Reviewed and updated October 7, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Colleton County, South Carolina, has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Colleton County is held at the county jail, run by the Colleton County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Colleton County public records, Colleton County warrants, Colleton County criminal records, Colleton County court records, Colleton County police reports, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Colleton County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Colleton County is held at the county jail, run by the Colleton County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Colleton County Sheriff's Office at colletoncountysheriff.com (page title: Colleton County Jail Roster Lookup, SC, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Colleton County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 80 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 110 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Colleton County has about 39,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Colleton County Jail
The Colleton County Sheriff's Office, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division's Colleton County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Walterboro, Edisto Beach and Cottageville make the arrests that end in a booking in Colleton County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Colleton County: the Highway Patrol in Colleton County (state police); the Department of Natural Resources in Colleton County, the Colleton County Forestry Commission, the Department of Health and Environmental Control Drug Control in Colleton County and the Colleton County State Transport Police (state agency).
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Colleton County serves the sentence in a facility of the South Carolina Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Colleton County?
Look on the custody page of the Colleton County Sheriff's Office at colletoncountysheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Colleton County jail?
About 80 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 110 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Colleton County go?
To a facility of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Is this the official Colleton County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.