Search Dorchester County, SC Inmate Records

Dorchester County, SC jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Dorchester County holds 4 jails with a total of 101,168 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Dorchester County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Dorchester County Quick Facts

187
Dorchester County Population Total
39,284 / 79 / 31
Female Population, Rate & Count
38,149 / 495 / 189
Male Population, Rate & Count
$53,857
Median Income
2,359.4
Arrest Rate
182.1
Local Jail Rate
186
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
187
Population Total Confined
145
Pretrial Rate
2,058
Admit Rate
2,103
Admit Count
101,168
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total429445433434370372345296321368
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter2641123657
Revised Rape0000000223015
Legacy Rape2629121891825000
Robbery54809571746353323749
Aggravated Assault347330322344286289264236249297
Property Crime Total2,5512,3212,2762,4242,5362,4132,0742,0182,0031,939
Burglary618634711765833771582579534530
Larceny Theft1,6861,4491,3311,4441,4811,4131,2921,2381,2931,237
Motor Vehicle Theft247238234215222229200201176172
Arson610134893412

Dorchester County Jail Demographics

The county has 152,536 people confined with a jail population density of 178 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 52,246 women and 48,922 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 113,235
2006 120,136
2007 126,324
2008 130,593
2009 133,560
2010 137,555
2011 140,081
2012 142,470
2013 145,287
2014 148,469
2015 152,536

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 38,149 39,284
2006 40,415 41,584
2007 42,277 43,772
2008 43,317 45,232
2009 44,053 46,402
2010 45,297 47,516
2011 46,263 48,583
2012 47,067 49,174
2013 48,049 50,000
2014 48,962 50,877
2015 48,922 52,246

A Timeline of Dorchester County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 495 79
2006 492 51
2007 539 85
2008 543 46
2009 529 47
2010 459 51
2011 413 48
2012 370 47
2013 337 44
2014 382 63
2015 321 23

Dorchester County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

44.14 %
White
17.58 %
Black
3.27 %
Latino
0.47 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 2,359 and a local jail rate of 182 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 145 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 2,058, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 2,626 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

2,058
Admit Rate
182
Local Jail Rate
145
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Dorchester is 186 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 243 imprisonments a day.

Dorchester County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 314
2006 288
2007 275
2008 265
2009 284
2010 268
2011 232
2012 193
2013 199
2014 193
2015 182

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 2,626 248
2006 11,510 268
2007 7,817 231
2008 10,128 209
2009 5,188 229
2010 8,090 189
2011 6,982 173
2012 6,556 163
2013 5,206 159
2014 5,432 181
2015 2,058 145

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 243
2006 236
2007 237
2008 234
2009 257
2010 249
2011 220
2012 186
2013 195
2014 193
2015 186