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 on September 24, 2026.
Greenwood County, South Carolina, has about 70,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greenwood County is held at the county jail, run by the Greenwood 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: Greenwood County public records, Greenwood County arrest records, Greenwood County warrants, Greenwood County police reports, Greenwood County property records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Greenwood County
The county jail, run by the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Greenwood County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office at greenwoodcounty-sc.gov/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Greenwood County, SC), phone (864) 943-8059, 528 Edgefield Street Greenwood, SC 29646, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (864) 943-8059.
The Greenwood County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 180 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 260 beds, and it ran at 71 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Greenwood County has about 70,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Greenwood County Jail
The Greenwood County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Greenwood, Ninety Six and Ware Shoals make the arrests that end in a booking in Greenwood County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies, one campus police department and one state police unit in Greenwood County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Greenwood's 1,746 for 2025, the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office's 1,146 for 2024 and Ninety Six's 80 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Greenwood County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 3,440 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 Greenwood County 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood County?
Ask the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office at (864) 943-8059; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenwoodcounty-sc.gov/detention-center.
How many people are in the Greenwood County jail?
About 180 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 260 beds.
What is the phone number for the Greenwood County jail?
(864) 943-8059, the number on the page of the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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.