Lee County Jail Roster Path
The official current-custody path for Lee County jail inmate records runs through the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center and the Sumter County Sheriff's Office detention system. Lee County does not publish a separate standalone county jail roster in the research sources. Sumter County's detention page points users to the Sumter-Lee inmate inquiry, and the sheriff's Police to Citizens page describes the portal as selected inmate information for current inmates, bail amount, and related details. That matters for Lee County searches because Bishopville Police appears as an active agency option in the portal configuration, and Lee agency values appear in the system configuration even when some are inactive public filters.
The roster is a current-inmate tool, not a full criminal-history index. The sheriff warns that online information can include omissions or errors, can change quickly, and does not prove criminal history or final criminal status. A Lee County inmate record found in the jail roster is best read as a custody snapshot. It may help confirm that a person is in the regional jail, but court charges, dismissals, pleas, sentences, transfers, and release orders must be checked through the court or the agency that owns that record.
The Sumter County Sheriff's Office explains the inmate inquiry portal on its Police to Citizens portal information page.
The official portal explanation is useful because it sets the limits of the Lee County jail roster before a user relies on a booking entry.
Use the Lee County Roster
The live Sumter-Lee inmate inquiry is a free CentralSquare public portal at the current inmate search route. No login was observed in the research inspection. The public configuration inspected on June 29, 2026 limited the in-custody date to current inmates for the day of search, so a released person may not appear even if the arrest was recent. Start broad, then narrow the result set. Common surnames can produce false matches, and spelling may differ from a nickname, hyphenated name, or prior court record.
- Open the Sumter-Lee inmate inquiry and let the portal load its current configuration.
- Leave all fields blank to browse current custody, or enter a name when the spelling is known.
- Use race or sex only when known, since over-filtering can hide a valid match.
- Run Search, review the results sorted by name, and use pagination or items-per-page controls when there are many entries.
- Compare the roster entry to known booking facts, then call the detention center if the record affects bond, visitation, or release planning.
When the online Lee County inmate record is missing, the best next step depends on the type of custody. The regional jail phone line is the first fallback for a current local booking. The state prison locator is better for a person already sentenced to SCDC. The BOP locator, ICE locator, or U.S. Marshals context may be needed when a federal or immigration hold is involved. VINELink is not a roster replacement, but it can send custody or case notifications after a user registers.
Lee County Roster Fields
The public Lee County jail roster path exposes a short search form, while the app configuration contains several fields that are not active public filters. The important local detail is the locked current-custody date. A person released yesterday, transferred to SCDC, moved to another county, or held in federal custody may require a separate records route even when the arrest began in Lee County or Bishopville.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | No | Free-text name search. Blank search can browse current inmates. |
| Race | Dropdown | No | Options include All, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Unknown, and White. |
| Sex | Dropdown | No | Options include All, Female, Male, and Unknown. |
| In Custody On | Date picker | Effectively fixed | The configuration uses today's current inmates and disables changing the date. |
| Cell Block | Dropdown | Not shown now | Supported in the app, with pod and operational values such as Med, Safe, USMS, and named pods. |
| Held For Agency | Dropdown | Not shown now | Supported in configuration. Active values include BPD - Bishopville Police and FED - US Marshall Service. |
| Release Date | Date picker | Not shown now | Supported by the app, but the current public search is focused on current inmates. |
Note: If a released person does not appear, do not assume the arrest never happened. Use FOIA, court, or state release records as needed.
Lee County Inmate Profile Fields
The Sumter-Lee roster shows basic public columns, and the public data response can contain more detail than the table view displays. The visible columns include mugshot, name, race, sex, date of birth, and arrest date. The inspected API response also included hold reasons, warrant text, bond language, judge text, release date, cell block, held-for agency, and juvenile flags. Juveniles were not shown under the public configuration, which is consistent with the need to protect juvenile records.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Booking photo when available, returned as a JPEG image by the app. |
| Name | Inmate name, usually in last-name-first format. |
| Race and sex | Demographic fields drawn from the configured roster values. |
| DOB | Date of birth, because the public configuration uses DOB rather than age-only. |
| Arrest date | Booking or arrest date and time as carried in the public record. |
| Hold reasons | Warrant, charge, statute, issuing county, bond type, amount, and judge details when present. |
| Cell block | Housing or pod data if exposed. Inspected samples had this blank. |
| Release date | Release date if present. Current inmate records often have this blank. |
The mugshot field is covered in more detail on the Lee County jail mugshots page because booking photos have separate public-record and removal issues.
Lee County Record Fallbacks
A Lee County inmate lookup should not stop at the web roster when the stakes are bond, release, a visit, or a legal deadline. Lee County government lists Sheriff Daniel Simon and the Sheriff's Office in Bishopville, while the regional jail phone line is the direct custody-verification route for current Sumter-Lee detention records. The lobby at the detention center is the in-person route during published business hours, though visitor travel should be confirmed before leaving Bishopville or another Lee County address. Formal booking records, booking photos, incident reports, and other law-enforcement records may require the Sumter County Sheriff's Office Legal Division FOIA process.
Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center
1250 Winkles Road
Sumter, SC 29153
803-436-2340
Lobby hours are listed by Sumter County as Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; verify before travel.
Sumter Sheriff Legal Division
P.O. Box 430
Sumter, SC 29151-0430
803-774-3888
FOIA requests for sheriff records go to ATTN: Legal Division.
Lee County Sheriff's Office
113 Gregg Street / P.O. Box 89
Bishopville, SC 29010
803-484-5353
Use for local Lee agency context and non-emergency sheriff contact.
The Sumter sheriff FOIA fee page lists request handling rules for public records.
The fee page is the source for staff-time charges, copy charges, media costs, deposits, and the public-records mailing address used for booking records not shown online.
Lee County Jail Visit Rules
The visitation schedule belongs to the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center, not to a separate Lee County jail building. Social visits are listed as a privilege, non-contact, and first come first served. General population inmates may receive no more than two 30-minute visits per week and one 30-minute visit per day. Adults need photo ID. For a juvenile visitor age 12 or older, the supervising adult must bring a birth certificate and school ID if the child has one. Children under 12 are not authorized for visits under the published rules.
| Visit type or unit | Days | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Pod | Tuesday and Thursday | 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. |
| Bravo Pod (SMU) | Tuesday and Thursday | 1 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| Charlie Pod | Tuesday and Thursday | 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. |
| Delta, Kilo Pods | Monday and Wednesday | 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m. |
| Echo, Juliet Pods | Monday and Wednesday | 1 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| November Pod | Saturday and Sunday | 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m.; 1 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| Professional/legal | Normal business hours | 8 a.m.-8 p.m. |
The sheriff's detention visitation schedule also lists sign-in deadlines, dress rules, contraband limits, clergy visits, and the video visitation account source.
The schedule should be checked before a Lee County visitor travels because pod placement and temporary schedule changes can affect the correct visit window.
Mail Money and Calls
Mail must use the inmate's full booked name and housing unit location number, followed by Sumter County Sheriff's Office Detention Center, 1250 Winkles Road, Sumter, SC 29153. The sender name and return address are required. Incoming mail is inspected for contraband, and contraband mail may be held, returned, or used for discipline or charges. For funds, the jail FAQ lists a lobby kiosk available 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Sunday, a four-dollar kiosk fee, no one-dollar bills, and no change. Access Corrections is listed for online and phone deposits at 1-866-394-0490.
- Booking
- Administrative jail intake after arrest, including identification, property, fingerprints, photo, screening, and charge entry.
- Hold
- A separate legal reason that can keep a person in custody even when one charge has a bond.
- Detainer
- A request from another agency to keep custody or notify the agency before release.
- Classification
- The jail's custody and housing decision based on safety, medical needs, security, and other factors.
Phone and video sources conflict in the official material. The detention FAQ names Securus Technologies for phone accounts, while the visitation page says family and friends can set up video visitation through IC Solutions. Treat Securus as the phone-account source and IC Solutions as the video source unless facility staff confirm a newer vendor. This is one of the reasons a Lee County inmate record should be verified by phone before money is sent or a visit is scheduled.
Lee County Custody Systems
Current regional-jail records, sentenced state-prison records, and federal or immigration records sit in different systems. A person arrested by Lee County Sheriff's Office, Bishopville Police, or another local agency can appear in the Sumter-Lee roster while held at the regional jail. A sentenced adult male prisoner at Lee Correctional Institution is searched through the South Carolina Department of Corrections, not through the county roster. A federal sentenced or prior federal prisoner is searched through BOP. ICE detainees are searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator. VINELink can help with notice, but it does not replace the source record.
| Custody type | Where to look | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Current Lee-related regional jail custody | Sumter-Lee inmate inquiry | Current inmates, roster fields, booking photo, arrest date, and possible bond or hold text. |
| Sentenced South Carolina prison custody | SCDC incarcerated inmate search | State prison ID, institution, sentence data, and SCDC profile fields. |
| State custody notifications | South Carolina VINELink | Custody or case notifications after registration. |
| Federal sentenced or prior custody | Federal BOP inmate locator | Federal BOP custody and releases since 1982. |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainee locator | Search by A-number and country or by biographical fields. |
Custody distinction: The county roster is for current regional jail custody, SCDC is for sentenced state prisoners, and BOP or ICE handles federal or immigration custody.
Apps and Notifications
The research did not confirm a dedicated Lee County South Carolina sheriff app in official app stores. The Sumter County Sheriff's Office app is relevant because the Sumter-Lee detention route is the current public inmate lookup route for Lee-related jail custody. Its Apple listing advertises contact information, news, inmate search, sex offenders, Most Wanted, tip submission with photos, and social posts. Use it as an alternate channel, not the only source, because no app-only Lee County roster field was confirmed.
South Carolina VINE is a better fit when the goal is notification rather than one search result. A family member or victim may use VINELink for South Carolina to register for custody or case notifications. If the question is a past release from state prison, the SCDC released-inmate search requires a release-date range and has a county dropdown that includes Lee.
Note: When a search affects court appearance, release, bond, or travel, verify with the jail, court, or source agency before acting.