Richland County Inmate Population is a private reference site. We are not a government office, and we cannot confirm custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official offices below for custody, court, records, and facility questions.
Official Record Contacts
For a current Richland County jail custody question, start with the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center and the county public offender search. Sheriff services, prosecution records, and state-prison searches use different offices, so match the question to the office that maintains the record.
Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center
201 John Mark Dial Drive
Columbia, SC 29209
Phone: 803-576-3200
Office hours: Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Richland County Sheriff's Department
5623 Two Notch Road
Columbia, SC 29223
Phone: 803-576-3000
Email: Sheriff@rcsd.net
Sheriff: Leon Lott
Fifth Judicial Circuit Solicitor
Richland County Office
1701 Main Street, PO Box 192
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: 803-576-1800
FOIA department: 803-576-1805
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Solicitor: Byron E. Gipson
Use these paths for common record needs:
- For someone in the county jail, use the official search steps on jail inmate records or call Alvin S. Glenn at 803-576-3200.
- For booking photos, start with jail roster mugshots, then ask the jail or the agency that created the record if the photo is not public online.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use the Richland County Public Index and the prosecution context on court records after a jail arrest.
- For a specific local or state facility, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced South Carolina prisoner, use the South Carolina Department of Corrections inmate locator rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.