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Johnson Detention Center Overview

Johnson Detention Center is operated by the Laurens County Sheriff's Office. Official sheriff pages list the facility at 154 Templeton Rd, Laurens, SC 29360, and use Johnson Detention Center and Laurens County Detention Center wording in different jail information contexts. The jail is the public local custody point documented by Laurens County official sources.

The facility holds people booked into Laurens County Sheriff's Office custody for county agencies and other requesting law-enforcement agencies. That includes recent arrests, pretrial detention, bond-court custody, short local sentences, and holds that remain in the county jail lane. It is not a South Carolina Department of Corrections state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or separate city jail roster.

The research did not locate an official rated bed capacity, construction year, accreditation status, visitor-lobby hours, or annual staffing figure for Johnson Detention Center. The public roster returned 171 current records on June 29, 2026, but that figure is a point-in-time roster count, not a certified population average.

Johnson Detention Center Population

The best official current-custody number captured in the research is the public roster count. The Laurens Zuercher inmate load endpoint returned 171 records for the current In Custody On query on June 29, 2026. That number helps describe the active public roster on that day. It does not prove bed capacity, average daily population, annual booking volume, or average stay length.

Because Laurens County did not publish a public jail-population dashboard in the official sources reviewed, population claims should stay narrow. The roster is useful for current custody. SCDC, BOP, ICE, and court sources should be used for people who have moved out of the county jail process.

Look Up Johnson Detention Center Inmates

The correct online search system for this facility is the county's Zuercher/CentralSquare roster, reached from the sheriff's official inmate-search page. The portal notice states that it lists people in the custody of the Laurens County Sheriff's Office. It updates regularly, but the sheriff warns that the records may not always represent the active, most current status for selected inmates.

1. Open the sheriff inmate-search page and follow the link to the Laurens public inmate roster.
2. Search by name. The public form uses one Name field rather than separate first-name and last-name fields.
3. Use Race, Sex, or Arrest Date only if the name search needs narrowing.
4. Read the Mugshot, Name, Race, Sex, and Arrest Date columns, then inspect hold-reason text for charges and bond details.
5. Call booking at 864-683-4783 or the detention center at 864-683-4055 if the online result is unclear.

If the person has been sentenced to state prison, use the SCDC Incarcerated Inmate Search. If the custody issue is federal or immigration related, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

Johnson Detention Center Contact

The jail and the sheriff's administrative office are not the same counter. The detention center is on Templeton Road. The sheriff's administrative address is 216 West Main Street in Laurens. Use the detention contacts for booking, custody, and visitation questions unless staff direct otherwise.

Visiting Johnson Detention Center Inmates

The sheriff's jail information page says visits are video visits, both offsite and onsite. All visits are monitored and recorded. Visits must be set up at least 24 hours in advance, must occur during the inmate's recreation time, and cannot occur if the inmate is on disciplinary status. A person listed as a victim is not allowed to visit.

Mail and Money at Johnson Detention Center

Mail rules are specific. The sheriff page says inmates can receive postcards only. Letters in envelopes and packages are not allowed. Use the inmate's name, Laurens County Detention Center, PO Box 329, Laurens, SC 29360. Do not assume a package, greeting card, photo packet, or envelope will be accepted unless jail staff confirm it.

The sheriff page did not publish a remote video fee schedule, phone-call rate table, or online deposit fee table. Check the vendor before paying.

Booking and Bond at Templeton Road

When a person is arrested in Laurens County and the arresting agency seeks county detention, the person is routed to Johnson Detention Center for booking. Jail staff create or update the jail record, receive arrest or warrant paperwork, photograph the person if a booking image is released through the portal, and record charge or hold information supplied by the arresting or requesting agency.

Bond information can appear in roster hold reasons. Inspected entries showed terms such as CASH, CASH OR SURETY, and NO BOND, with amounts and "Set By" details where present. Laurens County Bond Court is listed by the South Carolina Judicial Branch at 154 Templeton Road, the same physical address as the jail, with phone 864-683-4485. That shared address is a local reason jail and bond questions often meet at the Templeton Road complex.

Johnson Detention Center Records Requests

For records not available on the current roster, the sheriff contact page gives FOIA, public-information, and media channels: CSnow@lcsosc.com and 864-681-4509. Laurens County also has a countywide FOIA request process through the County Attorney. Requests can be submitted online or by mail to Laurens County Administration, Office of the County Attorney, P.O. Box 445, Laurens, South Carolina 29360-0445.

The county FOIA page says Laurens County has 10 business days to determine whether current records are publicly available, and 20 business days for records more than 24 months old. It also says the county is not required to create a record that does not exist. Payment may be required before release, and checks or money orders must be made payable to Laurens County.

About Johnson Detention Center

Official pages reviewed did not publish a broad program catalog for Johnson Detention Center. No GED, vocational training, work release, tablet program, religious services, grievance process, or medical-request manual was found in the official jail materials for this research pass. The documented facility operations are more practical: roster lookup, booking contacts, visitation, video visit setup, postcard mail, canteen, money deposits, and public-information routes.

For court and case questions after booking, use the South Carolina Judicial Branch public index, Laurens County Clerk of Court, Bond Court, and Eighth Judicial Circuit Solicitor. For prison custody after sentencing, use SCDC. For federal or immigration custody, use BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE channels rather than treating Johnson Detention Center as the final record source.