No Official Tyrrell County Online Roster Was Located
No official Tyrrell County jail roster, inmate search portal, booking report, or public mugshot gallery was located on the county, sheriff, or Town of Columbia law-enforcement pages. The North Carolina Sheriffs' Association profile for Sheriff Kevin Sawyer lists the jail field as "N/A," and the North Carolina Jail Administrators Association directory notes that Tyrrell County detainees are being housed in Washington County Jail. For a new Tyrrell arrest, the practical question is not which online roster to open. The practical question is whether the person is still with the arresting agency, has been transported to Washington County Jail, has a Tyrrell County court case, or has moved into another custody system.
The Town of Columbia law-enforcement page places the Tyrrell County Sheriff's Office at 405 Main Street in Columbia, with mail to P.O. Box 449 and phone 252-796-2251. Washington County Jail is the local detention facility to contact when a Tyrrell arrestee is housed out of county; the Washington County Sheriff's Office page gives a detention number of 252-793-1107 at 120 Adams Street, Plymouth. Tyrrell Prison Work Farm, although physically in Tyrrell County, is a state prison operated by NCDAC and is not the local jail for newly arrested defendants.
How to Find Someone After a Tyrrell County Arrest
Because no official web roster was found, the search sequence is phone-first for local custody and database-based only after the correct system is identified. The order below keeps pretrial jail custody separate from state prison, federal prison, and immigration detention.
- Call Tyrrell County Sheriff's Department at 252-796-2251 for an arrest that just happened in Tyrrell County. Ask whether the person was booked, whether bond has been reviewed, and whether transport to Washington County Jail occurred.
- Call Washington County Jail detention at 252-793-1107 if the person may have been housed there. Ask for current custody status, bond type, hold information, and the correct process for visits, mail, or funds.
- Search the North Carolina eCourts Portal for case and hearing information. The Portal is a court-record tool, not a jail roster, so a new booking may appear at the jail before the court record is visible.
- Use North Carolina VINE when the goal is custody-status notification. VINE can be useful when a release, transfer, or status change matters more than a booking report.
- Search the NCDAC Offender Public Information Search only for state prisoners, probationers, and parolees. NCDAC states that the database does not include county jail information.
- Use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator only for federal or immigration custody. Those systems are separate from Tyrrell sheriff custody and Washington County Jail.
Roster and Locator Search Fields
The local Tyrrell and Washington County jail roster fields could not be captured because no official roster form was located. The state and federal tools do publish search fields. Treat these as system-specific searches, not substitutes for calling the detention desk about a new Tyrrell booking.
| System | Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyrrell local jail roster | None located | n/a | n/a | No official Tyrrell County public roster form was found. |
| Washington County Jail roster | None located | n/a | n/a | Official page gives detention phone 252-793-1107, but no public roster search form. |
| NCDAC | Offender Status | Radio | Optional | All, Active Inmate, Active Probationer/Parolee, or Inactive. |
| NCDAC | Last Name, First Name, M.I. | Text | One or more criteria | Includes a last-name sounds-like option for broader searching. |
| NCDAC | Offender Number | Text | Optional | Best field when the OPUS or state offender number is known. |
| NCDAC | Gender, Race, Ethnic Group | Filters | Optional | Used to separate similar names in state prison or supervision records. |
| NCDAC | Birth Date or Age Range | Date or number | Optional | Birth-date search supports exact and plus-or-minus year ranges. |
| BOP | Register, DCDC, FBI, or INS Number | Number | Required for number search | BOP Register Number format is generally #####-###. |
| ICE | A-Number or biographical data | Text/date | One search path | USA.gov describes A-number search and name/country/date-of-birth search. |
The NCDAC offender-search form is an appropriate image source for state-prison lookup behavior. The screenshot below comes from the official NCDAC locator page, which is separate from county jail custody.
What an Inmate Record or Custody Response Can Show
No official local sample roster profile was available for Tyrrell County or Washington County Jail, so local online fields such as mugshot, booking number, charge list, bond amount, or housing unit should not be promised. A detention phone response, public arrest information request, magistrate record, or later court case may still provide useful facts, but each source has a different legal role.
| Record Item | Where It May Come From | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Custody location | Tyrrell sheriff or Washington County detention | Whether the person is in local custody, transported, released, or in another agency's custody. |
| Public arrest information | Arresting agency request under G.S. 132-1.4(c) | May include name, age, alleged violation, time and place of arrest, and basic circumstances unless restricted. |
| Bond or hold | Magistrate, detention desk, or court record | Release condition, no-bond status, or another agency hold that may prevent release. |
| Court charges | eCourts Portal or Clerk of Superior Court | Formal case information after the arrest enters the court system. |
| NCDAC status | NCDAC offender search | Active inmate, probation, parole, inactive status, offender number, and basic sentence information. |
| Confidential prison material | NCDAC restricted records | Medical records, classification, behavior, and many internal prison records are not general public records. |
County Jail, State Prison, Federal, ICE, and VINE
Pretrial Tyrrell County custody means a person has been arrested and may be awaiting first appearance, bond, or a hearing in Tyrrell County District or Superior Court. That local custody path runs through Sheriff Kevin Sawyer's office and, when detention housing is needed, Washington County Jail. Sentenced adult men assigned to Tyrrell Prison Work Farm are in North Carolina Department of Adult Correction custody. Federal defendants and immigration detainees are outside both local jail and state prison systems.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Use When |
|---|---|---|
| New Tyrrell arrest | Tyrrell County Sheriff's Department, 252-796-2251 | The arrest just happened or the arresting agency is uncertain. |
| Local pretrial or short-sentence housing | Washington County Jail, 252-793-1107 | The person may have been transported to Plymouth for local jail housing. |
| Court case or hearing | North Carolina eCourts Portal and Tyrrell Clerk | The goal is charges, case number, hearing date, disposition, or certified copies. |
| State prison or supervision | NCDAC Offender Public Information Search | The person is sentenced to state prison, on probation, or on parole. |
| Status notification | North Carolina VINE | The need is release, transfer, or status-change notice. |
| Federal prison | BOP Inmate Locator | The person is in federal custody from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | The person is held by ICE or held by CBP more than 48 hours. |
The NCDAC criminal offender searches hub also points users to VINE and explains the state-search boundary. That boundary matters in Tyrrell County because the largest correctional facility physically in the county is a state prison, not the county jail.
Tyrrell County Custody Contact Cards
The facility list for Tyrrell County inmate records has two very different entries. Washington County Jail is the regional local detention point for Tyrrell arrestees. Tyrrell Prison Work Farm is a state prison for sentenced adult male prisoners and should be searched through NCDAC.
Washington County Jail
120 Adams Street
Plymouth, NC 27962
252-793-1107
Regional local detention facility operated by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Official public roster not located.
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm
Snell Road
Columbia, NC 27925
252-796-1085
NCDAC male minimum-custody state prison with 620 offender capacity. Not a booking jail for local arrests.
Tyrrell County Sheriff's Department
405 Main Street
Columbia, NC 27925
252-796-2251
Sheriff Kevin Sawyer. Mailing address P.O. Box 449, Columbia, NC 27925.
Booking and Intake After a Tyrrell County Arrest
A Tyrrell County arrest may start with the sheriff's department or another law-enforcement agency, then move through initial processing, transport or booking coordination, Washington County Jail housing if the person is held locally, magistrate review, and court processing in Tyrrell County. The courthouse contact remains Tyrrell County Courthouse at 403 Main Street in Columbia even when the person is physically housed at the jail in Plymouth.
Typical booking can include identity confirmation, property inventory, fingerprints, a booking photo, charge entry, medical screening, and classification. The exact Washington County/Tyrrell public booking forms and publication delays were not located, so current phone confirmation is necessary for a new arrest. A person may also have a hold from another county, NCDAC probation/parole, federal authorities, or immigration officials, which can change the release path even when a local bond amount exists.
Visitation, Mail, and Money Schedule Checks
No official Washington County NC jail visitation schedule, mail rules, commissary vendor, phone vendor, video vendor, or deposit-fee table was located on the official county page. Treat local Tyrrell custody as a call-before-action situation. State prison visitation, mail, and money rules are published by NCDAC and apply to Tyrrell Prison Work Farm, not to Washington County Jail.
| Service | Washington County Jail Status | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Schedule not located | Call 252-793-1107 before arriving. |
| Video visitation | Vendor not located | Ask whether video visits are available and how they are scheduled. |
| Local format not located | Ask for current inmate mail format before sending anything. | |
| Commissary/funds | Vendor and fees not located | Confirm custody, vendor, accepted payment methods, and deposit limits first. |
| Attorney visits | Rules not located | Attorneys should call detention or the jail administrator before arrival. |
State Prison Visitation, Mail, and Deposits
For Tyrrell Prison Work Farm, NCDAC uses an approved visitor list. The incarcerated person obtains blank applications and mails them to proposed visitors. Adults and minors need applications, visitors age 16 or older need approved photo ID, and minors under 16 need a birth certificate copy. In-person visits are by appointment, normally no more than one visiting session per week, not over two hours, and normally no more than three approved visitors per session.
Non-legal NCDAC prison mail goes through TextBehind and must include the offender name, OPUS number, full prison name, and P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. NCDAC deposit options include ConnectNetwork online or app, phone deposits, Western Union cash deposits using payment code NCDAC TRUST, and TouchPay money orders with a deposit slip. NCDAC says only approved visitors may deposit funds to an offender account.
Records Requests and Public Access Limits
North Carolina public-records law is broad, but criminal investigation records are a major exception. For a local jail record, ask narrowly for public arrest information under G.S. 132-1.4, such as the person's name, age, alleged violation, and basic arrest circumstances. Do not ask the sheriff or detention agency for the entire investigative file if the goal is a booking confirmation or public arrest summary.
Confirm first: Verify custody with the jail or state agency before sending mail, depositing money, scheduling a visit, or relying on a third-party search result.
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