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Person County Detention Center Overview

The Person County Detention Center is operated by the Person County Sheriff's Office. It is the local detention channel for arrests in Person County, including arrests by the sheriff's office, Roxboro Police Department, and other agencies that use the county jail. The facility is a county jail, not a state prison, BOP facility, ICE detention center, or separate regional jail.

The county jail page places the detention center on the second floor of the Sheriff's Office at 120 Court Street in Roxboro. The published directions say the second floor can be reached by elevator or stairs from the main entrance. That detail matters because the public destination is a sheriff and law-enforcement building, not a separate jail campus. People going for court records may need the nearby courthouse instead of the jail, since custody and court case files are handled by different offices.

Person County Detention Center Population

Research found a rated capacity of 135 for Person County Jail in an NC DHHS grant appendix and a historical local jail count of 138 as of December 31, 2013 in Prisoners of the Census data. The official county jail page does not publish a current population dashboard, average daily population, annual bookings, or demographic breakdown. Because no current local report was found, the facility should be described by its documented capacity and role, not by an invented current headcount.

The people held here are generally pretrial detainees, defendants awaiting a bond decision, people serving short misdemeanor sentences, and people held pending court or transfer when authorized. Once a person receives an active state prison sentence and moves to North Carolina Department of Adult Correction custody, the Person County Detention Center is no longer the primary lookup path.

Search Person County Detention Center Custody

No official public county jail roster was located for Person County. The practical lookup path starts with the jail phone line and then branches to court records, public-records requests, and other custody systems. For current jail custody or bond stipulations, the county page directs callers to 336-597-0525. For documents that are not urgent, Person County asks public-records requesters to use the online request process.

1. Call 336-597-0525 and ask whether the person is in the Person County Detention Center and what bond stipulations apply.
2. If the arrest may have been made by Roxboro Police, check Roxboro P2C Recent Arrests for arrest context.
3. Search NC eCourts Portal for filed charges, case numbers, hearings, and court dates after the arrest.
4. Use Person County NextRequest for non-urgent booking or jail records that are not posted online.
5. Search NCDAC Offender Public Information only after state prison, probation, or parole is involved.

NC VINE / SAVAN may also be used for custody or case notifications. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through BOP, while immigration detention uses the ICE locator. Those systems do not replace a call to the local jail when the person may still be held in Roxboro.

Person County Detention Center Contact

Use the jail contact information for current custody, bond stipulations, and jail support questions. Use the courthouse for clerk files, public terminals, certified background checks, and court dates. The two locations are close in downtown Roxboro, but they serve different record functions.

Person County Jail Bond

The official detention page gives three bond methods for a person held at the Person County Detention Center. A family member may hire a bail bondsman, post a cash bond, or post a property bond using Person County property. The county states that a bondsman's fee is 10 to 15 percent of the bond amount. For property bonds, the property must be located in Person County, and property bonds greater than $19,999 require contact with the Clerk of Court Office.

Person County Detention Video Visits

Person County uses video visitation only. Friends and family must register and schedule through InmateSales.com. The county page says one free online visit is allowed per inmate, and additional remote visits can be purchased and scheduled online. The page does not publish a day-by-day public visitation schedule, visitor dress code, child rules, or detailed ID list.

Confirm custody before scheduling or paying for a remote visit. A person may be released, moved to court, transferred, or restricted from visits before the vendor account reflects every change.

Mail Phone and Money

Mail, phone, and commissary rules are published on the county detention page. Inmate mail goes to the detention center's P.O. Box with the inmate's name. Books, magazines, and newspapers must come directly from the publisher or an online store, and mail will be searched. Money in an inmate's possession during processing is automatically applied to the person's commissary account.

Person County Booking Intake

The county does not publish a step-by-step booking manual, but detention-officer materials identify intake, release, supervision, transport, safety, observation, and documentation as local jail duties. A typical local booking follows arrest and transport, identity checks, search and property inventory, booking records, medical or mental-health screening, bond or release conditions, housing classification, phone access, court transport, and release or transfer. Money held by the inmate during processing is applied to the commissary account under the county's published rule.

Booking

The jail intake process after arrest, including identity, property, charge, and custody records.

Detainer

A hold from another agency or jurisdiction that can delay release even when local bond is posted.

Classification

A jail assessment used to assign housing and security level based on safety and custody needs.

First appearance

An early court event where rights, counsel, and release conditions may be addressed.

Person County Booking Records

A Person County booking record may include name, arresting agency, booking date, charges at intake, bond, and custody status, but the sheriff's website does not publish a public roster field list. For non-urgent records, use the county's public-records process. For formal criminal case records after booking, use NC eCourts, public courthouse terminals, or clerk files. For sentenced state custody, use NCDAC because that agency says it does not hold local county or city jail records.