Union County Jail Roster
The official local custody path is the Union County Sheriff Zuercher inmate portal. The portal identifies the facility as Union County Detention Center and names Niel McKeown as Director. Its public text states that the information is for informational purposes only, may change, may be updated periodically, may contain errors, and should not be used for legal action. It also says an arrest does not mean conviction and does not imply guilt or innocence.
The roster is useful for custody checks, but it is not the same as a court file. A jail record can show that a person is held for an agency, while the charging document, docket events, plea, disposition, or sentence may appear in Union County arrest records and court charges or in later Circuit Court records. For more inmate information, the portal gives 864-429-2818. The Sheriff's Office phone is 864-429-1612.
The Union County Zuercher inmate portal is the manifest source for the local jail roster screenshot.
The portal should be read as a current custody aid, with the jail phone line used when the status affects court, bond, visitation, or release planning.
Search Union County Inmates
The roster supports a direct name search plus filters that help narrow results when several people have similar names or when the user only knows the agency or booking window. Because the research did not open a live individual inmate profile, the search steps should stay tied to the captured portal controls and result columns rather than claiming a sample record was verified.
- Open the Union County Sheriff inmate portal and review the public disclaimer before searching.
- Enter a name, or narrow the search with race, sex, arrest date, held-for agency, or other available filters.
- Use Search to run the query, or Reset to clear filters that may be hiding a matching record.
- Review visible result columns such as name, race, sex, age or DOB, arrest date, held-for agency, and hold reasons.
- Call 864-429-2818 if the result is unclear, if custody has just changed, or if legal action depends on the status.
The Union County inmate portal initialization endpoint exposed the official filters, visible columns, and jail phone text used for the search-field inventory.
That endpoint supports the field table, while the research still notes that a live individual inmate profile was not opened.
Union County Inmate Search Fields
The captured portal configuration gives more detail than a generic jail search. It includes text, dropdown, and date fields, plus a held-for agency list that can distinguish local police, sheriff, SCDC, SLED, Highway Patrol, probation and parole, ICE, U.S. Marshals, and Union County Family Court holds. The cell-block filter was present in the template data even though the current page configuration did not show cell block as a visible result column.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Searches inmate name. |
| Race | Dropdown | Optional | Includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Unknown, and White. |
| Sex | Dropdown | Optional | Female, Male, or Unknown. |
| Cell Block | Dropdown | Optional | Template exposed blocks such as DW colors, JL A through H, holding, observation, and PF areas. |
| Arrest Date | Date | Optional | Date picker. |
| Held For Agency | Dropdown | Optional | Includes Union County Sheriff's Office, Union Public Safety, Jonesville Police, Family Court, SCDC, SLED, Highway Patrol, ICE, and U.S. Marshals options. |
| In Custody On | Date | Optional/read-only setting | Page configuration limits the in-custody date to seven days prior. |
| Release Date | Date | Optional | Template includes the field, but current filters did not include release date. |
| Buttons | Buttons | n/a | Search and Reset. |
Union County Inmate Record Fields
A Union County inmate result is a custody snapshot. It can help confirm that the person is held locally, identify the agency responsible for the hold, and show arrest date or hold reasons. It does not prove guilt, does not replace a bond order, and does not supply a full court docket. Some fields may be supported by the template but not visible in the current page configuration.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | A result column can display a mugshot, or a placeholder user icon if none appears. |
| Name | The inmate name shown in the visible result column. |
| Race and Sex | Basic descriptors from the visible result columns. |
| Age/DOB | The page configuration uses an age format, with the result header depending on the configuration. |
| Cell Block | Supported by the template, but not listed in current available columns. |
| Arrest Date | The visible arrest date for the custody record. |
| Held For Agency | The agency responsible for the hold, such as sheriff, police, SCDC, or another listed agency. |
| Release Date | Supported by the template, but not listed in current available columns. |
| Hold Reasons | The current configuration sets hold reasons to show under the main result row. |
| Juvenile Display | The configuration shows juveniles as false and restricted juvenile information as full; no broader juvenile access should be inferred. |
Union County Detention Center
The Union County Detention Center has Pretrial and Work Camp divisions. The official page says the center supervises an average population of 100 county and city detainees for pretrial confinement and people serving sentences ordered by Summary and General Sessions courts for offenses of 90 days or less, plus Family Court sentences. The Prison Work Camp also houses up to 20 State Inmate Workers who perform full-time jobs while serving state sentences.
Union County Detention Center
Union County Sheriff's Office / Detention Center channels
200 East Main Street, Union, SC 29379
Inmate information: 864-429-2818
Sheriff's Office: 864-429-1612
The Detention Center page is the source for local custody, work camp, visitation, CIDNET, commissary, and mail details.
Those facility details explain why a person may appear locally even when the underlying sentence or hold comes from a court or agency outside the normal jail roster search.
Union County Inmate Visitation
Union County separates state inmate visitation from county sentenced and pretrial visitation. State inmate visitation is listed for Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. County sentenced and pretrial inmates must use video visitation. The Detention Center states visits are not scheduled at the facility. Visitors must create a CIDNET account at customer.cidnet.net or call 888-984-1903, and the county says remote or onsite video options are available.
| Category | Schedule or Provider | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| State inmate visitation | Saturday, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | Listed by the Detention Center page. |
| County sentenced/pretrial | CIDNET video visitation only | Remote or onsite video options; not scheduled at the Detention Center. |
| Victim or co-defendant | Restricted | A victim or co-defendant of the charged crime may not visit or send mail to that inmate. |
| Safety changes | Administration discretion | Visitation may be canceled or shortened to maintain safety or security. |
Note: Attorney visitation rules, dress code, visitor ID rules, video pricing, and holiday schedules were not found in official Union County HTML.
Union County Inmate Contact
Inmate phone and video visitation use CIDNET. The Detention Center directs family and friends to create an account at customer.cidnet.net or call 888-984-1903. The research did not locate official Union County pricing for calls or video visits, so current account costs should be checked with CIDNET. Commissary and deposits use McDaniel's Supply through jailpackstore.com or phone 800-822-9388. The county does not provide a local jail vendor fee schedule in the captured HTML.
Mail is inspected before delivery. The Detention Center states that mail to or from an inmate is not limited except where clear and convincing evidence justifies a limit. A victim or co-defendant of the charged crime may not visit or send mail to the inmate. That restriction ties jail communication rules to the underlying charge, not merely to the person's custody status.
State Inmate Searches
If a person does not appear in the Union County jail roster, the next custody path is state prison. The SCDC inmate-search disclaimer explains statewide inmate-search use and gives the toll-free inmate information line 1-866-727-2846. The SCDC incarcerated search can be used for people sentenced to state prison rather than held in Union County local custody.
The SCDC inmate-search disclaimer is the source for statewide custody search limits and the statewide inmate information line.
The disclaimer is important because state prison data and county jail data answer different custody questions.
The SCDC incarcerated inmate search supports state lookup by SCDC number, SID, or name, with a 250-result limit noted in the research.
Use SCDC when the custody issue is a state sentence, not when the question is a new Union County arrest or local bond hearing.
The SCDC released inmate list allows a release-date range and includes a county dropdown with Union.
Released state inmate data can help after a prison release, but it does not replace local jail confirmation for recent arrests.
P3 Tips and Jail Records
The Sheriff's Office links P3 Tips / P3 Intel, but the research found no app-only Union County inmate lookup, warrant search, or records request feature. P3 is a tip channel for anonymous information, Crime Stoppers, wanted fugitives, missing persons, unsolved crimes, two-way dialog, and image or video upload. It should not be used to check whether a person is in jail, clear a warrant, schedule visitation, or obtain bond details.
For custody status, use the jail portal, call 864-429-2818, check SCDC for state prison custody, or use SC VINE / VINELink for custody and case notifications. For court status, use the court that holds the case. A jail roster entry can move faster than the court docket, and a court disposition can outlast the jail stay.