Dillon VINE Inmate Coverage
South Carolina VINE is a custody and supervision notification network delivered online through VINELink. The state describes coverage from participating county detention centers, SCDC, SCDPPPS, and the Department of Juvenile Justice. Juvenile details are not publicly displayed, and mental-health facilities are not tracked. Search is also offered through mobile apps and by telephone at 1-866-727-2846. Help is available at scvine@doc.sc.gov.
Coverage does not mean every Dillon booking will always appear or update at once. Search the record tied to the correct reporting agency. A state-prison record and a Dillon County Detention Center record can represent different custody episodes for the same person.
Search a Dillon VINE Record
Use the South Carolina VINELink search for a specific person. An offender number is the strongest input when known. Name searches need extra care because duplicate and similar names can appear.
- Choose South Carolina and open offender search.
- Enter the offender number, or use the person’s name.
- Refine duplicate names with middle initial and date of birth.
- Open the match and verify the reporting agency or facility.
- Read the custody or supervision status and preserve the event time and agency.
If no result appears, check spelling and identity before drawing a conclusion. Then use the Dillon County release record path to check the jail, SCDC released list, court, and custodian.
Dillon VINE Release Fields
The record shows information supplied by a participating agency. Save the exact words rather than translating every change into “free” or “discharged.” A release from one agency may be followed by transfer to another.
| Item | How to read it |
|---|---|
| Name and offender number | Match identity to the intended person. |
| Reporting agency | Identifies the system that supplied the event. |
| Facility or location | Shows the custody source associated with the record. |
| Custody or supervision status | States the participant’s current reported status. |
| Status-change time | Marks when the reporting system recorded the event. |
| Notification options | Shows available phone, text, email, or TTY registration. |
The official VINELink service home appears below.
Open the VINELink service source before comparing the correct state and person record.
The service screen is the entry point, while the reporting agency remains the source for a certified custody history.
Register Dillon VINE Release Alerts
Register against the verified record, not just a name. VINE allows the contact choices displayed for that record, which may include telephone, text, email, or TTY and language settings. Use a contact method that can be reached promptly.
- Select the correct offender record.
- Choose registration or notifications, signing in or creating the offered account if required.
- Provide a reachable phone, SMS-capable mobile number, or valid email.
- Select the contact and language options shown.
- Complete confirmation and keep the four-digit PIN used for automated calls.
Automated calls repeat for up to 48 hours or until the PIN acknowledges the message. Text and email alerts do not use that PIN. Keep registration details private and current.
Confirm Dillon VINE Status Changes
A VINE “released” event is meaningful evidence that the reporting participant recorded a change. It is not proof that all custody or supervision ended. Save the agency, event time, and status. Ask the detention center or SCDC for the actual release or transfer record when the legal type matters.
VINE does not replace the BOP locator for federal prisoners or ICE’s locator for immigration custody. The ordinary SCDC search covers only current state prisoners and updates through the prior midnight. Released state prisoners belong in SCDC’s separate Released Inmate List. SCDPPPS covers active community supervision, not jail custody or a full discharge archive.
A no-result screen can reflect spelling, identity, participation, timing, transfer, or re-registration issues. Never infer release from absence alone.
Dillon VINE Transfer Re-Registration
South Carolina VINE can span county detention, SCDC, and SCDPPPS, but notification registrations do not always follow a person between agency records. Register again when a transfer creates a new record. This is a key local safeguard for someone moving from Dillon custody into state prison or supervision.
SCDC crime victims may also register through the Division of Victim Services at 1-800-835-0304. Dillon’s Fourth Circuit victim-services route through the Dillon Solicitor adds a local contact. Neither service replaces the jail, prison, or court record. VINE is free and useful, but no alert system should be the only safety plan.
Dillon VINE Identity Checks
Identity matching comes before status reading. Use the offender number when it is available. For a name search, compare the full name, middle initial, date of birth, agency, and facility. A common name is not enough. Save the record identifiers with the event so the alert can be traced to the right person later.
A Dillon County arrest begins in the local detention and court system. A later SCDC number identifies a state-prison record. Those records can overlap in time during transfer processing. VINE may show an agency event before another public system updates, or the reverse. Note when each source was checked.
If the record appears under a new agency after transfer, register against that record too. Do not assume the first notification account will follow the person. This matters when a Dillon County detainee receives a state sentence, moves to SCDC, and later enters SCDPPPS supervision.
Dillon Released Result Meaning
A released status means the reporting participant recorded a release event. It may show that a person left Dillon County Detention Center, an SCDC institution, or a supervision status. The agency name defines the scope. It does not prove the person has no other hold, warrant, case, or receiving custodian.
Preserve the status text, event date and time, reporting agency, and person identifier. Then ask the custodian whether the event was bond, recognizance, time served, sentence completion, parole, discharge, or transfer. The exact label matters. Parole is conditional release from prison. Probation can follow a suspended sentence without a prison release. Discharge indicates the applicable term ended when the responsible record says so.
A court case can explain bond, disposition, or sentence. Yet the court order is not the physical release timestamp. Dillon detention staff maintain the county custody movement. SCDC maintains the state-prison movement and release history. SCDPPPS maintains active community-supervision information.
Dillon VINE Fallback Sources
When VINELink does not find the person, do not treat the blank result as release. Call Dillon County Detention Center for local physical custody. Search the Dillon Public Index for court context. If the person entered state prison, use SCDC’s current offender search during incarceration and the separate Released Inmate List afterward.
Federal custody follows another path. The BOP Inmate Locator can show many former federal prisoners with release wording and a release date, but it does not cover every USMS pretrial case or state and local hold. ICE has a separate detainee locator. Neither federal tool is a Dillon recent-release list.
For a formal local answer, request the final booking and custody movement from the detention center. Ask for the actual release time, release reason, authority, and destination. A VINE alert is fast and useful. The originating record supplies the detailed proof.
Dillon VINE and SCDC Records
SCDC uses two public tools for different groups. Its ordinary offender search shows people currently sentenced to and incarcerated in SCDC, with data through midnight of the prior day. It excludes released people, county detainees, people under community supervision, juveniles, and current SCDC fugitives. A miss in that search does not prove release.
The separate SCDC Released Inmate List is the correct state source after prison release. Match the SCDC number, name, release date, and exact status. Then check SCDPPPS if the person may be on parole, probation, community supervision, or supervised reentry. A positive supervision record can show the person is outside prison under a legal status, but it does not prove full discharge.
VINE connects these systems for status notices, but it does not merge their legal records. Keep the reporting agency attached to every alert. Request the SCDC movement or release history if the state date or release type is disputed.
Dillon VINE Alert Safety
Notification is a useful early warning. It should not stand alone as a safety plan. Contact information can change, messages can be missed, and an agency transfer can require a new registration. Keep more than one safe contact route when the available settings allow it.
For automated calls, retain the four-digit PIN so the message can be acknowledged. Without acknowledgement, calls may repeat for up to 48 hours. Text and email do not require that PIN. Review the chosen language and contact method before completing registration.
If an expected alert does not arrive, check the live record and contact the reporting agency. Do not wait for a message before verifying an urgent custody question. Dillon’s solicitor victim-services contact and SCDC Victim Services can provide separate assistance for the people they serve.