Haywood County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule a visit, or obtain official booking records for you. Use the official office or records channel that matches the request.
Official Haywood County Contacts
For current local custody questions, the Haywood County Sheriff's Office and Haywood County Detention Center are located at 1620 Brown Avenue, Waynesville, NC 28786.
- Sheriff front office: (828) 452-6768.
- Sheriff dispatch: (828) 452-6666, available for 24/7 routing and urgent public-safety contact.
- Inmate information line: (828) 452-6670, option 1, for custody, charges, bond amounts, and residential information.
- Detention main office: (828) 356-2863.
- Detention 24-hour line: (828) 356-2862.
- Detention office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; sheriff dispatch and custody operations run 24 hours a day.
- HCSO public records requests: haywoodncsheriff.com/public-records-request/.
Use the list below to match the question to the best starting point:
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the official inmate information line.
- For booking photos or photo-related records, review jail roster mugshots and use the HCSO public records request form when a formal request is needed.
- For charges, hearings, and case events after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and North Carolina Judicial Branch resources.
- For facility details, use the footer link to the Haywood County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender locator rather than the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.