Locate Allendale Correctional Institution Inmates

Allendale Correctional Institution Overview

Allendale Correctional Institution is operated by the South Carolina Department of Corrections. SCDC identifies the prison as a medium custody male institution. The facility opened in 1989 and is located in Fairfax within Allendale County. Randall Williams was listed as warden at the time of research. The institution holds sentenced adult male state prisoners, not ordinary county pretrial detainees.

The prison's role is separate from Allendale County Detention Center. A person arrested in Allendale County may first be booked into the county jail, go through bond and court, and later enter SCDC custody after conviction and sentencing. Once SCDC custody begins, the county jail roster or detention phone is no longer the current-custody locator. The SCDC inmate search becomes the proper lookup system.

SCDC's official institution listing is the controlling source for prison type, address, phone, programs, health care, and custody level. The SCDC listing also documents education, routine medical and dental care, 24-hour medical coverage, and several prison programs.

Allendale Correctional Inmate Lookup

Use the SCDC incarcerated inmate search to look up prisoners at Allendale Correctional Institution. Do not use an Allendale County jail roster for this prison. SCDC is the state prison agency, and its locator covers sentenced South Carolina prisoners across the state system. The search is free, browser based, and built around state identifiers and names.

1. Open the SCDC incarcerated inmate search.
2. Search by SCDC ID or SID when either number is known.
3. Use first name, last name, and phonetic match when an exact identifier is not available.
4. Review the result row for name, SCDC ID, sex, race, height, weight, age, and thumbnail photo.
5. Open available detail fields to confirm institution, offense, offense county, admission date, projected release date, or picture date when shown.

Allendale Correctional Contact

Allendale Correctional Institution contact information should be taken from SCDC sources rather than county jail pages. The prison address is a street address in Fairfax, and the institution phone numbers are SCDC facility numbers. Call the prison or use SCDC family resources before visiting, mailing, or sending funds because statewide prison rules can change.

The SCDC institutions page lists Allendale Correctional Institution in the state prison directory.

That SCDC listing is the best source for facility-level prison facts such as custody level, warden, programs, and phone numbers.

Allendale Correctional Population

The 2026 PREA audit materials for Allendale Correctional Institution state that the average daily number of inmates was 913 since the relevant audit period. The same materials refer to 1,081 as the population basis used for the staffing plan. That 1,081 figure should be treated as a staffing-plan basis, not as a rated capacity, because the research did not locate a separate official capacity number on the facility page.

Allendale Correctional Visitation

Allendale Correctional Institution follows SCDC statewide prison visitation rules. Prison visitation is more formal than county jail visitation. Visitors generally need approval and must follow SCDC scheduling, identification, dress, conduct, and security rules. SCDC family and visitation instructions control current approval and scheduling details.

Use the official SCDC family visitation page for current approval and scheduling rules. If the person is not in SCDC custody, return to the county jail or court lookup path.

Allendale Correctional Mail Money

Mail, deposits, packages, phones, and family services for Allendale Correctional Institution follow SCDC statewide rules. Vendor names, package rules, deposit options, and mail processing rules can change, so use official SCDC family information rather than county jail instructions. A state prison mailing or deposit rule should never be copied from the local detention center.

Before sending funds or mail, confirm the prisoner's SCDC ID and current institution in the locator. A transfer to another SCDC prison can change where mail and visits must be directed.

Allendale Correctional Programs

SCDC lists substantial program and services detail for Allendale Correctional Institution. Education includes literacy, GED preparation, and Adult Education. Health care includes routine medical and dental care on site with 24-hour medical coverage. The prison became SCDC's first Character-Based Institution in 2015, which is a distinct facility identity within the state system.

Programs listed in the research include Jumpstart, a faith-based reentry preparation program, the Bee program, Quilting, Addiction Recovery Program, Animal Rescue and Training Program, Cornerstone or Education Improvement Program, and Operation Behind Bars tours for at-risk youth and adults. These programs do not mean every prisoner is eligible for every activity. Prison classification, conduct, staffing, space, and policy affect access.

SCDC

South Carolina Department of Corrections, the state prison agency.

Classification

A custody and program assessment used after state prison admission.

Projected release date

A locator field that may appear when SCDC has calculated a future release estimate.

Institution

The current SCDC prison assignment shown when available in the locator.

Allendale Correctional in SCDC

SCDC's about page states that the agency operates 21 prisons serving about 16,000 inmates and employs about 4,500 people. Those figures describe the statewide prison system, not Allendale County jail custody. At the time of research, the SCDC about page identified the agency as a cabinet agency reporting to the governor and listed Acting Director Joel Anderson.

The SCDC about page supplies the statewide context for Allendale Correctional Institution.

That statewide context is useful when an Allendale County arrest later becomes a state prison commitment.

Allendale Jail Versus Prison

The main lookup error in Allendale County is mixing the county detention center with Allendale Correctional Institution. The names sound similar, and both are tied to Allendale County geography. They hold different populations and answer different record questions.