Spartanburg County Detention Facility Annex Records

Annex Release System

County capital documents place the Annex at 180 Daniel Morgan Avenue, but the research found no separate Annex inmate locator, release feed, records custodian, telephone line, or South Carolina VINE listing. The VINE county directory identifies the Spartanburg County Detention Center and gives the main detention number. That evidence makes the correct workflow clear: treat the Annex as one part of the Sheriff's unified detention complex. Do not interpret the different street address as a different public release database.

A records request should name “Spartanburg County Detention Facility, including the Annex” when building location matters. The person may have moved between parts of the detention complex without leaving Sheriff custody. An internal bed or building change is not a release. The release event occurs when the Sheriff relinquishes custody under a court order, sentence completion, approved alternative, or transfer. The booking report and commitment/discharge order are stronger evidence than a location label on a changing roster.

Annex Release Outcomes

People in the county detention complex include pretrial arrestees, people serving short county terms, and people held for state, federal, fugitive, municipal, or other-jurisdiction action. Release from the Annex may mean community return after bond, recognizance, time served, or sentence completion. It may mean court-approved home detention, where physical jail custody ends but monitoring and restrictions continue. It can also mean transport to SCDC, another county, federal custody, or an agency acting on a detainer.

The correct next record depends on that outcome. A community release should appear in the booking report and be explained by the relevant court entry or discharge order. A transfer should identify or at least point toward the receiving custodian. State prison custody is checked through SCDC. Federal designation is checked through the BOP after the federal court controls detention. A suspected immigration transfer is checked through ICE. None of those systems should be merged with the county jail roster.

Note: “Released by Spartanburg County” describes the ending custodian and does not, by itself, show that the person entered the community.

Confirm an Annex Release

Begin with official Spartanburg County detention information. Search the available booking information and save the exact name, booking number, charge, and court details. Live information changes quickly. A person who has left county custody may vanish from the current population view, while a processing delay may briefly leave an old status in place. Either result needs confirmation.

The following sequence preserves the evidence boundary at each step:

1. Check the Sheriff's Detention Services information and match the person carefully.
2. Call 864-596-2607 and state that the inquiry concerns the Annex within the detention complex.
3. Check South Carolina VINE for a custody change, understanding that an alert is not a certified discharge order.
4. Use the Spartanburg Public Index to find the bond, disposition, sentence, or court action behind the change.
5. Request the booking report and commitment/discharge order, naming the Annex in the request.

If staff confirm transfer, continue with the named custodian. SCDC's current offender search covers sentenced state prisoners, not county detainees. Its separate released list covers completed SCDC releases, not a person merely released from the Annex. The Spartanburg County release search maps the full county, state, federal, court, and notification path when the destination is unclear.

Annex Discharge Record Request

Use the county FOIA request entry point, but first verify with detention staff which custodian receives Sheriff records. The generic form may not automatically reach the correct elected office. Supply the person's full name, any known date of birth or booking number, an approximate booking and release range, and the court number. Ask for an electronic booking report that includes the release date and time and the commitment/discharge order that states the legal authority and date.

Wording matters for this facility. Identify “Spartanburg County Detention Facility, including the Annex at 180 Daniel Morgan Avenue” and ask that a building transfer not be mistaken for a release. If the record shows transfer outside the Sheriff system, request any public destination field. Ask for a fee estimate before work beyond an amount you choose. Sensitive medical or security information may be redacted, so request releasable portions rather than expecting every field.

Release date and time

The operational timestamp expected in the booking report.

Authority to discharge

The court or other legal basis recorded in the commitment/discharge order.

Transfer destination

The receiving agency or place, when public and recorded.

Building assignment

An internal location that does not itself prove release.

Booking reports have a ten-year county retention period under the current schedule. Commitment/discharge orders have a three-year period after release. For an older event, request the booking report first, then seek the court docket or certified order if the jail's order series is no longer available. A retention schedule permits disposal; it does not promise that every record survives.

Annex Bond and Exit Timing

The Sheriff's intake process applies across the county detention operation. Tentative bond proceedings are described as occurring seven days a week, including holidays, at about 11 a.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m., and midnight, with more scheduling possible overnight. Paperwork generally needs to be ready about an hour before a slot. Victim participation, unserved warrants, emergencies, or magistrate availability can delay the hearing. The times are not promised physical exits from the Annex or main booking area.

After recognizance, the person receives property and signs release documents through the magistrate process. If a signer, cash, property, or bondsman must act, the person may stay in booking until the arrangement is complete. Official intake information says this can extend into the end of a staff shift, often about one and one-half to two hours beyond the hearing. That gap is why the actual booking release timestamp matters. A court order may be valid before the jail completes identity, property, account, warrant, and document checks.

Research found no official Annex-specific release gate or waiting policy. Call the unified detention front desk before planning transport. Do not promise a pickup point based only on the Annex address.

Note: Bond-hearing time and physical release time are separate facts, and only the completed booking process establishes the recorded exit time.

Annex Release Contact

The Annex has no verified separate public records line. Use the main detention contact, state the Annex location, and ask whether the issue belongs with operations, booking records, or the controlling court. For a live custody question, call detention. For formal copies, confirm the Sheriff records custodian and submission method. For a certified judicial disposition, contact the Clerk of Court rather than asking court staff to confirm a gate exit.

The main Detention Facility is at 950 California Avenue, Spartanburg, SC 29303. The shared number and shared custody system are the key facts. A call can establish which building currently holds the person, but a written booking report and discharge order provide the lasting release record.

Annex Detention Context

County capital documents distinguish the Annex address from the main facility and record about $9.995 million in general-obligation bonds issued in April 2021 for Annex construction. Earlier county material described an overall rated detention capacity of 567. Both figures belong to their source years and should not be treated as current release volume or present capacity. They show facility development, not a separate records system.

This local history prevents a common error. Separate buildings do not always mean separate custodians, rosters, or release processes. In Spartanburg County, the Annex remains within the Sheriff's detention operation. The legally useful question is not just which building housed the person. It is whether the Sheriff ended custody, transferred the person within the complex, or delivered the person to a different authority. The booking and discharge records answer that question more reliably than the building name alone.