Locate Anderson County Mugshots Using Free Public Databases

Access public records and execute an Anderson County mugshot search to identify incarcerated individuals.

The South Carolina Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) authorizes citizens to inspect, copy, and receive official records in any form (like arrest records and civil or criminal cases), except for records exempted for disclosure by the court and other state and federal laws.

By adhering to the processes and resources discussed in this article, you can swiftly locate mugshots of offenders across local and state records.

Guide To Free Resources & Databases for Locating Mugshots

Mugshots, also known as booking photographs, are taken by law enforcement agencies as part of arrest or criminal records, which help searchers locate the individuals they’re looking for or to verify the correct record of someone – especially for people who have similar names as other individuals.

You can search arrest and criminal records through the databases provided by the law enforcement agencies for free, or process a records request from these agencies; they have the most reliable information you can get, as they’re the ones responsible for the safety of the community and management of jails/prisons.

These law enforcement agencies are the following: the city/town (municipal) police departments, the county sheriff’s office, the state department of corrections, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The several sections below will further explain the details about these agencies and the information they can provide.

How To Perform a Free Anderson County Mugshot Lookup

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office provides law enforcement services to this entire South Carolina county, including the security and operation of the Anderson County Detention Center.

The Sheriff’s Office presents the list of all inmates incarcerated into the Anderson County Detention Center (ACDC) provided by various local law enforcement agencies showing their mugshots, full names, sex, arrest/release date, and charge(s) descriptions.¹ This jail roster can be filtered by entering the name, sex, and custody/arrest/release date of the subject you’re looking for.

The most wanted page and the Anderson County Sex Offender Registry platform may also be helpful to you in finding the mugshot of other offenders within the county.²

For more information, you may contact the sheriff’s office or process a FOIA request.

Anderson County Sheriff’s Office
Att: Public Information Officer
305 Camson Road
Anderson, South Carolina 29625

Email: [email protected]
Detention Center: 864.260.4363
Main Office: 864.260.4400

You may also subscribe to the VINELink website, a third party service, to get a real time notification of the custody status of an offender, where you can also search for the mugshots of the people incarcerated within South Carolina for free.⁴

Supporting Jail Inmates: Visitation, Posting Bonds, Commissary Details & More

The Detention Division of the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for the Detention Center that houses an average daily population of about 400 inmates (around 65 females and 319 males). They provide various services to inmates while in custody.⁵

Inmate Accounts: Each incarcerated individual has their own personal accounts where families and friends may deposit funds for the inmates’ use in purchasing various items at the commissary from McDaniel Supply Company and other services they will utilize while being detained in jail.

The funds can be deposited to the inmate’s account online through the McDaniel Supply Company with a fee or through money orders to be sent directly to the Detention Center.

Inmate Visitation: An inmate is allowed one visit per week by family and friends listed on the offender’s visitation list (up to 10 individuals of their choosing that can be changed every 90 days). Visitors must wear proper attire and follow the rules and regulations set up by the Anderson County Detention Center for the safety and order of all staff, inmates, and other visitors in the facility.

Mail: Inmates are allowed to send and receive mail such as letters, photographs, new clippings, drawings, and money orders from Monday through Friday with the exception of holidays.

Incoming mail from family and friends will be scanned for any contrabands (cash and other prohibited items) first before delivering it to the inmates; while legal mail is opened in front of the receiving offenders and will be checked for contraband before giving it to them.

Senders must put their name and return address on the envelope to be accepted and all inmate mail received at the facility must be addressed in this way:

Inmate’s Full Name
Anderson County Sheriff’s Office – Detention Center
1009 David Lee Coffee Pl.
Anderson, South Carolina 29625

Telephone Communication: Inmates are provided with telephones for a collect only basis with the help of Pay-Tel Communications. Inmates may also purchase calling cards for $10 each at the commissary. If you want to stop the inmate from calling you or for your number to be blocked, you may contact the Pay-Tel Communication at +1.800.Pay.Tell.

Bond Payment: The Anderson County Summary Court Judges (Magistrates) issue arrest/search/bench warrants, hear traffic/civil/criminal cases, and sets bonds which may be involved with cases that have a maximum fine of $500 with or without 30 days jail time and additional court and assessment fees.⁶

The Bond Court can be contacted or visited at:

Anderson County Bond Court
2404 N Main St.
Anderson, South Carolina 29621

Phone: 864-231-3119
Fax: 864-231-3118

Access Mugshots Through Police Records in Anderson County (Cities & Towns)

There are several cities and towns in Anderson County, and most have their own police departments that are supported by the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office when required.

To get the mugshots (police photographs) of arrested individuals in a specific police department, you may process a record request through various methods offered – such as online, in person, mail, email, and fax – based on what’s available on a specific location.

Note: The City of Anderson has a database that list all inmates detained at the Anderson Police Department Detention Center.⁷

All police departments available in Anderson County, South Carolina are listed below with their addresses, contact details, and other information for records requests.

For additional details, you may also review the process to obtain public records in Anderson County, South Carolina, as this resource outlines the most efficient and effective ways to obtain police records, criminal histories, and much more.

Explore Mugshots of State & Federal Prisons in South Carolina

The South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) manages 21 prison facilities categorized into four security custody levels (minimum-out custody, minimum-in custody, medium security, and closed security classifications) serving about 16,000 state prisoners.

They have a public incarcerated inmate search tool available for finding mugshots; the database can be browsed via various methods based on the information you have available – such as the individual’s SCDC ID, State Identifier Number (SID), and first or last name.⁹ You may follow the 5 methods to run a search in this database listed in the right corner of the page.

Results will show the records of all matching individuals with their mugshots, full name, SCDC ID #, sex, race, height, weight, age, and when clicking a specific profile, you will be routed to a page with the person’s inmate detailed report.

Federal inmates are placed on separate prison facilities from state offenders. Federal offenders are under the supervision of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) housed in various federal prison facilities located throughout the entire United States, four (4) Federal Correctional Institutions (FCI) – in Bennettsville, Edgefield, Estill, and Williamsburg – are located within South Carolina.

The BOP agency provides the list of all federal inmates incarcerated in various institutions of the agency from 1982 which can be searched by providing the name or register number of the subject.¹¹ The results will list the matching profiles’ information such as their full name, register #, age, race, sex, release date, and location.

Clicking a specific individual’s record will lead you to another page with the profile’s information and other helpful links which are relevant for the families that would like to help or send some packages or funds to the inmates during their incarceration.

As stated by the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the mugshots of incarcerated people as well as other official records freely accessible in South Carolina are available to the public to maintain an open relationship with citizens of the state.¹²

Despite the availability of public records, you should maintain a professional and ethical view of the information obtained. It shouldn’t be used to intimidate or harass anyone, discriminate against them, or remove them from their rights to various benefits and opportunities available as citizens of the state.

This is the right of every individual under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) which is carried out by the South Carolina Human Affairs Commission.¹³

Be a responsible citizen when conducting an Anderson County mugshot search and use appropriately the information you obtained in a way that will be beneficial to you and other people.