Sussex County Jail Roster

The Sussex County jail roster shows every adult held in state prisons after a Sussex arrest. Men go to the Sussex Correctional Institution in Georgetown. Women go to Baylor in New Castle County but still link to the Sussex County jail roster path. The Sussex County Sheriff does not run a jail, so state tools are the right start. This page walks you through the Sussex County jail roster lookup, who runs Sussex prisons, which Sussex police do booking, and how to pull inmate records from the Sussex courts.

How the Sussex County Jail Roster Works

Sussex County does not run its own jail or its own roster. The Delaware DOC runs the state jail roster for all Sussex County inmates. When Georgetown Police, Seaford Police, Lewes Police, Milford Police on the Sussex side, or Delaware State Police Troop 4 or Troop 7 make an arrest, the inmate is taken to SCI in Georgetown. The Sussex County jail roster entry then posts online on the state DOC inmate locator.

Use the Delaware DOC inmate locator for a fast Sussex County jail roster search by name or SBI number.

The locator feeds from DELJIS and from VINE. Sign up at VINELink to get an alert if a Sussex inmate changes status, gets moved, or is released. The DOC Victim Services Unit at (302) 857-5440 can help Sussex victims set up notices for a jail roster record.

Sussex County Sheriff's Office

The Sussex County Sheriff's Office sits at 2 The Circle, Georgetown, DE 19947. Call (302) 855-7830. Hours run Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., minus holidays. The Sussex Sheriff does not run a jail or keep a custody jail roster. For inmate custody, the Sussex Correctional Institution is the right call.

Sheriff duties include serving civil papers, moving inmates between Sussex courts and SCI, and running sheriff sales for Sussex County. The Sussex Sheriff also handles concealed carry permit intake and fingerprint prints for licensing.

See more on the Sussex County Sheriff's Office page, which outlines the Sussex Sheriff's role next to the state jail roster system.

For an active warrant check in Sussex County, the sheriff can confirm the warrant status. For a Sussex County jail roster search, go to the DOC.

Sussex Correctional Institution

Sussex Correctional Institution, known as SCI, is the main Sussex County jail for men. SCI sits at 23203 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, DE 19947. Call (302) 856-5280. SCI is a Level 5 prison holding about 1,200 male inmates across many security classes. Pre-trial holds, medium-security inmates, and max-security inmates all share this Sussex site.

SCI is one of Delaware's oldest prisons. It runs the Youthful Criminal Offenders Program, or YCOP, for younger inmates. SCI offers GED prep, job training, and behavior programs to help inmates get ready for life after the jail roster ends. The Sussex Correctional Institution has worked to curb contraband with added mail and visit screens.

Visit hours at SCI for General Population are Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Hours can shift by housing unit, so call first. Visits must be booked in advance. Female Sussex inmates do not stay at SCI. Women from Sussex County show on the Delaware jail roster with a BWCI address in New Castle.

Sussex Community Corrections Center

Sussex Community Corrections Center, or SCCC, is a Level 4 work release site at 23207 DuPont Boulevard, Georgetown, DE 19947. Call (302) 856-5790. SCCC holds Sussex inmates near the end of their Delaware jail roster time. They work during the day and report back at night.

SCCC also houses the Sussex Violation of Probation Center, known as SVOP. SVOP takes Sussex inmates who broke probation rules and need a short-term hold pending a hearing. The Sussex jail roster will list SCCC as the inmate's place while this plays out.

Inmates at SCCC must keep a job, follow curfew, and check in often. The Sussex Community Corrections team works with local employers to help inmates rejoin life after their jail roster time.

Georgetown Police and Sussex Jail Roster Intake

Georgetown Police serve the county seat and the home of the Sussex County courthouse and SCI prison. The Georgetown force makes many of the arrests that land on the Sussex County jail roster each week. Georgetown Police work next to Delaware State Police and the Sussex Sheriff's Office.

Georgetown Police are at 222 S. Bedford Street, Georgetown, DE 19947. The Records Division handles public records requests under Delaware FOIA. Learn more at the Georgetown Police site.

Other Sussex police forces include Seaford Police, Lewes Police, Rehoboth Beach Police, and Milford Police on the Sussex side. Each one books Sussex arrestees into SCI, and each shows up in Sussex County jail roster records.

Sussex County Records and Jail Roster Links

Sussex County keeps a wide set of public records tied to the Sussex jail roster. That includes court records, property records, vital records, business records, and law enforcement records. Each record type is held by a different Sussex office, so you need to know the right place to ask.

Fees for Sussex inmate records track state rules. Standard copy fees run $0.50 per page. Certified copies of deeds are $25.00. Research fees run $30.00 per hour after the first 30 minutes. FOIA requests must be answered in 15 business days, as set by Title 29, Chapter 100 of the Delaware Code.

The Sussex County Recorder of Deeds at 2 The Circle, Georgetown, keeps land records, mortgages, and liens. Call (302) 855-7785. These papers can support a jail roster lookup when you need address history for an inmate.

The Sussex County government site at sussexcountyde.gov lists each Sussex office, its hours, and its FOIA contact. That is the official starting point for any Sussex jail roster records request.

Sussex County Criminal Records

For full Sussex County criminal records, you may need to pull from more than one place. Court, police, and state sources each hold a different slice of the Sussex jail roster picture.

Sussex criminal court records sit at Sussex County Superior Court, 1 The Circle, Georgetown. Misdemeanors move through the Court of Common Pleas. Use Delaware CourtConnect for online case searches linked to a Sussex jail roster entry.

For a full Sussex inmate history, the State Bureau of Identification in Georgetown handles fingerprint-based checks. That office is at the Thurman Adams State Service Center, 546 South Bedford Street, Room 202, Georgetown, DE 19947. Appointments are needed. Call (302) 739-2528 to book. State-only inmate history checks cost $52. Results are not given the same day at the Sussex office.

Expungement petitions for Sussex cases file at the Sussex Superior Court. Once a Sussex judge signs the order, the inmate record drops off the jail roster search, the court search, and the SBI file. Review the Sussex County Superior Court page for forms and filing steps.

Cities in Sussex County

Sussex County has three major cities on our site. All book arrestees into SCI for men or BWCI for women. All three share the same state Delaware jail roster.

Milford sits on the Sussex-Kent line, so some Milford arrests book through SCI and others through JTVCC. Georgetown, Rehoboth Beach, and Dewey Beach are other Sussex towns that feed into SCI but do not have pages on this site.

Nearby Counties

The other two Delaware counties share the same statewide inmate locator for jail roster searches. Check them if you are not sure where the Sussex arrest took place.