Transylvania County Jail Roster Overview
The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center are located at 153 Public Safety Way, Brevard, NC 28712. The county identifies Chuck Owenby as sheriff and lists the Sheriff's Office at (828) 884-3169, the Detention Center at (828) 884-3147, CrimeStoppers at (828) 862-7463, Narcotics Task Force at (828) 883-3080, and county non-emergency communications at (828) 884-3188. The sheriff's duties include maintaining the county jail, serving state-court papers, general law enforcement, investigations, and local sex offender registry responsibilities.
The local online jail roster is the Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements portal. It is designed for county jail custody and admission searches, not for state prison, federal detention, immigration custody, or final criminal convictions. For state prison offenders, probationers, and parolees, use the NC Department of Adult Correction offender search. DAC specifically notes that its offender search does not include county jail information, so it is a fallback after checking local custody.
The Transylvania County Sheriff's Office jail FAQ route supports the county jail rules used below.
The jail FAQ source is important because it gives the local visitation, mail, money, books, property, ID, and court-date routing details that do not appear in a basic roster result.
How to Use the Transylvania County Inmate Roster
Citizen Connect separates current jail custody from admit searches. Current Confinements answers who is in custody now. Admits by Date Range is better when checking recent bookings or looking for someone who may have been released. The charge tab searches booking or admission data by charge text. The arresting-agency dropdown is broad and includes local and outside agencies, with examples such as Brevard, Transylvania, Transylvania BI, Transylvania State Polic, NC Highway Patrol, NC DAC, and U.S. Marshal Service.
- Open Citizen Connect Inmate Confinements.
- Choose Current Confinements for present custody, Last 24 Hour Admits or Last 7 Days Admits for recent bookings, or Admits by Date Range for a custom period.
- Keep custom admit date ranges to 31 days or less because the portal displays that limit.
- Use charge search when the name is uncertain but the booking charge, such as DUI, is known.
- Use arresting agency search when the arresting department is known, then compare any jail result with the court case in Portal or with the Clerk of Superior Court.
The sheriff app jail FAQ feed is another official route for jail information.
The app-backed source reinforces that jail services and inmate search are part of the sheriff's official mobile information system, not only the Citizen Connect website.
Roster Search Fields
The roster interface observed during research used tabs, buttons, date fields, charge text, and an arresting-agency dropdown rather than one simple name box. Direct AJAX endpoint calls returned a session message, so page copy should not promise hidden fields or live result behavior beyond the visible official interface.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Confinements | Tab / button group | No | Includes Get Current Confinements, Get Last 24 Hour Admits, and Get Last 7 Days Admits. |
| Admits by Date Range | Tab | No | Use for custom admit searches or preset recent-admit searches. |
| Start date | Date text / picker | No | Research found field name `begindate`; portal warns to keep date range to 31 days or less. |
| End date | Date text / picker | No | Used with custom date range admission searches. |
| Charge | Text | No | Placeholder example was DUI; searches booking or admit data by charge text. |
| Arresting Agency | Dropdown | No | Includes local and outside agencies such as Brevard, Transylvania, NC Highway Patrol, NC DAC, and U.S. Marshal Service. |
| Search Admits / Search by Charge / Search by Agency | Button | Yes to submit selected search | The visible button depends on the tab or search method selected. |
What an Inmate Profile Shows
The sheriff mobile app uses VINE-linked inmate information. Research found a public feed with profile metadata and content fields that can support custody searches, but not every field is guaranteed to be populated in every record. A booking charge is not a conviction, and bond details may not appear on every visible profile.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name fields | Title, first name, last name, and display-name variations. |
| Inmate ID | Identifier associated with the custody profile. |
| Custody status | Current status code, with observed value types such as IN. |
| Booked date | Booking date or time value in the profile content. |
| Physical description | Height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color when present. |
| Reporting agency | Agency name, address, and phone details tied to the profile. |
| Images | Small and large photo URL fields when an image is available. |
| Charge array | Possible charge code, description, bond type, and bond amount fields, though values may be blank. |
The Apple App Store listing for the Transylvania County Sheriff app documents the official mobile app channel.
The sheriff app matters for inmate records because its Inmate Search and VINE/VINELink features can expose custody fields that were not visible from static Citizen Connect HTML.
The Google Play listing for the Transylvania County Sheriff app confirms the Android package used for the same sheriff mobile access path.
Both app listings describe public-safety features and should be treated as official sheriff app routes, while emergencies still require emergency services rather than app messaging.
Transylvania County Jail Facilities
The researched public sources identify one local detention facility for this page: the Transylvania County Detention Center at the sheriff's Public Safety Way campus. Official app materials describe the Detention Division as managing up to 100 male and female inmates at any given time.
Transylvania County Detention Center
153 Public Safety Way
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-3147
Visitation: Wednesday and Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m., subject to inmate visitor-list rules.
Transylvania County Sheriff's Office
153 Public Safety Way
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-3169
Use for sheriff office routing, records questions, and public safety contacts.
Booking Process in Transylvania County
A person may enter the jail after an arrest, warrant service, or other custody event handled by the sheriff, Brevard officers, highway patrol, another agency, or court process. The jail roster can show booking and custody context, while the court file shows the case number, charge as filed, hearings, pleas, disposition, costs, and sentence. For court dates, the jail FAQ routes callers to the Clerk of Superior Court at (828) 885-3000.
North Carolina traffic and criminal case numbers may include `CR` for criminal offenses and `IF` for infraction-only cases. If a jail profile shows a charge, verify the court status through the NC eCourts Portal, the Transylvania County Clerk of Superior Court, or the paper file. A charge can be amended, dismissed, reduced, or resolved differently from the booking description.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Jail FAQ research found regular visitation on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The inmate controls the visitor list, and the FAQ says inmates may list five authorized visitors every 30 days. If a visitor is not on the list or does not appear at the scheduled time, the FAQ says there is no visit and no exception. Visitors need valid unexpired ID, such as a driver license or passport. Visitors under 18 may visit only if the inmate is their parent or if a parent or legal guardian remains present at all times.
| Visitor Type | Days / Hours | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Regular visitor | Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Must be on inmate list, valid unexpired ID required, one shared 30-minute period. |
| Regular visitor | Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Same rules as Wednesday; all visitors in a slot share one 30-minute period. |
| Pastoral visitor | Non-visiting hours | Pastoral credential required. |
How to Contact an Inmate
Mail must be sent through the U.S. Postal Service and addressed with the inmate's first and last name, Transylvania County Detention Center, 153 Public Safety Way, Brevard, NC 28712. Incoming mail must have a return address or it will be rejected. Mail with graffiti or labels stuck to the envelope other than a stamp may be rejected or returned. Books are accepted only when approved and shipped directly from a publisher by USPS, and approved books must be paperback.
The jail does not accept stamps and envelopes directly; family and friends can deposit money so the inmate can order those items through commissary. Shoes are not accepted. Glasses may be left subject to nursing staff review, with no hard cases or soft cases with clips. Prescription medication may be left, but nursing staff reviews it, consults with medical providers, and administers accepted medication through jail procedures. Inmates cannot keep prescriptions in cells, and the jail does not take incoming phone messages for inmates.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
The researched money channels are the Inmate Canteen online deposit portal and the lobby kiosk. Online deposits require creating an account and searching for the inmate. The lobby kiosk is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The FAQ says the amount placed on an inmate account is unlimited, but it did not publish a separate transaction-fee schedule in the researched material.
Inmate Canteen is a money channel, not a court-record system. Court costs, bond questions, or traffic payments should be routed to the court or clerk office that controls that obligation.
For custody notifications outside the county roster, use North Carolina VINE.
VINE is useful for notification and custody-status monitoring, while the county roster and sheriff app remain the local starting points for Transylvania County jail custody.