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 2, 2026.
Walterboro, South Carolina, in Colleton County, has about 5,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Walterboro 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: Walterboro public records, Colleton County inmate search, Walterboro arrest records, Walterboro warrants, Walterboro police reports, Walterboro property records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Walterboro
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Walterboro 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.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
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 agency that reports for Walterboro (filed by the FBI as Walterboro Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Walterboro.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit and four state agencies in Colleton County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division: Colleton County County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025, the Colleton County Sheriff's Office's 595 for 2025 and Walterboro's 348 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Colleton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,095 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 Walterboro arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the South Carolina Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Walterboro?
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 Walterboro 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.