The Spartanburg County Detention Facility handles all bookings for arrests within the county, including those made by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office, the Spartanburg Public Safety Department, and police departments in municipalities such as Boiling Springs, Inman, Woodruff, and Chesnee. The facility is operated by the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.

Spartanburg County provides an online inmate search system where the public can look up current and recently released detainees. The system includes booking photographs, charges, bond amounts, and arrest dates. All booking records are public records under South Carolina's Freedom of Information Act.

About Spartanburg County

Spartanburg County is part of the rapidly growing Upstate region of South Carolina, which has attracted significant manufacturing and automotive industry investment in recent decades. The county is home to BMW's only North American manufacturing plant, located in nearby Greer (shared with Greenville County), and several colleges including Wofford College, Converse University, and Spartanburg Methodist College. The Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson metropolitan area has a combined population exceeding 1.5 million.

The county's population growth and economic development have brought increased demand on public safety and detention services. Spartanburg County has invested in expanding its detention capacity and modernizing its booking and records management systems to keep pace with the growing population.