Understanding Dillon County Detention Center: Capacity, Staff, and What Makes This Facility Different
If your loved one is being held at Dillon County Detention Center, knowing the facility's size, who it holds, and what the jail says it's responsible for can help you set expectations and ask the right questions. Here's a clear overview.
Dillon County Detention Center is located at 1027 Old Latta Highway in Dillon, South Carolina.
The detention center can house up to 200 inmates. That gives you a quick sense of its overall scale, especially compared with smaller holding facilities designed for short stays only.
The facility lists a staff of 37 trained detention center personnel. Staffing levels affect a lot of what you experience as a family member, from how quickly your questions get answered to how much structure the jail can maintain across housing and services.
Dillon County Detention Center provides secure confinement for both adults and juveniles ordered by the courts to be detained. It operates as a division of the Dillon County Sheriff's Department, the agency responsible for overseeing detention operations.
The detention center's stated mission emphasizes proper classification of detainees and inmates. Classification is the process the facility uses to decide where someone is housed and what level of restrictions or supervision applies, based on the jail's standards and the person's individual situation.
The mission statement also commits to supervision and humane treatment at all times. In plain terms, that means people are expected to be monitored and managed safely while being treated with basic dignity during their time there.
The detention center also states that medical and mental health services will be competent, legally compliant, and available to those who need them. If your loved one has a health or mental health concern, this is the facility's public commitment that care falls within its responsibilities.
Capacity and staffing numbers are useful because they put the jail in context. A facility that can hold up to 200 people with 37 detention personnel is built to manage more than quick in-and-out holds. That said, these figures don't tell you how many people are currently housed there or how many staff are working a given shift. Think of them as a general snapshot, not a day-to-day guarantee.
The mission statement tells you what the facility says it aims to do: classify people properly, supervise them, treat them humanely, and make medical and mental health services available when needed. For families, that can guide the questions you ask. For example, has your loved one been classified and placed appropriately? How do you request attention for a medical or mental health issue? Keep in mind that mission statements describe commitments and standards. They don't spell out exact procedures, timelines, or who to contact for each type of request.
Note: The county's overview does not include operational details like visiting hours, phone call procedures, or the step-by-step process for medical requests. Use the contact information below to confirm the current rules for your situation.
Dillon County Detention Center is a division of the Dillon County Sheriff's Department. That matters because the Sheriff's Department oversees detention staff and is your most direct starting point when you need facility-level information.
- ✓ Detention Center phone (listed): 843-841-3730
- ✓ Office hours (listed): 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday
- ✓ Director contact phone (listed): 843-774-1435
- ✓ Director contact email (listed): ssamuel@dillonsheriff.org
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