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Hill-Finklea Jail Overview

Hill-Finklea Detention Center is the official Berkeley County jail at 300 California Avenue in Moncks Corner. The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office operates the detention center, and the sheriff's detention material places it next to the Berkeley County Courthouse area. The jail is built for local detention work: arrest intake, classification, housing, court transport, release processing, records handling, and video visitation. It is not a South Carolina Department of Corrections prison, so the county roster is the right first search for current local custody.

The Berkeley County jail population includes adults arrested by the Sheriff's Office and by municipal or state agencies listed in the roster filter. Those agencies include Goose Creek, Hanahan, Moncks Corner, North Charleston, St. Stephen, Summerville, the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Berkeley Highway Patrol, and South Carolina Probation, Parole and Pardon Services. A person arrested in southern Berkeley County may still be transported to Moncks Corner because the detention center serves as the shared county booking point.

According to the sheriff's detention and division pages, Hill-Finklea uses a behavior-based classification system and maintains units for classification, records, training, property management, contract management, policies, and budgeting. Its operations side includes direct inmate supervision, a Special Operations Response Team, prisoner transport, and a trustee litter pick-up program.

The sheriff's detention center page is the source for core Hill-Finklea phone and service rules used for the contact and service details.

The official page is useful because it separates booking, records, release, property, and visitation topics instead of treating all jail questions as one general phone call.

Hill-Finklea Inmate Population

The public Berkeley County roster count captured on June 29, 2026 listed 449 current Hill-Finklea inmates. That count broke down as 393 males and 56 females. The research did not locate an official rated capacity for Hill-Finklea in the sheriff's detention page or reviewed annual reports, so capacity should be treated as unknown rather than estimated.

The visible count is a roster snapshot, not an average daily population report. It can rise or fall with arrests, court releases, bond paperwork, transfers, sentenced commitments, and holds from other agencies. The 2024 Berkeley County Sheriff's Office annual report gives operating volume context with 5,682 arrests, 2,394 transports, and 450 inmates transported, but it does not publish a jail bed count or annual average daily population.

Hill-Finklea Roster Lookup

Use the Berkeley County Sheriff's inmate lookup for current Hill-Finklea custody. The county roster allows a name search, charge search, arresting-agency filter, and arrest date range. It is the right tool for a person recently booked into the county jail. It is not the right tool for a sentenced state prisoner already admitted to SCDC.

If a recent arrest does not show, do not assume the person is free. Booking, classification, paperwork, bond hearings, and roster updates can lag. The safer fallback is to call Hill-Finklea Booking at 843-719-4876 or the 24-hour main line at 843-719-4546. Older or released jail records may require Hill-Finklea Records or a Berkeley County FOIA request.

1. Open the official Berkeley County Sheriff's inmate lookup page and search by last name first.
2. Use a partial name if the spelling is uncertain because the official roster permits partial searches.
3. Narrow results by charge wording, arresting agency, or arrest date range when the name is common.
4. Confirm the result is a current Hill-Finklea custody record before relying on booking date, charge, bond, or photo details.
5. Call Booking or Records if the arrest is recent, the name does not appear, or the record may have been released.

Hill-Finklea Address and Phones

Hill-Finklea publishes separate phone channels for general jail information, booking questions, records questions, and detention leadership. Use the most specific number available. Booking is best for a person who may have just arrived. Records is better for file, release, and older custody-record questions. The main detention line is listed as available 24 hours.

The Sheriff's Office general contact address is 223 North Live Oak Drive in Moncks Corner, and the Records Management Office handles in-person incident report requests Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except county holidays. Formal public-record requests that are not handled at a counter should go through the Berkeley County FOIA portal.

Hill-Finklea Video Visitation

Hill-Finklea visitation is different from a traditional jail lobby schedule because the official detention page says all visitation is conducted strictly through video visitation. The page directs users to create an account through SmartInmate. The Sheriff's division material says video visitation was implemented in 2019 to reduce staffing demands tied to in-person visitation.

No official source in the research published full visit length, price, dress code, visitor ID rules, cancellation rules, or a complete weekly schedule. That gap matters. A visitor should confirm the current video account process with the jail or SmartInmate before spending money, setting a visit time, or driving to Moncks Corner.

Hill-Finklea Mail and Property

The official detention material includes sections for mail, commissary, release, and property, but the research did not capture a full mail address format, money-deposit fee table, accepted payment methods, or vendor pricing. Do not use state prison mail rules for this county jail. Hill-Finklea's own rules control county jail property, mail, phone, digital mail, and commissary services.

Property release is one of the clearest local rules. The detention page says personal or valuable property can be released only with inmate approval, and only Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Release processing is also documented: after all release documentation reaches the detention center, release can take one to four hours.

Hill-Finklea Booking Intake

Berkeley County intake starts when an arresting agency brings a person to Hill-Finklea or transfers that person through the weekend prisoner transport process. The 2022 Sheriff's annual report says two civilian booking clerks were hired to help process inmates, file records, and operate front desk controls. Property is inventoried, identity and charge paperwork are entered, and a booking photo may become part of the public jail lookup.

Classification follows booking. The detention center's Classification Unit has two detention deputies who evaluate incoming inmates, track discipline, and report monthly statistics to the director. Classification is a jail management term for decisions about housing, supervision, separation, and program access. Medical and mental-health screening can also occur during or after intake.

South Carolina bond rules matter after booking. For bailable offenses, a bond hearing generally must occur within 24 hours. Hill-Finklea's video bond hearings reduce the need to move inmates and are described by the Sheriff's Office as a security improvement for victims and witnesses. For a broader roster explanation, the county jail record process is covered on the Berkeley County jail inmate records page.

County Jail or Prison

Hill-Finklea and MacDougall Correctional Institution both sit in Berkeley County, but they are different custody systems. Hill-Finklea is the county jail for current arrests and local detention. MacDougall is an SCDC state prison for sentenced male prisoners. A person may be booked at Hill-Finklea after arrest and later move into SCDC custody only after sentencing and admission to the state prison system.

Hill-Finklea Programs

The jail's local operations include several Berkeley County details that help explain how the facility works beyond the roster. The trustee litter pick-up program began in 2015. In 2022, trustee crews working under detention deputy supervision removed 48,360 pounds of trash from roadsides, medians, and public areas. The program is tied to classification because trustees are lower-risk inmates approved for supervised work assignments.

The 2022 mental-health pilot is another significant local program. A $373,000 funding effort connected Hill-Finklea with Berkeley Community Mental Health, added clinician time inside the facility, and allowed referrals from medical staff, detention deputies, and inmates. From October through December 2022, the pilot reported 615 services. The average suicide-watch duration dropped from 12.5 days to 2.8 days in the same pilot period.

Training and oversight are also part of the jail record. Detention deputies must complete at least 40 hours of training each year. Training staff maintain records, perform internal inspections of life-safety equipment, and help with PREA compliance, policies, and post orders.