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 October 2, 2026.
Orangeburg County, South Carolina, has about 83,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Orangeburg County is held at the county jail, run by the Orangeburg 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: Orangeburg County public records, Orangeburg County arrest records, Orangeburg County warrants, Orangeburg County police reports, Orangeburg County property records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Orangeburg County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Orangeburg County is held at the county jail, run by the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office at orangeburgcounty.org/469/Sheriffs-Office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Orangeburg County, SC), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 429), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Orangeburg County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 280 people, up from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 214 beds, and it ran at 132 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Orangeburg County has about 83,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 34 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Orangeburg County Jail
The Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Orangeburg, Holly Hill, Branchville, Santee, Bowman, North and four more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Orangeburg County.
The FBI's agency list also places two campus police departments, five state agencies and one state police unit in Orangeburg County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office's 1,463 for 2024, Orangeburg's 825 for 2025 and North's 76 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Orangeburg County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,039 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg County?
Ask the Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at orangeburgcounty.org/469/Sheriffs-Office.
How many people are in the Orangeburg County jail?
About 280 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 214 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Orangeburg 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 Orangeburg 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.