Where Sheriff Al Cannon Releases Go
A release from Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center ends one Charleston County jail custody segment. It is not one fixed outcome. Many adults return to the community after posting bond, signing personal-recognizance conditions, receiving time served, completing a local sentence, or obtaining a court order that permits release. The underlying case may remain open after the jail door closes.
Other people leave SACDC but remain in custody. A state sentence can lead to transfer to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. An active warrant may cause transfer to another county. A federal hold, immigration matter, or United States Marshals Service process can place the person with another authority. For that reason, read the release date with any release type, destination, receiving agency, or detainer information that is available.
Key distinction: “Released from SACDC” may mean community release or agency transfer. A missing name on a current roster proves neither result.
The Charleston County released inmate search and records overview connects county jail results with court, state, VINE, and federal follow-up paths. Start with the system that held the person, then follow the receiving agency when a transfer appears.
Search Sheriff Al Cannon Past Bookings
The official Charleston County inmate portal serves both current and past-booking searches. A released adult often will not appear in a current-custody view. The important control is Show Past Bookings. Charleston County Sheriff's Office notices specifically direct users to that option when seeking records and photos for people who have already left custody.
- Open the official portal and enable Show Past Bookings before searching.
- Enter the first and last name, inmate number, or useful booking and arrest dates. Use the Sounds Like option when spelling is uncertain.
- Compare the identity and booking event. A similar name alone is not enough.
- Open the booking and read Booking Status, Release Date, Charge Details, and Past Bookings where shown.
- If the status or destination is unclear, contact detention staff or request the booking-and-release record.
The county intentionally delays booking publication on both the web portal and sheriff app for a short, unpublished period. A new record can therefore be missing while processing continues. A short stay can also end before its delayed online entry appears. Search again later and use the daily lobby list or direct records route when timing matters.
Charleston County has not published a dedicated online 24-hour or 72-hour SACDC release feed. Date fields for bookings and arrests are not release-date filters. Someone released today may have entered the jail days or months earlier.
Read the Charleston Release Record
A booking record documents admission, charges, and custody status. A release record adds the facts needed to identify how that custody event ended. The public portal verifies some core items, but a focused records request may be needed for the exact time, authority, or destination.
| Field | What it helps confirm |
|---|---|
| Booking or inmate number | Connects the correct person to one Charleston County custody event. |
| Booking Status | Shows whether that booking is presented as current or ended. |
| Release Date | Records the date the SACDC segment ended when posted. |
| Release reason or authority | May distinguish bond, court action, time served, or another basis if maintained and releasable. |
| Destination or receiving agency | Separates return to the community from a transfer to continued custody. |
| Charge and court identifiers | Help locate the related court order and later case outcome. |
A booking photo identifies the booking. It does not prove guilt, court disposition, or release. A bond entry also does not prove physical processing is complete. The jail must clear every applicable hold before a person can leave.
Sheriff Al Cannon Release Records
Call the facility for custody and routing questions. For a document, use the Charleston County Sheriff's Office records and FOIA route. A narrow request is easier to identify than a broad demand for every file connected to a person.
Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center
3841 Leeds AvenueNorth Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: 843-529-7300
Public hours: No general public-office schedule was verified. A lobby booking list is printed daily at 9 a.m.
Give the person's full name, known inmate or booking number, and arrest or booking date. Ask for the booking-and-release record, actual release date and time, release reason, destination or receiving agency, and booking photograph if each item is maintained and releasable. Records can be withheld or redacted when law, a court order, sealing, expungement, safety, or privacy rules apply.
The CCSO Media Relations and FOIA page is the official request route. The research identifies Lexi Douglas at 843-958-2114 and ADouglas@CharlestonCounty.org, and Karli Maratea at 843-554-2495 and KMaratea@CharlestonCounty.org. Fees and response timing follow South Carolina law and the county's current schedule, so request an estimate when the scope may be large.
For court authority, use the correct Charleston court index. Bond Court matters can move into General Sessions, while Summary Court and municipal courts maintain other cases. Track the case number, charge, and assigned court instead of treating a missing entry in one index as proof of release.
Sheriff Al Cannon Custody Facts
Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center is Charleston County's primary adult jail. The Charleston County Sheriff's Office operates it. It holds pretrial adults, people serving applicable local terms, and adults held for other authorities. It is not an SCDC prison, even when a person later transfers into the state prison system.
A pretrial detainee usually has no sentence-expiration date. Release depends on bond, court action, unresolved holds, or a later sentence. A locally sentenced person may have jail credits that affect a term, while an SCDC prisoner has a separate state sentence calculation. Do not use the statewide prison release list to confirm an ordinary SACDC bond release.
- Bond
- A court-approved way to remain outside jail while a case continues, subject to conditions.
- Time served
- A sentence satisfied by custody time already credited.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another authority that can prevent a community release.
- Transfer
- The end of custody at one facility followed by custody with another agency.
Why Old SACDC Descriptions Differ
The SACDC footprint reflects several generations of Charleston County detention. The official sheriff detention history traces the original jail to 1966. Expansions followed in 1994 and 2010. Modular units and the former Work Camp were removed in 2020.
Today, the sheriff describes four buildings and a capacity of 1,693. Older records, maps, reports, or news stories may refer to a prior building count, modular unit, or Work Camp arrangement. That historic description should not be mistaken for a separate active release portal. The current adult search and records routes remain tied to Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center.
This institutional history also explains why a source may use “Charleston County Detention Center,” “SACDC,” or an older campus description. Match the person's booking number and dates instead of relying on a building label alone.
Charleston Release Checks Beyond the Portal
The official Charleston Co Sheriffs Office app includes inmate-search and VINE integrations. The app shares the county's intentional publication delay. No separate app-only recent-release list was verified, so it should not be treated as a faster release feed.
The official Google Play listing shows the app interface used for Charleston County sheriff information.
The image supports app access, but a status should still be confirmed through the past booking, facility contact, or release record.
For very recent uncertainty, CCSO prints a booking-information list at 9 a.m. each day next to the SACDC visitor log. It is available for viewing, but copies are not provided. The list is a daily checkpoint, not a long-term archive. Posting delay and fast turnover make direct checks useful when the portal has no result.
SACDC Property Release Is Separate
A resident may authorize another person to collect valuable property or cash by signing the Valuable Property/Cash Release Form. The verified windows are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Money is issued by check in the resident's name. Restrictions can apply after an account transaction, apart from identified bondsman or attorney situations, and exceptional after-hours handling needs command approval.
Those windows govern property authorization. They are not inmate release-processing hours. Charleston County has not published a fixed daily release time, weekend schedule, exit door, or transportation program for SACDC. A court order or posted bond starts legal authorization, but staff must still complete processing and clear other holds.
Can family predict the exit time from a property window? No. Property pickup and physical release are separate processes. Call the facility for current routing without assuming a promised departure time.