This website is a private reference guide, not a Union County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for custody, records, and background-check questions.
Where Union County Jail and Records Questions Go
Union County separates current jail information, sheriff records, local background checks, and statewide criminal-history searches. Start with the office that matches the record you need.
- Union County Sheriff
- Jeff Bailey, Sheriff
Union County Sheriff's Office
200 East Main Street, Union, SC 29379
Phone: (864) 429-1612
Fax: (864) 429-1628 - Union County Detention Center
- 1657 Jonesville Highway, Union, SC 29379
Inmate information: (864) 429-2818 - Records and Administrative Services
- Call the Sheriff's Office at (864) 429-1612 for incident reports, local records questions, and administrative services. Local background checks are available Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Local Background Checks
- Bring a valid driver's license or picture ID plus a social security card. The local background-check fee is $5, cash only. Statewide background checks should be requested through SLED or the SLED CATCH portal.
Use these Union County record paths based on the type of information you are trying to find.
- For someone in the county jail, begin with jail inmate records and call the Detention Center at (864) 429-2818 if the online roster does not answer the question.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and remember that South Carolina FOIA exemptions may affect release.
- For charges and court filings after booking, use court records after a jail arrest rather than relying only on the jail roster.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Union County Detention Center or Prison Work Facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search through the South Carolina Department of Corrections inmate locator, not the Union County jail roster.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, the U.S. Marshals District of South Carolina, or ICE's detainee locator as applicable.