This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail visits, or pull official booking records. Use the official Fairfield County, South Carolina, state, federal, or immigration contact route that matches the record.
Official Record Contacts
Fairfield County does not publish a located official online jail roster, so many current custody questions start with the detention center. Court charges, sentenced state prison custody, federal custody, immigration detention, and release notifications use different official systems.
Fairfield County Detention Center
10 Faith Lane
Winnsboro, SC 29180
Main: 803-635-4841 or 803-635-2013
Booking: 803-815-4093
Central Control: 803-635-4841
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office
250 N Walnut Street
Winnsboro, SC 29180
Main: 803-635-4141
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM
Fairfield County Clerk of Court
P.O. Drawer 299
Winnsboro, SC 29180
Phone: 803-712-6526
Use for court-record fallback when a Public Index search or case number does not answer the question.
Use the list below to match the question to the correct channel before calling or filing a South Carolina FOIA request.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Fairfield County Detention Center booking or central control lines.
- For a booking photo, review jail roster mugshots and ask the detention center how it handles FOIA requests for booking photographs.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the Fairfield County Public Index, Magistrate Court, or the Clerk of Court.
- For the local facility page, use Fairfield County Detention Center.
- For a sentenced South Carolina prisoner, use the SCDC inmate search or SCDC inmate information line at 1-866-727-2846.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the U.S. Marshals Service District of South Carolina.
- For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS; for custody or release notices, use VINELink South Carolina.