MacDougall Correctional Institution Inmate Search

MacDougall Prison Overview

MacDougall Correctional Institution is operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. SCDC lists the facility at 1516 Old Gilliard Road in Ridgeville and identifies it as a Medium and Minimum custody institution for male inmates. The SCDC institutions page lists Wilfredo Martell as warden and gives 1966 as the opening year.

The main distinction is custody type. MacDougall is not the booking point for new Berkeley County arrests. A person arrested by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, Goose Creek police, Hanahan police, Highway Patrol, or another local agency should be checked through Hill-Finklea first. MacDougall becomes relevant when a person is a sentenced South Carolina state prisoner or appears in SCDC custody.

That system boundary affects nearly every service rule. County jail video visits, county booking calls, and county property release hours do not control MacDougall inmates. SCDC family services, prison mail rules, prison phone rules, money deposit rules, and package rules apply instead.

The SCDC institutions page is the matched source for MacDougall's address, custody level, warden, opening year, and listed phone numbers.

The institution listing is the best official starting point for confirming that MacDougall is an SCDC facility rather than a Berkeley County jail facility.

MacDougall Capacity and Count

SCDC's daily population report dated June 28, 2026 listed MacDougall Correctional Institution with a total capacity of 693 and a physical count of 676. That placed the institution at 97.5 percent occupied on the report date. These are state prison operating figures, not Berkeley County jail roster numbers.

The report also broke out capacity and physical count by housing or program category. General housing accounted for most beds, with 576 capacity and 564 physically counted. Restrictive housing showed 21 capacity and 17 physical count. Program beds showed 96 capacity and 95 physical count. The extracted report showed special-management beds as 0 and 0 for MacDougall.

MacDougall SCDC Lookup

Use the SCDC incarcerated inmate search for a MacDougall inmate search. The SCDC locator is the statewide tool for sentenced South Carolina prisoners. It is separate from the Berkeley County Sheriff's inmate lookup, which covers current Hill-Finklea jail custody. SCDC also offers an inmate information line at 1-866-727-2846.

The SCDC search accepts identifiers and name fields. Exact SCDC ID or SID information is best, but a first and last name can also be used. The indexed SCDC search page states that results are limited to 250 inmates, so common names may need more detail.

1. Open the SCDC incarcerated inmate search instead of the Berkeley County roster.
2. Enter the SCDC ID or SID if known, or use first and last name fields.
3. Review results for the current institution field and confirm that MacDougall is listed.
4. Use SCDC's inmate information line if the name is common, the locator returns too many results, or the person may have transferred.

MacDougall Address and Phones

SCDC lists multiple phone numbers for MacDougall. Because a state prison may route different questions through facility staff, statewide SCDC offices, or family service pages, callers should be clear about whether the question involves custody location, visitation approval, mail, money, phone accounts, or packages. The statewide inmate information line is also useful when the locator result is unclear.

MacDougall Visitation Rules

MacDougall visitation should be handled through the SCDC family information hub, not through Hill-Finklea's county video visitation process. The research identifies the SCDC family page as the official hub for visitation, mail, money, telephone calls, packages, and inmate search. It also notes that SCDC visitation approval and scheduling rules differ from county jail video visitation.

The research did not capture a MacDougall-specific weekly visitation schedule from a current official SCDC visitation notice. For that reason, no day-by-day hours should be published here as fixed times. The most accurate path is to confirm approval, scheduling, identification, dress, and status rules through SCDC before a visit is planned.

The SCDC family page also provides the matched official source for mail, money, phone, package, and family-service topics tied to state prison custody.

That SCDC family source matters for MacDougall because state prison family services can differ from county jail rules in Berkeley County.

MacDougall Mail and Money

SCDC family service rules control mail, money, phone calls, and inmate packages for MacDougall. The research confirms that the SCDC family page covers each of those topics, but it did not capture current vendors, fee amounts, exact mail formatting, or package vendor rules. Those details should be checked through SCDC before money is sent or mail is prepared.

The most important local rule is system separation. Do not send money through a Berkeley County jail commissary link for a MacDougall prisoner. Do not use Hill-Finklea property-release hours for a state prison inmate. SCDC numbers, SCDC identifiers, and SCDC family guidance should be used for sentenced state prisoners.

MacDougall Prison Admission

A MacDougall record reflects state prison custody, not street-arrest booking. A Berkeley County arrest may begin at Hill-Finklea, where the county roster can show booking date, charges, bond information, arresting agency, and a booking photo. If the person is convicted and sentenced to SCDC, the prison locator becomes the more relevant custody tool after state admission.

SCDC public information uses state identifiers that differ from local jail booking numbers. A person can move from one SCDC institution to another, and the current institution field is the key detail for confirming MacDougall placement. VINELink can help with custody status notifications, but it is not a full replacement for the SCDC locator. The Berkeley County inmate population overview distinguishes local jail custody from state prison custody across the county.

SCDC

South Carolina Department of Corrections, the state prison agency.

Current institution

The prison where SCDC lists the inmate at the time of lookup.

Restrictive housing

Beds for inmates removed from general housing because of threat, protection, or security needs.

Program beds

Capacity tied to SCDC program functions such as treatment, transition, or evaluation programs.

MacDougall Versus Hill-Finklea

MacDougall and Hill-Finklea are often confused because both are tied to Berkeley County geography. The legal custody systems are different. Hill-Finklea is the local jail operated by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office. MacDougall is a state prison operated by SCDC. That difference determines which search tool works, which agency controls visits, and which records office can answer questions.

MacDougall Conditions Notes

SCDC's population report gives the strongest current operational detail for MacDougall. The 676 physical count against 693 capacity shows a high occupied share on June 28, 2026. General housing made up the largest part of the institution's capacity. Restrictive housing and program beds were much smaller categories, but they are important because they show that not every prison bed serves the same purpose.

A June 2026 ABC News 4/WCIV report said SCDC was investigating the death of an inmate at MacDougall Correctional Institution and had ruled out suicide and homicide at that time while the exact cause remained under investigation. That news item should be treated as a cautious conditions note, not as a facility rule or a final cause-of-death finding.

No BOP prison or ICE detention center was located inside Berkeley County. Federal sentenced prisoners use the BOP locator, and immigration detainees use the ICE locator once ICE custody applies. A federal pretrial defendant may be in U.S. Marshals custody before BOP placement, which is another reason the county jail roster should not be treated as the only possible custody source.