City of Anderson Detention Center Overview
The City of Anderson Police Department operates the City of Anderson Detention Center at 401 South Main Street, Anderson, SC 29624. Official city request and RFP materials describe it as a municipal police detention center with a meaningful federal contract population. It holds male and female city detainees, United States Marshals Service detainees, Bureau of Prisons prisoners, and some sentenced inmates, generally with sentences of less than three months. That mix makes the facility different from a basic overnight police lockup and different from the Anderson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center.
The city facility's contact in official RFPs is Captain Carla Roberson, Anderson Police Department Detention Center, 401 South Main Street, Anderson, SC 29624, 864-231-2276, croberson@cityofandersonsc.com. The RFP materials also name James S. Stewart, or Jim Stewart, as police chief. The City of Anderson public requests page listed the detention-center medical, food-service, and commissary RFPs used in the research, which is why much of the facility detail comes from procurement documents rather than a public roster page.
The City of Anderson requests page is the successful manifest image source that points to the detention-center RFP documents used for population and service facts.
The city requests listing matters because the medical, food-service, and commissary RFPs contain the best official details located for the city detention center's population, federal detainee role, address, and contracted services.
City of Anderson Detention Center Capacity and Population
The 2026 City of Anderson medical-services RFP reports an average daily population around 83 over the prior 12 months. It also reports 1,890 total bookings in calendar year 2025, a decrease of 111 bookings or 5.55 percent from 2,001 in calendar year 2024. The same RFP reports 236 federal detainees booked during calendar year 2025 and says the average city-inmate stay is under 30 days, while federal prisoners may stay longer. The 2026 food-service RFP asks vendors to support up to approximately 136 inmates and also states recent ADP has been 83. A 2024 commissary RFP reported FY2024 ADP at approximately 81 inmates per day.
Those figures show why this city facility deserves a separate page. It is not just a booking counter for city arrests. Its 2025 numbers include a federal component, and its food-service planning figure of up to approximately 136 inmates gives a practical planning benchmark without claiming that number is a fixed rated capacity.
How to Look Up an Inmate at City of Anderson Detention Center
No separate public City of Anderson detention roster was located in the official city sources reviewed for the research. For a person believed to be held at the city facility, the first direct channel is the Anderson Police Department Detention Center at 864-231-2276. Ask whether the person is in city custody, in federal custody while housed locally, transferred to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center, released, or held under a court or agency process outside the city's control.
- Call the City of Anderson Detention Center at 864-231-2276 with the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency.
- If the person was arrested by or transferred to the sheriff's office, search the ACSO Zuercher inmate roster.
- If the person is a sentenced federal prisoner, search the BOP inmate locator by register number or name fields.
- If the person may be in federal pretrial custody, ask the city facility or federal court/USMS channel because BOP may not show all pretrial detainee housing.
The ACSO roster may not be the right lookup for someone in city or federal custody. ACSO's public roster is for people in the custody of the Anderson County Sheriff's Office. The city detention center can house city detainees, USMS detainees, and BOP prisoners, so a negative county roster result does not rule out city housing or federal custody. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS rather than the county or city jail pages. For state-prison custody after a South Carolina sentence, use the SCDC locator.
City of Anderson Detention Center Address and Contact
The official RFP contact for detention-center matters is Captain Carla Roberson at the city facility address. The city address and phone are also the best starting point when a caller needs to distinguish a city detainee from a sheriff, state, or federal prisoner record.
City of Anderson Detention Center
401 South Main Street
Anderson, SC 29624
864-231-2276
Contact: Captain Carla Roberson
Visiting Someone at City of Anderson Detention Center
The research did not locate a public City of Anderson visitor schedule comparable to the ACSO visitor page. Because the city facility houses a mixed population, including city detainees, USMS detainees, BOP prisoners, and some short sentenced inmates, visit approval can depend on the holding authority as well as the facility's local rules. Call 864-231-2276 before traveling, and ask whether the person is eligible for visits, whether the visit is in person or remote, what identification is required, and whether federal custody status changes the visit process.
| Question | What to Confirm | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Custody authority | City, USMS, BOP, or short local sentence | The agency controlling custody can affect visits and release |
| Visit schedule | Current day and time rules | No official public schedule was located in research |
| Identification | Photo ID and approved visitor requirements | Jails commonly deny visits without proper ID |
| Visitor property | Phone, bag, and personal-item restrictions | Rules can prevent entry even when a visit is approved |
| Federal status | USMS or BOP involvement | Federal detainees may have different custody controls |
Do not borrow ACSO's visitation list, dress code, or one-visit-per-week rule for this city facility unless the city confirms those same rules. The city page should stay accurate to city sources: the facility exists, its population and services are documented in RFPs, but a detailed public visitor schedule was not located in the reviewed material.
Mail, Phone, and Money at City of Anderson Detention Center
The City of Anderson RFP materials document contracted medical, food-service, and commissary functions, but the research did not locate a public city mail-scanning page, phone vendor page, or deposit-fee table equivalent to ACSO's visitor information. For that reason, mail, money, and phone instructions should be confirmed directly with the city facility before sending funds, books, photos, packages, or legal material.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Facility address | City of Anderson Detention Center, 401 South Main Street, Anderson, SC 29624 |
| Phone contact | 864-231-2276 |
| Commissary | City commissary RFP documents a contracted commissary function and FY2024 commission revenue used for inmate benefit and betterment |
| Mail and deposits | Confirm current rules with the city detention center before sending |
The 2024 city commissary RFP reported a commission of $91,152.47 and stated that commission funds are used for the benefit and betterment of the inmate population housed at the city detention center. That supports saying commissary exists as a city detention service, but it does not provide a public deposit link, fee schedule, or mailing format. When a detainee is held under USMS or BOP authority, family members should also ask whether federal status changes phone, commissary, mail, or release procedures.
Booking and Intake at City of Anderson Detention Center
The city medical RFP gives a useful view of intake and care standards. It states that medical, mental-health, and dental care begin with commitment to jail custody and end with discharge or temporary release. The provider must examine and treat inmates in segregation or unable to attend sick call, provide emergency care anywhere on jail property, maintain medical and dental records separately from jail confinement records, and consult with police and jail staff. The RFP calls for care that conforms to state standards or other appropriate state authority and substantially conforms to NCCHC Jail Health Standards, 2018 edition.
City booking can involve local city arrests, federal detainees, BOP prisoners, and some short sentenced inmates. The 2026 medical RFP reports an average city-inmate stay under 30 days, while federal prisoners may stay longer. That difference is important when interpreting a missing roster result or a longer-than-expected detention. A person may be physically housed at 401 South Main Street but legally controlled by a federal agency or court process.
Federal Detainees at City of Anderson Detention Center
The city facility is the Anderson County local page where federal custody requires the most explanation. Official research states that the facility houses United States Marshals Service detainees and Bureau of Prisons prisoners. The medical RFP reports 236 federal detainee bookings in calendar year 2025. A federal pretrial detainee may be controlled by USMS and the federal court even when housed in a local city jail. A sentenced federal prisoner should be searched through BOP when the person is in BOP's locator system, but BOP is not a local booking roster and does not operate as a public mugshot gallery.
If a federal detainee is not found through BOP, use the city detention contact and federal court or USMS context rather than assuming the person is not housed locally. If immigration custody is suspected, ICE ODLS is the direct locator. No BOP-operated federal prison and no ICE detention facility physically located in Anderson County were confirmed in the official sources reviewed, but the city detention center itself can still house federal detainees under its detention operations.
About City of Anderson Detention Center
The City of Anderson Detention Center is unusually well documented through procurement records. The medical RFP requires an experienced correctional health-care provider, active South Carolina jail contract experience, professional liability insurance, written health-care planning, auditability, health-statistics collection, and startup ability. The food-service RFP requires meals seven days a week for up to approximately 136 inmates and compliance with nutritional, health, American Correctional Association, and applicable state and federal correctional food-service standards.
The research did not locate a current public city detention roster, a detailed visitor policy page, a public mail rule page, or a city deposit-fee table. It did locate strong official facts about population, bookings, federal detainees, address, contact, medical care, food service, and commissary. Those facts support a careful lookup workflow: call the city facility first for city detainees, use ACSO only when the person is in sheriff custody or transferred there, use BOP for sentenced federal prisoners, and use SCDC for sentenced South Carolina state prisoners.
Note: Confirm custody authority, visit rules, and federal status with the city detention center before traveling.