This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release anyone, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible public office directly.
Official Offices and Records
Choose the office that owns the record or status. Administrative hours, fees, and staff assignments can change, so confirm them before travel. The Sheriff's listed office hours are not stated as jail release, visiting, property, or records-counter hours.
L.C. Knight Dorchester County Detention Center
220 Hodge Road
Summerville, SC
843-832-0215
Immediate county-jail custody and release routing
Dorchester County Sheriff's Office, Summerville
212 Deming Way
Summerville, SC 29483
843-832-0300
Administrative hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays
Detention and Sheriff records requests must use the county online portal.
Dorchester County Sheriff's Office, St. George
101 Ridge Street, Suite 1
St. George, SC 29477
843-563-0259
This is an office, not the former detention center that was demolished.
Dorchester PPP
Agent in Charge Aleece Cook
422-A Industrial Road
Summerville, SC 29483
843-832-8340
Fax: 843-821-8396
Verify the current contact on the live PPP directory.
Additional state contacts serve different needs. SCDC Inmate Records answers sentence and release-date questions at 803-896-8531. SCDC central is P.O. Box 21787, Columbia, SC 29210, telephone 803-896-8500. Public-record correspondence goes to the Office of General Counsel route described by SCDC, including FOIA@doc.sc.gov. SC VINE provides automated information around the clock at 1-866-727-2846 and assistance at scvine@doc.sc.gov.
Use the following route for the question at hand:
- For a released person or county release record, start with the home search and records path, then contact L.C. Knight or use the Sheriff records portal.
- For parole, probation, or another supervised status, use Post-Release Supervision and contact Dorchester PPP.
- For recent county-jail events, follow 24-Hour Releases; Dorchester publishes no verified rolling feed.
- For a projected state date or notification, use Release Date Lookup or VINE Inmate Check.
- For one facility, use its page in the footer and contact the named custodian.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use SCDC and its Inmate Records office.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator rather than the county or SCDC database.