Bamberg County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, obtain official booking records, post bond, or take action in a case. For those matters, contact the agency or court that holds the record directly.
Official Bamberg County Contacts
Use the contact that matches the question. A city police report, an adult detention question, a county booking-record request, and a later court case are different matters.
Bamberg County Sheriff's Office
509 North Street
Bamberg, SC 29003
Office: (803) 245-3018
County dispatch, non-emergency: (803) 245-3000
Administration/Records: office line, extension 220
Records email: sheriff@bambergcounty.sc.gov
Bamberg County Detention Center
444 Second Street, P.O. Box 928
Bamberg, SC 29003
Detention line: (803) 245-3020
Fax: (803) 245-3012
County general FOIA route
Thomas M. Thomas, Deputy Administrator
P.O. Box 149
Bamberg, SC 29003
County FOIA information and request form
Court contacts
Clerk of Court: (803) 245-3025
Bond Court/magistrate: (803) 245-3016
Courthouse arrangements can change during renovations, so call before an in-person visit.
- For current adult county custody, use the Detention Center line. The official site identifies the facility but does not provide a public online inmate search.
- For a county booking record or a potentially releasable booking photograph, use the Sheriff's records email and include a full name, approximate date, and arresting agency if known. The Sheriff's published rate is $15 per hour for search, retrieval, and redaction, $5 for a transferred DVD/CD, and $0.25 per paper page. It states that no deposit is required, but payment is due before records are released or before a no-record notice.
- For a county public-record request outside the Sheriff's specific route, use the county FOIA contact and be specific about the record sought.
- For a later case event or disposition, start with the South Carolina Judicial Branch's Bamberg County court gateway. Court files are not a live jail roster.
- For a Bamberg city police report, use the Bamberg Police Department or the city's published contact channel. For Denmark or Ehrhardt matters, use the city-specific pages in the footer to identify their police contacts.
- For a person currently sentenced and incarcerated in state prison, use the South Carolina Department of Corrections inmate search. It does not replace a county custody check.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official BOP locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System within each service's stated scope.