This is a private reference site, not a Bamberg County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that holds the record.
Where to Look for Bamberg County Records
For current local custody questions, contact Bamberg County Detention Center, 444 Second Street, P.O. Box 928, Bamberg, SC 29003. The jail phone is (803) 245-3020 and the fax is (803) 245-3012. The county staff directory lists Moses Cheatham, Captain, for detention matters. Sheriff Kenny Bamberg's office can be reached at 803-245-3018, and sheriff FOIA requests may be sent to sheriff@bambergcounty.sc.gov. Published public-lobby hours for records requests were not located, so call before traveling.
For county administration FOIA requests, Bamberg County lists Thomas M. Thomas, Deputy Administrator, P.O. Box 149, Bamberg, SC 29003. The county annex is the Isaiah Odom Building, 1234 North Street, Bamberg, SC 29003, with main phone (803) 245-5191. South Carolina FOIA appears in S.C. Code Title 30 Chapter 4, and the county warns that commercial solicitation is limited by S.C. Code Section 30-2-50. Sheriff FOIA fees may include $15 per hour for search, retrieval, and redaction, $15 per hour for dispatch or 911 search and retrieval, $5 for a DVD or CD, and $0.25 per paper copy, payable by cashier's check or money order to Bamberg County Sheriff's Office when due.
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and call Bamberg County Detention Center at (803) 245-3020.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff FOIA channel if no public photo is posted.
- For charges, case numbers, court dates, and dispositions after filing, use court records after a jail arrest; Clerk of Court Jannie C. Johnson's office phone is (803) 245-3025, and Magistrates handle lower-court, bond, and warrant matters.
- For facility address, visitation, mail, and commissary context, use the Bamberg County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For custody notifications when a county roster is unavailable or delayed, use South Carolina VINELink.
- For a sentenced South Carolina prisoner, search the South Carolina Department of Corrections public inmate locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, the U.S. Marshals District of South Carolina if federal pretrial custody is involved, or ICE Online Detainee Locator System for immigration detention.