York Detention Annex Records

York Annex Release Destinations

The annex shares the Detention Division’s current custody process. A person may leave after posting bond, receiving a release order, or completing a short sentence. A different departure may be a transfer after sentencing to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. York also houses people tied to USMS and ICE processes, and another county or state can receive a detainee. These events all remove the person from the county’s active roster, but only some return the person to the community.

The recorded movement is the key. Ask whether the disposition names community release, SCDC, USMS, ICE, extradition, or another agency. Then compare the York Public Index for the legal order and the next agency for continued custody. A bond order explains authority to leave, while the jail record provides the actual processing time.

Verify York Annex Release Status

The county’s official roster states that it displays current booking information only. Its rows include facility, booking number, charges, bond, photograph, and a release-date field that reads *In Jail for a current booking. The page is not an annex release archive. No match may reflect release, transfer, a spelling issue, or a record outside York’s jail system.

1. Search the current roster and match booking details, not just a common name.
2. Call 803-628-3083, option 2, and ask Booking/Releases for the actual departure and destination.
3. Use option 4 then 7 for Inmate Records when the booking or movement document is needed.
4. Check the issuing court for the order, sentence, or disposition behind the departure.
5. Follow a stated transfer into the SCDC, BOP, ICE, USMS, or other receiving channel.

The countywide York County released inmates lookup provides the broader decision path when the building or custodian is unclear. Use it to distinguish a county booking from a state-prison, federal, or supervision record.

The image below is a captured view of the York County current roster.

The screen supports a check of current listed custody, while a past annex departure requires the movement record or another official status source.

York Annex Records Contact

Both buildings use the Detention Center contact chain. A short call can identify the booking and confirm which unit should answer a written request. Staff may not disclose every item by telephone. For a durable record, address a focused FOIA request to the Sheriff’s Office and state both the current and historical facility names when the date could predate the merger.

The official FOIA page provides the form. Give the full name and aliases, approximate date range, booking number if known, and a lawful identity detail that helps separate matches. Request the booking sheet, actual release date and time, release type, destination or receiving agency, and movement record. Ask that the search include “York County Prison” and “York County Detention Center Annex” when relevant.

York lists copy charges, media charges, and staff search or redaction time in its policy. A deposit can be required. Electronic delivery may avoid paper-copy expense but not necessary staff time. Confirm the fee before authorizing work.

Note: Call first when the booking number is unknown, then use that number to narrow the written annex record request.

York Annex Custody Role

The Sheriff’s detention page reports that the annex has 256 beds. It sits behind the Moss Justice Center, and older sources identify 778 Justice Boulevard. The annex is a county jail building, not a current SCDC institution. People housed there remain within the York County Detention Division process unless and until a movement entry transfers them elsewhere.

The annex and main building may house people at different stages, but the researched release route is shared. York detainees can be awaiting trial, serving eligible local or Family Court sentences, waiting for SCDC transport, or held under another authority. Do not infer a release type from the building label. Ask for the legal hold and recorded exit.

The older location can help identify archival material, yet the Sheriff’s public Moss Justice Center address is the safe correspondence route unless the form directs otherwise. Verify public access and hours before visiting. A secure jail address is not necessarily a public records counter.

York Annex Federal Release Holds

York’s detention operation houses both USMS and ICE detainees. The county also runs an ICE 287(g) function. Physical placement in the annex therefore does not mean the person’s legal custody is solely local. When such a name leaves the York roster, the event can be transfer to federal custody, movement to a new detention site, release under a federal order, or a later community release.

Ask York for the holding authority and the exact release-to destination. If the record names ICE, use the ICE detainee locator with the supported A-number or name search. It focuses on current detention and may show some recent ICE releases for sixty days, but a no-result is not final. If the record names USMS, consult the federal court order and USMS custody confirmation. The Bureau of Prisons locator applies only after actual BOP custody.

A transfer is a county departure, not proof of freedom. Pairing York’s movement entry with the receiving source keeps those two meanings separate and avoids treating every vanished roster row as a community release.

York Annex Former Prison Name

The annex was once called York County Prison. The York County Sheriff took custody in July 2021 and merged the 256-bed building into the present two-building Detention Center. This history creates a real records-search issue. A pre-merger document may retain the prison title even though there is no separate current York County Prison release workflow.

For older records, include both names in the request and give a tight date range. Ask the custodian to search the booking and movement data associated with the former prison and the present annex. Keep the historical name in a citation or description when it appears on the original record. For current status, use the Detention Division channels.

The word “Prison” also should not be confused with the South Carolina state-prison system. A York inmate awaiting transport remains in county custody. Once SCDC receives that person, the statewide current search becomes the correct custody source, followed by SCDC’s separate released search when the state term ends.

Note: The 2021 merger changed administration and naming, not the need to verify each recorded departure and destination.

York Annex Release Record Fields

A useful annex record request asks for more than a booking sheet. The booking record establishes admission, booking number, and initial custody details. The movement entry supplies the actual departure date and time, the recorded release type, and any destination. A court order gives the legal basis. When another agency accepted the person, that agency’s entry supplies the next status.

South Carolina FOIA generally calls for an initial written determination within ten business days, or twenty business days for records more than twenty-four months old. Production follows under separate statutory periods when access is granted and any required deposit is paid. These are outer rules, not a promise that each item is public. Exempt or protected material can be redacted, while reasonably separable public portions should still be addressed.

Ask staff to search both building names when the record crosses July 2021. If only an arrest report is returned, clarify that the request seeks Detention Inmate Records and the movement or release line. An arresting agency’s incident file may not contain the annex exit.

Match York Annex Building Names

The same record chain applies when one document names the main building and another names the annex. Compare the booking number and movement date before treating the labels as two confinements. The combined operation can use different building names within one custody episode. A receiving-agency entry, not the internal building label, determines whether the final move continued custody outside York.