Reviewed and updated October 9, 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 4, 2026.
Clemson, South Carolina, in Pickens County, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clemson is held at the county jail, run by the Pickens 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Clemson
The county jail, run by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Clemson, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pickens County Sheriff's Office at pickenscosheriff.org (page title: Pickens County SC Sheriff's Office, Jail & Inmate Information), phone 864-898-2940, 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 Pickens County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 310 people, up from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022, the last year with a capacity figure, was 363 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pickens County has about 138,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pickens County Jail
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Clemson (filed by the FBI as Clemson Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Clemson.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies, one state police unit and one campus police department in Pickens County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Pickens County Sheriff's Office's 1,103 for 2025, Easley's 988 for 2025 and Clemson's 876 for 2024.
Together, the five agencies in Pickens County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,655 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Clemson arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Pickens 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 Clemson?
Look on the custody page of the Pickens County Sheriff's Office at pickenscosheriff.org, or call 864-898-2940. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pickens County jail?
About 310 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 363 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pickens County jail?
864-898-2940, the number on the page of the Pickens County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pickens 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 Clemson website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.