This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or obtain an official booking record. Use the official office that controls the record or custody system.
Official Custody Contacts
Berkeley County inmate and booking questions usually start with Hill-Finklea Detention Center or the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office. Formal court charges, sentenced-prison custody, federal custody, and immigration detention use separate offices.
Hill-Finklea Detention Center
300 California Avenue
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
24-hour main line: 843-719-4546
Business-hours main phone: 843-719-3998
Booking: 843-719-4876
Records: 843-719-4557
Berkeley County Sheriff's Office
223 North Live Oak Drive
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
Office: 843-719-4465
Records Management Office: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., except county holidays.
Berkeley County FOIA
1003 Highway 52
Moncks Corner, SC 29461
843-719-4011
County FOIA requests must be submitted through the online portal.
Use these routes for the most common record questions:
- For a person in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call Booking or the main detention line if the roster is unclear.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots, Hill-Finklea Records, or the Berkeley County FOIA portal.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, the South Carolina Judicial Branch case search, the Clerk of Court, or the Ninth Circuit Solicitor.
- For facility-specific rules, use the Hill-Finklea Detention Center or MacDougall Correctional Institution page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the South Carolina Department of Corrections locator or call SCDC inmate information at 1-866-727-2846.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator, the ICE detainee locator, or the U.S. Marshals District of South Carolina when federal pretrial custody is involved.