limit is printed on the public page: only current booking information is available. Released inmates, older bookings, and people who have moved to the South Carolina Department of Corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, or immigration custody may not appear. The public roster also does not post a refresh schedule, so use current-booking language rather than assuming live updates minute by minute.
The roster screenshot from the York County current inmate roster shows the last-name search field, result count, inmate photo column, and booking-charge panel used for current jail records.
That layout matters because the roster row itself is the public inmate profile. York County does not require users to open a separate detail page before seeing the booking number, charge list, total bond, or photo link.
Use York County Inmate Search
A York County inmate search works best when it starts broad. The official roster accepts a last name, but it also allows browsing through page links and sorting by last name. If a name is common, compare the booking date, age, city, race/sex code, and arresting agency before treating the result as the right person. If the name does not appear, try spelling variants and search only the last name.
- Open the official York County Detention Center roster from the Sheriff's Office inmate information links or the county roster URL.
- Enter the last name in the roster text box and select "Search by Last Name," or browse with the page links.
- Review the Inmate Information column for name, booking date, city, state/ZIP, race/sex, height/weight, and age.
- Use the Inmate Photo column only when the booking photo is needed. The thumbnail opens the full-size official image.
- Read the Bookings/Charges column for facility, booking number, release status, total bond, charge sequence, charge description, and arresting agency.
- If no York County inmate record appears, move through the phone, FOIA, court, SCDC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink fallback chain.
The roster is strongest during the first jail-custody stage, when the person is still held locally before bond, court release, short local sentence completion, or transfer. It is not a substitute for a court docket. Charges shown at booking may later be amended, dismissed, indicted, or reduced in court.
York County Roster Fields
The public roster has a narrow search interface. That is useful when readers expect a broad database with first-name, date-of-birth, and release-date filters. York County's current roster does not show those search fields in the inspected public interface, so the last-name box, sort button, page links, and photo link are the controls to explain.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| txtLastName / Last Name | Text | Optional | Text box with a 35-character maximum, used with Search by Last Name. |
| Search by Last Name | Submit button | n/a | Runs the last-name search against current roster entries. |
| Sort by Last Name | Submit button | n/a | Visible label sorts by last name, even though the page code suggested most-recent sorting. |
| Pagination | Page links | n/a | Numbered links appear across the roster table for browsing current inmates. |
| Full-size photo link | Image link | n/a | The mugshot thumbnail opens an official /photos/ image tied to the booking-photo ID. |
There was no visible date-of-birth search, first-name-only field, facility dropdown, booking-number search, released-inmate tab, or court-date filter. Those missing fields are part of the reason a York County jail roster search should be followed by court-index or records-request work when the person is no longer in local custody.
York County Inmate Record Details
The York County roster is a table-style current-booking roster. Each row includes identifying information, the booking photo, and a booking-charge panel. Some fields that families often expect are not public on the roster. Date of birth, exact housing unit, cell or pod, court date, magistrate name, warrant number, bond type, attorney information, and court-case links were not visible in the inspected public roster row.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Last, first, and middle names in the roster row. |
| Booking Date | Date and time of booking, shown under inmate information and again in the charge panel. |
| City / State / ZIP | Listed locality fields. These are not the same as the place of arrest. |
| Race/Sex, Height/Weight, Age | Basic public descriptors. Date of birth is not shown. |
| Inmate Photo | Booking-photo thumbnail with a link to a full-size image. |
| Facility | York County Detention Center. |
| Booking Number | Local booking ID using a DC plus year and sequence style. |
| Release Date | For current custody, inspected entries showed "*In Jail." |
| Total Bond | Total amount shown when bond is set and displayed, but not every hold or bond type. |
| Charge Description | Plain-language charge text, sequence number, and arresting agency. |
Bond fields should be read with care. The roster may show a total bond amount, but it may not show bond type, no-bond holds, detainers, or every court condition. For bond hearing questions, York County routes callers to the Magistrate Judge path at 803-628-3083, option 5.
York County Jail Contacts
The York County Detention Center operates as a two-building local jail under the York County Sheriff's Office. The Main Building is a direct-supervision facility, and the Annex is the former York County Prison folded into the detention center operation in July 2021. Both buildings use the same current inmate roster, visitation approval process, mail rules, commissary channels, property rules, and jail phone menu.
York County Detention Center Main Building
1675-3A York Highway
York, SC 29745
Detention command: 803-628-3080
Inmate information: 803-628-3083
Capacity: 621 beds
York County Detention Center Annex
1675-3A York Highway
York, SC 29745
Detention command: 803-628-3080
Inmate information: 803-628-3083
Capacity: 256 beds
The Sheriff's Office administrative address is 1675-2A York Highway, York, SC 29745, with a general phone line at 803-628-3059. For jail records and public-record requests, the FOIA route goes to the Sheriff's Office General Counsel at that administrative address or through the FOIA email listed on the official Sheriff's Office FOIA page.
York County Inmate Visitation
After a person is found on the York County inmate roster, visitation still depends on the jail's approval process. The inmate must initiate the request by completing an Inmate Visitation Request Form. Up to six friends or family members may be listed for approval, but only two approved visitors may visit at one time during the assigned one-hour slot. Visitors must be at least 17 and must bring valid government-issued identification.
The York County visitation and communication page documents the approved visitor process, Smart Communications video visitation, telephone access, and mail-routing rules used after booking.
The visitation rules are inmate-specific. A roster result confirms current custody, but it does not mean a visitor is approved or that walk-in visitation is available.
| Topic | York County Rule | Contact Path |
|---|---|---|
| Approval | Inmate initiates the visitation request form. | 803-628-3083, option 4, then option 1 |
| Approved list | Up to six friends or family members may be listed. | Changes must be inmate-initiated. |
| Visitor age | Visitors must be at least 17. | Bring government-issued ID. |
| Visit length | One-hour assigned time slot on a specific day. | Only two approved visitors at once. |
| Video visits | Smart Communications / SmartJailMail account and connection request. | Use the provider account process. |
| Phone calls | Outgoing collect or debit calls after PIN issue during booking. | 803-628-3083, option 4, then option 3 |
York County Booking Records
Booking begins when a person arrested by a York County agency, a municipal police department, the Highway Patrol, or another law-enforcement agency is brought to the York County Detention Center. During intake, jail staff create the booking record, assign the booking number, take the booking photo, record visible demographic fields, inventory property, issue phone access, and route the person through classification. The roster begins showing the public current-booking record once the person is entered in the jail system.
York County's court information also explains why bond hearing timing can vary through the day. The local schedule ties hearing times to booking windows, and South Carolina law requires a bond hearing within 24 hours for bailable offenses. A person booked shortly before dawn, midday, evening, or late night may have a different first appearance time because Bond Court operates at the Moss Justice Center around the clock.
Note: A York County Sheriff's Office South Carolina app-only inmate roster was not located during research; use the official web roster and phone or FOIA fallbacks.
York County Custody Fallbacks
When the York County jail roster does not return a match, move by custody stage rather than repeating the same search. For a recent local arrest, call the jail information line or check the court index. For an older booking, request records from the Sheriff's Office. For a sentenced state-prison inmate, use SCDC. For federal or immigration custody, use the correct federal locator. VINELink is useful for custody notification, but it is not a full booking-record database.
| Custody Stage | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Current local jail custody | York County current inmate roster | Current bookings at the Detention Center. |
| Phone or in-person check | 803-628-3083 or 1675-3A York Highway | Name spelling issues, intake timing, visitation, mail, bond menu routing. |
| Older or released booking | Sheriff's Office FOIA request | Booking records, incident reports, and mugshots no longer online. |
| Sentenced South Carolina prison | SCDC inmate search | Current SCDC inmates as of midnight the previous day. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | A-Number or biographical search for immigration custody. |
| Custody notification | VINELink South Carolina | Notification support, not a complete jail record. |
York County may hold U.S. Marshals detainees and ICE detainees under agreements, so a federal or immigration matter can still appear in the local roster if the person is physically housed at the detention center. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, the county roster is no longer the right search tool.
Request York County Jail Records
South Carolina FOIA is the fallback for York County jail records that are not available on the current roster. S.C. Code Section 30-4-30 gives access to public records unless an exemption applies, and it specifically covers documents identifying people confined in a jail, detention center, or prison for the preceding three months. Law-enforcement records may still be redacted for active cases, safety, privacy, fair-trial concerns, or other statutory reasons.
The Sheriff's Office FOIA request should be directed to York County Sheriff's Office, Attention: General Counsel, 1675-2A York Highway, York, South Carolina 29745, or submitted by the FOIA email shown on the official page. The request should include the person's full name, booking date, booking number if known, arresting agency, and the exact record requested. Copy fees, disc fees, staff search time, redaction time, and a possible deposit can apply.
The York County Sheriff's Office FOIA page shows submission channels, the public-record fee schedule, and the commercial-solicitation warning that applies to records requests.
Use FOIA when the roster is no longer enough, such as when a booking has aged off the current list or a booking photo must be requested after release.
York County Jail Terms
Several custody terms appear across the roster, court, and locator systems. Knowing the difference helps prevent a current jail search from being mistaken for a final court outcome.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest, including photo, identifiers, charges, and booking number.
- Bond
- A court-set release condition. A roster total may not show every hold or bond type.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency, such as ICE, federal authorities, probation, parole, or another jurisdiction.
- SCDC
- South Carolina Department of Corrections, used for sentenced state prisoners after transfer from county jail.
- VINELink
- A custody-notification service, not a complete booking, mugshot, or court-record system.