The booking process at the Columbia City Jail includes the booking officer capturing the offender's vital details and adding it to the Columbia City Jail's inmate database. The information in the Columbia City Jail's inmate database constitutes the arrestee's full names and aliases, mugshots, current address, fingerprints, and nature of the crime committed. 

The Richland County County Sheriff's Department has an inmate information center that includes an elaborate online inmate search portal. Here, anyone can search for an inmate held at the Columbia City Jail. Use the inmate's first name, last name, middle name, and date of birth to generate the following inmate search results: -

• The Columbia Police Department Jail
• booking Number
• Last Name
• Middle Name
• Sex
• Race
• Date of Birth
• Age

Anyone wishing to send a mail or package to an inmate held at the Columbia Police Department Jail should wait until they get transferred to the Richland County county jail. For more guidelines about sending a mail, contact the Columbia Police Department Jail at 803-545-3500 or fax 803-733-8326.

Arrestees at the Columbia Police Department Jail may not need any funds due to their short stay incarceration at the Columbia Police Department Jail. Anyone wishing to send funds to the inmates at Columbia Police Department Jail should wait until they are transferred to the Richland County county jail. 

During the booking process at the Columbia Police Department Jail, the inmates are free to make 2 calls to their friends and family members to let them know about their arrest. Inmates at Columbia Police Department Jail can receive calls from the inmate any day between 9 am and 8 pm for up to 30 minutes. 

Inmates held at the Columbia Police Department Jail spend a few hours or days before transferring to the Richland County county jails. Anyone planning to visit an inmate at the Columbia Police Department Jail should wait after the transfer and then book a visit using the Online Visitation Scheduling System. Or, call the Columbia Police Department at 803-545-3500 on weekdays between 8 am and 2 pm.

Columbia, SC Police Records

Richland County Division of Law Enforcement Daily Crime Log
Richland County Most Wanted List
Richland County Pistol Permits & Gun Licenses
Richland County Sheriff Website
Richland County Sheriff's Department Daily Crime Log
Richland County Sheriff's Department Wanted Non-Supporting Parents
Richland County Sheriff's Office Sex Offender Search
South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services Offender Search
USC Parking Services Parking Tickets

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