This website is a private reference guide, not a Durham County government office. We cannot confirm whether a person is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule jail services, or pull official booking records. Use the official office listed below for custody, bond, court, and records questions.
Official Durham County Contact Paths
For Durham County inmate or booking questions, match the question to the office that controls the record. The local jail is operated by the Durham County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Clarence F. Birkhead, while court case records and criminal filings are handled through the courthouse.
- Durham County Detention Facility: 219 South Mangum Street, Durham, NC 27701; (919) 560-0912.
- Sheriff's Main Office: 510 South Dillard Street, Durham, NC 27701; (919) 560-0897.
- Sheriff's Records Division: first floor, 510 South Dillard Street, Durham, NC 27701; 919-560-0899 or 919-560-0898; Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Clerk of Superior Court and courthouse main line: (919) 808-3000.
- District Criminal and Traffic: (919) 808-3002.
- Superior Criminal: (919) 808-3007.
- Magistrates: (919) 560-6826.
- District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 16: (919) 808-3010.
- Sheriff non-emergency line: (919) 560-0900. Use 911 for emergencies.
Use these site pages to narrow the issue before calling:
- For a person believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Durham County Detention Facility roster path.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots before making a records request.
- For charges, dockets, and court dates after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Durham courthouse numbers above.
- For a specific institution, use the facility pages in the footer to separate the county jail from the Butner federal facilities.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, use the NCDAC offender locator rather than the Durham County jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System, not the county sheriff's roster.