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 September 26, 2026.
Simpsonville, South Carolina, in Greenville County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Simpsonville is held at the county jail, run by the Greenville 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 Simpsonville
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Simpsonville is held at the county jail, run by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office at app.greenvillecounty.org/inmate_search.htm (page title: Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
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 Greenville County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,460 people, up from about 1,280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,277 beds, and it ran at 104 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Greenville County has about 571,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Greenville County Jail
The Greenville County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Simpsonville (filed by the FBI as Simpsonville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Simpsonville.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments, five state agencies, one other agency and one state police unit in Greenville County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Greenville County Sheriff's Office's 11,962 for 2025, Greenville's 3,707 for 2025 and Greer's 1,205 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Greenville County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18,924 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 Simpsonville 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 Greenville 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 Simpsonville?
Look on the custody page of the Greenville County Sheriff's Office at app.greenvillecounty.org/inmate_search.htm. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Greenville County jail?
About 1,460 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,277 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Greenville 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 Simpsonville 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.