Fairfield County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.
Official Fairfield Contacts
For county custody or incarceration records, contact the Herman W. Young Fairfield County Detention Center at 10 Faith Lane, Winnsboro, SC 29180. Inmate Booking is 803-815-4093. Central Control is 803-635-4841, the alternate main line is 803-635-2013, and the fax is 803-635-7708. Public office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Written county record requests may be emailed to FOIA@fairfield.sc.gov, mailed to “FOIA,” 250 N. Walnut Street, P.O. Drawer 60, Winnsboro, SC 29180, or faxed to 803-635-5969. Questions go to 803-635-1415. The Fairfield County FOIA process explains the form and current fees.
State prisoner records are handled by the South Carolina Department of Corrections, P.O. Box 21787, Columbia, SC 29221. Call 803-896-8500 for the main office, 803-896-8531 for Inmate Records, or 1-866-727-2846 for the public SC VINE inquiry.
Choose the route that matches the type of custody or record:
- For a named released person or release entry, begin with the Fairfield County search and records path.
- For active community supervision, use the Parole / Probation page and the Fairfield office at 100 Faith Lane, Winnsboro, 803-635-5466.
- For a recent county-jail event, review Released Last 24 Hours. Fairfield does not publish a live release feed, so the page explains the official phone and records-request fallback.
- For timing or an alert, see Inmate Release Date and VINELink Release Check.
- For local detention details, use the Herman W. Young Fairfield County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the SCDC current or released-inmate tool that matches the question.
- For confirmed federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.