Durham County Jail Roster

About the Durham County Detention Facility

The Durham County Detention Facility is located at 219 South Mangum Street, Durham, NC 27701 and is operated by the Durham County Sheriff’s Office under Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead. The detention facility is separate from the Sheriff’s Office main administrative location at 510 South Dillard Street.

The facility’s main phone number is (919) 560-0912. Durham describes the detention center as a two-wing facility with 12 housing pods and a stated capacity of 736 beds.

Durham County also participates in a statewide custody-notification service for people who want alerts about changes in detention status.

Custody Status Notifications

NC SAVAN/VINE provides custody-status information and allows users to register for notifications when a person’s custody status changes. It is a notification service rather than a jail roster and does not determine whether or when someone is released.

Durham County Inmate Phone and Mail

Phone calls and personal correspondence at the Durham County Detention Facility use separate systems. Outgoing telephone service is provided through Smart Communications, while personal mail is processed through an off-site scanning center rather than being sent to the physical jail address.

Inmate Phone Service

Outgoing inmate phone service is provided through Smart Communications. Durham identifies two account options for funding calls: a PrePaid Account (PPA) and an inmate-specific PIN Account.

SmartInmate is also used for Durham County’s video visitation service.

Personal Mail and Legal Mail

Beginning June 9, 2026, personal correspondence for people housed at the Durham County Detention Facility is processed off-site by Smart Communications. Letters, cards, pictures, drawings, and similar personal correspondence are scanned and delivered digitally to the recipient.

Personal mail should be addressed to:

• Recipient Name and Recipient ID Number
• C/O Mail Processing Center
• P.O. Box 9173
• Seminole, FL 33775-9173

This is a mail-processing address, not the physical address of the Durham County Detention Facility. Cash, checks, and money orders should not be included with personal correspondence.

Legal mail, books, and packages use a separate Durham mailing address. These items should include the recipient’s first, middle, and last name and be sent to:

• P.O. Box 771
• Durham, NC 27702

The personal-mail processing address, legal-mail address, and physical detention facility address serve different purposes.

Durham County Jail Visitation

Visitation at the Durham County Detention Facility includes both SmartInmate video visits and a separate in-person visitation program. The schedules and registration requirements differ depending on the type of visit.

Video Visitation

SmartInmate video visitation is available on:

• Monday
• Wednesday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

Available hours are:

• 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

The system supports both local/on-site video visits and remote visits from home. Visitors create a SmartInmate account, send a connection request to the person they want to visit, and then schedule an available visit. Local SmartInmate visits may be scheduled up to seven days in advance.

In-Person Visitation

In-person visitation follows a housing-unit schedule:

• Tuesday, 4:00–7:30 p.m. — Pods A and B
• Thursday, 4:00–7:30 p.m. — Pods C and D, excluding 3C North and South

Visits must be scheduled at least two days in advance and no more than seven days in advance. Visitors are required to arrive 30 minutes before the scheduled visit. In-person visitation is not held on Durham County holidays.

Visitors age 18 or older must present valid identification. Accepted forms include U.S. federal, state, or local government-issued ID cards, U.S. passports, international passports, and student IDs. Anyone younger than 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who is at least 18.

Visitors must also be on the detainee’s visitation list. The published rules allow up to two in-person visits per month, a maximum of three visitors per visitation period, and one visitation period per day for a detainee.

Durham County Commissary and Inmate Deposits

Money may be added to an inmate commissary account in person, by mailed money order, online through TouchPay, or by phone through TouchPay. Durham County uses facility ID 227701 for TouchPay deposits, and the inmate number is also required.

A TouchPay kiosk is available in the detention facility lobby and accepts cash deposits.

Money orders sent by mail should be addressed to:

• Durham County Detention Facility
• P.O. Box 544
• Durham, NC 27702

The inmate’s full name and inmate number should be included with the money order. Personal correspondence should not be placed in the same mailing.

TouchPay is the confirmed service used for inmate-account deposits. Separately, iCare is available for approved gift packages and fresh-food orders for people housed at the facility.

Durham County Court Records and Case Information

Jail custody records and criminal court records serve different purposes. The roster on this page focuses on booking and custody information, while North Carolina’s court system maintains case information, hearing information, and available judicial records.

Durham County is designated as both Superior Court District 16 and District Court District 16. The Durham County Courthouse is located at 510 South Dillard Street, Durham, NC 27701.

The Clerk of Superior Court performs clerical and recordkeeping functions for both Superior Court and District Court. The Durham County Clerk of Superior Court can be reached at (919) 808-3000.

Durham County has used North Carolina’s eCourts / Enterprise Justice (Odyssey) Portal since April 29, 2024. The system provides public access to available case information, court dates and hearings, and available case records or documents.

Bond information shown in a jail record is related to pretrial release, but the amount displayed on a roster should not be treated as a guarantee that someone can be released immediately or that the listed conditions will remain unchanged.

Bond and Pretrial Release Information

A Durham County roster record may display one or more listed bond amounts. These figures reflect the bond information associated with the record and may differ across listed charges.

Durham’s current District 16 pretrial-release policy, effective December 1, 2025, recognizes an unsecured appearance bond, release to the custody of a designated person or organization, a secured appearance bond backed by a full cash deposit, mortgage, or solvent surety, and house arrest with electronic monitoring accompanied by a secured appearance bond.