Midlands Mugshots: Find the Correct Booking, Jail & Court Record
If you are searching for “Midlands mugshots,” there is no single government jail database for the entire South Carolina Midlands. Start by identifying the county connected with the arrest, then use that county’s official detention or inmate-search system.
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The Midlands search term is commonly associated with Columbia-area booking-photo coverage, but Richland, Lexington, Kershaw and Newberry maintain separate jail records. A mugshot or booking record documents an arrest-stage event and does not prove guilt or show the final court outcome.
What Does “Midlands Mugshots” Mean?
“Midlands Mugshots” is a regional search phrase rather than the name of one South Carolina government records system. ABC Columbia has used the phrase for recurring local booking-photo roundups, and its published entries have included people associated with several Midlands counties.
News mugshot pages
A news outlet may publish a selection of booking photos from multiple local jails. That page is not necessarily a complete roster, current-custody database or final court record.
Official county systems
Each detention authority maintains its own custody information. If the person was booked in Lexington County, for example, a Richland County detainee search will not answer the question.
Where to Search Midlands Mugshots and Bookings
The table below separates the main Midlands county systems. Pay attention to each county’s publication rules because the online lists do not all work the same way.
| County | Official starting point | Important current detail | Best use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center | County site provides a Detainee Lookup for public information. | Current Columbia/Richland County custody. |
| Lexington | Lexington County Sheriff’s Department inmate search | Online inmate listings currently carry a one-day delay. | Lexington County inmates and booking photographs. |
| Kershaw | Kershaw County Inmate List | The Detention Center is operated by Kershaw County, not the Sheriff’s Office. | Camden/Kershaw County detention. |
| Newberry | Newberry County Detention Center inmate search | The normal search is temporarily unavailable; the county currently provides a latest-bookings PDF. | Newberry County custody and recent released records. |
How to Search a Midlands Booking Without Mixing Up Counties
Start with geography and custody rather than a person’s photograph. The same name can appear in more than one county or belong to more than one person.
Identify the arrest location or agency
Look for the city, county, police department or sheriff’s office connected with the arrest. That usually tells you which detention system to check first.
Open the official county jail source
Use the responsible county government’s detention or inmate-search page rather than assuming a regional news gallery is a live jail roster.
Match more than the name
Compare available age, booking date, identifying information, arresting agency or inmate number before assuming a result belongs to the person you mean.
Check custody and bond separately from the charge
Jail records can show booking or custody information, but bond and charge information may change after the initial intake.
Move to the court Public Index
Use South Carolina court records when you need later filings, hearings or case disposition. A booking entry is not the final case history.
Lexington County Mugshots and Inmate Search
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department provides an inmate-search route that can be used to locate inmates and retrieve booking photographs, but the department currently applies a one-day delay to inmate listings posted online.
Why the one-day delay matters
A person arrested today may not immediately appear in the public online list. The Sheriff’s Department says daily inmate rosters remain available for inspection at the department’s front desk.
Do not interpret an empty online result from the same day as proof that no booking occurred.
Lexington County Detention Center
521 Gibson RoadLexington, SC 29072
Sheriff main:
803-785-8230
Detention Bureau:
803-785-2700
Inmate information:
803-785-8230, option 2
Richland County and Columbia Mugshots
People arrested in Richland County may be held at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. Richland County identifies the facility as its intake center for people held after arrest and while awaiting court proceedings.
Use the county Detainee Lookup
Richland County’s official detention page links to a public Detainee Lookup. Use it for local custody before switching to state-prison or statewide criminal-history sources.
Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center
201 John Mark Dial DriveColumbia, SC 29209
Main: 803-576-3200
Richland County currently lists public office hours as Monday through Saturday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Need bond information?
Richland County Bond Court is located inside Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. The county says Magistrates conduct bail-bond hearings four times daily. Bond Court can be reached at 803-576-3281.
Kershaw County Mugshots and Inmate List
Kershaw County provides an official detention-center page that links to the county inmate list. A useful jurisdiction detail is that the Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office expressly says the Detention Center is not under the Sheriff’s Office’s jurisdiction.
Search the county inmate list
Use the Kershaw County detention page or its linked inmate-list portal for custody information. Do not send routine jail questions to the Sheriff’s Office simply because a deputy made the arrest.
Kershaw County Detention Center
101 Bramblewood Plantation RoadCamden, SC 29020
Phone: 803-425-1516
Current county-posted hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Newberry County Mugshots, Custody and 90-Day Records
Newberry County’s normal inmate system is designed to cover people currently in custody or released within the last 90 days. The county explains that its public jail information is provided under South Carolina public-record requirements.
Current technical limitation
As reviewed on September 27, 2026, the county’s inmate-search page says the normal service is temporarily unavailable. It currently offers a PDF containing the latest booking information and states that pictures are not available through the temporary presentation.
This is a good reason not to promise that every Midlands county always provides a live mugshot gallery.
Newberry County Detention Center
3239 Louis Rich DriveNewberry, SC 29108
Detention Center:
803-321-2141
Sheriff’s Office:
803-321-2211
Check the South Carolina Court Record for the Case Outcome
A Midlands booking record answers who entered a detention system and may show an initial charge. It does not tell you, by itself, how prosecutors or the court ultimately handled the case.
Select the correct county
South Carolina’s Trial Court Public Index provides county-level case searching. Select Richland, Lexington, Kershaw, Newberry or another applicable county before searching the defendant.
County does not equal judicial circuit
Midlands counties sit in different judicial circuits. Richland and Kershaw are in the Fifth Circuit, Newberry is in the Eighth Circuit and Lexington is in the Eleventh Circuit.
For ordinary public searching, choosing the correct county is usually simpler than trying to infer the circuit from a mugshot page.
South Carolina Statewide Criminal History and Prison Searches
County detention, state criminal history, probation/parole and state-prison custody are different systems. Use the statewide service that matches the question you are actually trying to answer.
SLED CATCH
Citizens Access to Criminal Histories is South Carolina’s name-based state criminal-history service. SLED says it covers South Carolina criminal-history information and does not include wanted-person information.
The current standard report fee is $25. SLED also posts additional online service charges, so check the checkout total before paying.
Open SLED CATCH →SCDC Inmate Search
The South Carolina Department of Corrections search displays photographs and public information for people currently sentenced to and incarcerated in SCDC.
SCDC specifically says this search does not cover released offenders, people sentenced to county detention facilities, parole/probation community supervision or juvenile offenders.
Open SCDC Inmate Search →Probation and parole
The South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services provides a separate offender search for people in its supervision database.
Open SCDPPPS Offender Search →South Carolina VINE
SC VINE can provide custody information and notifications for qualifying offenders in county detention, SCDC custody and community supervision. The statewide information line is 1-866-727-2846.
Open SC VINE →No Midlands Mugshot or Booking Result? Check These Possibilities
A missing online result can have several explanations. Use the official record path rather than concluding that an arrest did or did not happen from one search page.
The arrest may be outside the county you searched
“Midlands” covers several counties. Check the arrest location or arresting agency before moving between county systems.
The record may not be online yet
Lexington currently delays online inmate listings by one day. Other counties may also need processing time between arrest, booking and public display.
The person may no longer be in local custody
Check court records and any official released-inmate options. A criminal case can remain active after a person leaves the county jail.
The county search itself may be unavailable
Newberry currently reports a temporary outage and provides an alternate latest-bookings document. Check the government’s own page for fallback instructions.
The person may have transferred to SCDC
Use SCDC for people serving a South Carolina state-prison sentence. County jail searches and state-prison searches are not interchangeable.
The information may be restricted or removed
Juvenile, sealed, expunged, confidential or otherwise restricted information may not appear publicly. Do not infer a specific legal result solely from absence online.
South Carolina Midlands Jail Contact Directory
These contacts are useful when an online result is unavailable or a very recent booking needs confirmation.
| Facility | Address | Phone | Use for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center | 201 John Mark Dial Dr., Columbia, SC 29209 | 803-576-3200 | Richland County custody. |
| Lexington County Detention Center | 521 Gibson Road, Lexington, SC 29072 | 803-785-8230, option 2 for inmate information | Lexington County custody and inmate questions. |
| Kershaw County Detention Center | 101 Bramblewood Plantation Road, Camden, SC 29020 | 803-425-1516 | Kershaw County detention questions. |
| Newberry County Detention Center | 3239 Louis Rich Drive, Newberry, SC 29108 | 803-321-2141 | Newberry County detention questions. |
Official Sources Used for This Midlands Mugshots Guide
These sources were reviewed on September 27, 2026. Jail systems, online availability, contact details, charges and access rules can change, so confirm time-sensitive information directly with the responsible authority.
- Richland County — Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center — custody, detainee lookup and detention contacts.
- Lexington County Sheriff’s Department — inmate search, booking photographs and current one-day publication-delay notice.
- Kershaw County Detention Center — county detention and inmate-list access.
- Newberry County Inmate Search — custody/release search rules and current service-status notice.
- South Carolina Trial Court Public Index — post-booking court case research.
- SLED CATCH — South Carolina criminal-history searches.
- South Carolina Department of Corrections Inmate Search — current state-prison custody.
- South Carolina VINE — custody information and victim notifications.
Related South Carolina guide: Horry County, SC Mugshots: Arrests, Bookings & Jail Records .
Midlands Mugshots FAQ
Where can I find Midlands mugshots?
There is no single official South Carolina Midlands mugshot database. Identify the county connected with the arrest and use its official jail or detainee search. Richland, Lexington, Kershaw and Newberry all maintain separate detention systems.
What counties are included in Midlands Mugshots?
“Midlands” is a regional term rather than one legal jurisdiction. Columbia-area mugshot coverage has included records associated with counties such as Lexington, Newberry, Kershaw and Richland, but a particular media roundup may vary.
Why can’t I find today’s Lexington County booking online?
Lexington County Sheriff’s Department currently applies a one-day delay to inmate listings published online. The department says daily inmate rosters remain available for public inspection at its front desk.
Is the Newberry County mugshot search working?
As reviewed September 27, 2026, Newberry County says its inmate-search service is temporarily unavailable. The county currently links to a latest-bookings PDF and states that photographs are not available through the temporary presentation.
Does the Kershaw County Sheriff run the jail?
No. The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office specifically states that the Kershaw County Detention Center is not under its jurisdiction. The county detention system should be used for jail and custody questions.
Where do I search Columbia, South Carolina jail records?
For current Richland County detention, use the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center’s public Detainee Lookup. The facility is at 201 John Mark Dial Drive in Columbia.
Does a Midlands mugshot prove someone committed a crime?
No. A mugshot or booking entry records an arrest or detention event. It does not establish guilt, conviction or final disposition. Check the appropriate court record for what happened after booking.
How do I check a South Carolina criminal history rather than one jail booking?
SLED CATCH is South Carolina’s name-based criminal-history service. It serves a different purpose from county inmate lists and does not replace court records when you need the procedural history or final disposition of a case.