The South Carolina Department of Corrections is the agency responsible for keeping and maintaining an updated database for offenders serving out their sentence in South Carolina state prisons.
The database can be located on the South Carolina Department of Corrections website. The database only features inmates who are currently sitting in a South Carolina state prison.
The database does not include those individuals who are on parole, county detention centers, probation, or released from prison or other community type supervision. You can search the database by the inmates first and last name, their SCDC number, and their state identification number.
When an offender is housed in a state prison, they are property of the Department of Corrections Division. As stated above every state’s Department of Corrections Division has their own jail roster or database that the general public may use.
You can search the inmate list by using the following pieces of information:
SCDC Number
SID
First Name
Last Name
The SCDC number will take precedence during all searches. The SCDC is an eight-digit number. All incoming inmates will be assigned their SCDC number by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. This will be the easiest and quickest way to locate an inmate.
If you decide to enter their SCDC number in the field provided, you will NOT need to enter their first and last name. However, the SCDC field will only show results for the EXACT number you have entered, so you will want to double check, if no results pop up.
If you don’t know the inmate’s SCDC number or there are no search results for the SCDC number you plugged in, the next thing you can do is search by the inmate’s first and last name.
When you finally get some search results, you will see a list of all inmates that fit the criteria you plugged in. This is not a release search. All inmates are currently sitting behind bars.
You will see the following pieces of information in the South Carolina jails inmate search:
SCDC Inmate Number
Inmate Name
Sex
Race
Height
Weight
Age
COE Register
COE Unregister
You can click on the inmate’s name to bring up their own personal file. When you do this, you will see the following information:
Inmate Name
Mugshots
Sex
Race
Height
Weight
Age
Citizenship
Build
Complexion
Hair Color
Eye Color
SCDC Inmate Number
SID
Offender Type
Admission Date
Location
Dorm, Room, Bunk
EWC Level
EEC Level
Projected Release Date
Project Parole Date
Current Offenses
Escapes
Disciplinaries
Movement
Types of Correctional Facilities in South Carolina