Search Davie County Detention Center Inmates

Davie County Detention Center Overview

Davie County Detention Center is operated by the Davie County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's detention page describes the jail as an adult, medium-security facility built in 2001. It is the single detention facility identified in official source review as physically located in Davie County and routinely used for county jail custody. No separate county annex, municipal jail, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was found in Davie County.

The facility's role is local jail custody. The sheriff's page says it is a pretrial facility, and the sheriff's 2025 annual report says it primarily houses inmates awaiting court dates for trial. The same annual report adds that it also holds inmates serving sentences of six months or less. That distinction is important. Davie County Detention Center records are county jail records. A person transferred after a state prison sentence should be searched through NCDAC, not through the county roster.

The official Davie Detention Center page is the source for the jail's address, inmate search link, visitation appointment number, mail rules, package ban, deposit link, VINELink link, court-date resource, and state prison inmate-search link.

The detention page screenshot is relevant because it is the official county source that routes readers to inmate search, visitation, mail, and deposits.

Davie County Detention Center Population

The 2025 North Carolina Jail Administrators' Association directory lists Davie County Detention Center with 72 rated beds. The sheriff's 2025 annual report lists 77 as the 2025 average daily population. It also shows higher-than-capacity averages in recent years: 79 in 2023, 75 in 2024, and 77 in 2025. Those are annual average figures, not a live headcount, but they explain why the facility page should treat capacity and transfers as practical custody issues.

Lookup Davie County Detention Center Inmates

The correct public lookup for Davie County Detention Center is the Davie County Sheriff's Office Zuercher inmate search. The roster is configured for current inmates. It is useful for a person believed to be in the jail now, but it should not be treated as a complete booking archive. The public result fields include mugshot, name, race, sex, age, arrest date, and hold reasons. Bond amount, housing unit, booking number, and court date were not enabled as public columns in the captured configuration.

1. Open the Zuercher inmate search linked from the sheriff's detention page.
2. Search by name first, using the most exact spelling available.
3. Narrow by race, sex, or arrest date only if those details are known.
4. Read the result row for mugshot, age, arrest date, and hold-reason text.
5. Call the jail at (336) 753-6647 if the person was just booked, just released, or not found.

A state-prison search uses a different system. The NCDAC Offender Public Information locator covers state prison offenders, probationers, and parolees. NCDAC says it does not have county jail records, so it should not be used for someone still held at Davie County Detention Center.

Davie County Detention Center Contact

The jail phone is the practical fallback when the roster does not answer a current custody question. Official sources do not publish separate lobby hours, public counter hours, or booking-intake hours. For a visit, deposit, mail question, or custody-status issue, call before traveling because the jail page does not publish a visitor entrance diagram, parking map, or locker policy.

Davie County Detention Center Visits

Visitation is by appointment only. The sheriff's detention page instructs visitors to call 336-753-6672. If no one answers, leave a message. Messages are retrieved Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The official page does not publish visit length, dress code, remote-video vendor, attorney-visit rules, child-visitor rules, photo-ID wording, or holiday procedures, so those details should be confirmed directly with the jail.

Davie County Jail Mail and Money

Inmate mail has a specific Davie County rule. Letters should be clearly marked with the inmate's name and a valid return address. The detention page says all letters are scanned to the inmate's account and the original letters are placed in the inmate's property. Packages are not accepted at the jail. Official sources reviewed did not publish a separate legal-mail rule, phone-call vendor, tablet program, commissary order schedule, or phone-rate table.

For online deposits, the detention page says friends and family need the inmate name, facility name, location, and inmate ID number. The posted steps are to choose inmate deposits, create an account, follow the on-screen instructions, and request an emailed receipt. The research did not locate a published deposit-fee schedule, phone deposit option, lobby kiosk rule, or money-order rule, so confirm those details before sending funds.

Davie County Detention Center Booking

Davie County does not publish a full booking manual, but the jail's role and roster fields show the basic custody path. A person arrested by the sheriff's office, a municipal officer, a state officer, or another agency may be transported to Davie County Detention Center if county jail custody is required. Jail staff create a custody record, record identity and arrest details, inventory property, screen for health and safety needs, take fingerprints and a booking photo, and classify the person for housing and supervision.

Booking visibility is not instant by any published rule. The public roster is configured for current inmates and displays only selected fields. If someone was arrested recently and does not appear, call the jail or check court records after the case reaches the North Carolina Judicial Branch system. For bond issues, North Carolina pretrial-release law allows conditions such as written promise, unsecured bond, secured bond, property bond, custody release, or a no-bond hold depending on the order.

Davie County Facility Records

Facility records that do not appear online can be requested through the Davie County public-records request page and online request form. The county policy routes requests through the County Attorney for initial review, then to the department custodian, then through legal review for protected information. Criminal investigation records, juvenile records, medical details, personal identifying information, and other protected material may be withheld or redacted.

Court records are separate from jail records. For filed charges, court dates, dispositions, and formal case status, use North Carolina Judicial Branch Portal resources, the Davie County Clerk of Superior Court, or public terminals at the clerk's office. Federal custody, state prison custody, and immigration custody also require separate locators. Davie County jail inmate records give more detail on those access channels.

Davie County Jail Conditions

The sheriff's annual report names detention officers, staff, a nurse, and a counselor at the center. It does not publish a GED program, work-release program, substance-use treatment catalog, religious-service schedule, grievance form, tablet program, or detailed reentry partnership list. North Carolina jail standards still apply. NC DHHS jail oversight includes inspections, plan review, meetings with local officials about capacity, grievance response, jail population statistics, and inmate-death data collection.

State jail rules also require medical-care procedures, health screening, emergency medical procedures, medication controls, classification, and supervision. A 2025 local news report described an SBI investigation into an in-custody death after a medical event at Davie County Detention Center. That report should be treated as a dated investigation report, not a final finding. Death-in-custody reporting rules provide the official reporting framework for such events.