Here is a complete listing of all of the county jails in North Carolina, including the municipal and city jails as well. Click on the link for each jail for more detailed information.
If you know of a jail that is not on the list, or have a correction, please let us know.
Step 2 – Choose The County
| Alamance | Alamance County Jail | Graham, NC 27253 |
| Alexander | Alexander County Detention Center | Taylorsville, NC 28681 |
| Allegany | Alleghany County Jail | Sparta, NC 28675 |
| Anson | Anson County Jail | Wadesboro, NC 28170 |
| Ashe | Ashe County Jail Detention Center | Jefferson, NC 28640 |
| Avery | Avery County Jail | Newland, NC 28657 |
| Beaufort | Beaufort County Detention Center | Washington, NC 27889 |
| Bertie | Bertie Correctional Institution | Windsor, NC 27983 |
| Bladen | Bladen County Jail | Elizabethtown, NC 28337 |
| Brunswick | Brunswick County Detention Center | Bolivia, NC 28422 |
| Buncombe | Buncombe County Detention Center | Asheville, NC 28801 |
| Burke | Burke County Jail | Morganton, NC 28655 |
| Cabarrus | Cabarrus County Detention Facility | Concord, NC 28025€‹ |
| Caldwell | Caldwell Correctional Center | Lenoir, NC 28645 |
| Camden | Camden County Jail | Camden, NC 27921 |
| Carteret | Carteret County Detention Center | Beaufort, NC 28516 |
| Caswell | Caswell County Detention Center | Graham, NC 27253 |
| Catawba | Newton Detention Facility | Newton, NC 28658 |
| Chatam | Chatham County Jail | Pittsboro, NC 27312 |
| Cherokee | Cherokee County Detention Center | Murphy, NC 28906 |
| Chowan | Chowan County Jail | Edenton, NC 27932 |
| Clay | Clay County Jail | Hayesville, NC 28904 |
| Cleveland | Cleveland County Detention Center | Shelby, NC 28150 |
| Columbus | Columbus County Detention Center | Whiteville, NC 28472 |
| Craven | Craven County Jail | New Bern, NC 28563 |
| Cumberland | Cumberland County Jail | Fayetteville, NC 28301 |
| Dare | Dare County Detention Center | Manteo, NC 27954 |
| Dave | Davidson County Jail | Lexington, NC 27293 |
| Davidson | Davie County Detention Center | Mocksville, NC 27028 |
| Duplin | Duplin County Detention Center | Kenansville, NC 28349 |
| Durham | Durham County Jail | Durham, NC 27701 |
| Edgecombe | Edgecombe Detention Center | Tarboro, NC 27886 |
| Forsyth | Forsyth County Detention Center | Winston Salem, NC 27101 |
| Franklin | Franklin County Law Enforcement And Detention Complex | Louisburg, NC 27549 |
| Gaston | Gaston County Jail | Gastonia, NC 28053 |
| Gates | Gates County Jail | Gatesville, NC 27938 |
| Graham | Graham County Jail | Robbinsville, NC 28771 |
| Granville | Granville County Detention Center | Oxford, NC 27565 |
| Greene | Greene County Jail | Snow Hill, NC 28580 |
| Guilford | Guilford County Jail | Elon, NC 27244 |
| Guilford | Greensboro Detention Center | Greensboro, NC 27401 |
| Guilford | High Point Detention Center | High Point, NC 27261 |
| Halifax | Halifax County Jail | Halifax, NC 27839 |
| Harnett | Harnett County Detention Center | Lillington, NC 27546 |
| Haywood | Haywood County Detention Center | Waynesville, NC 28786 |
| Henderson | Henderson County Detention Center | Hendersonville, NC 28792 |
| Hertford | Hertford County Jail | Winton, NC 27986 |
| Hoke | Hoke Correctional Institution | Raeford, NC 28376 |
| Hyde | Hyde County Jail | Swan Quarter, NC 27885 |
| Iredell | Iredell County Detention Center | Statesville, NC 28677 |
| Jackson | Jackson County Detention Center | Sylva, NC 28779 |
| Johnson | Johnston County Jail | Smithfield, NC 27577 |
| Jones | Jones County Jail | Trenton, NC 28585 |
| Lee | Lee County Jail | Sanford, NC 27331 |
| Lenoir | Lenoir County Jail | Kinston, NC 28501 |
| Lincoln | Lincoln County Jail | Lincolnton, NC 28092 |
| Macon | Macon County Detention Center | Franklin, NC 28734 |
| Madison | Madison County Jail | Marshall, NC 28753 |
| Mcdowell | Mcdowell County Jail | Marion, NC 28752 |
| Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg County Jail-Main | Charlotte, NC 28202 |
| Mecklenburg | Mecklenburg County Jail-North | Charlotte, NC 28269 |
| Montgomery | Montgomery County Jail | Troy, NC 27371 |
| Moore | Moore County Detention Center | Carthage, NC 28327 |
| Nash | Nash County Detention Facility | Nashville, NC 27856 |
| New Hanover | New Hanover County Jail | Castle Hayne, NC 28429 |
| Northampton | Northampton County Jail | Jackson, NC 27845 |
| Onslow | Onslow County Jail | Jacksonville, NC 28540 |
| Orange | Orange County Jail | Hillsborough, NC 27278 |
| Pasquotank | Pasquotank County Jail | Elizabeth City, NC 27909 |
| Pender | Pender County Jail | Burgaw, NC 28425 |
| Person | Person County Jail | Roxboro, NC 27573 |
| Pitt | Pitt County Detention Center | Greenville, NC 27834 |
| Polk | Polk County Jail | Columbus, NC 28722 |
| Randolph | Randolph County Jail | Asheboro, NC 27205 |
| Richmond | Richmond County Jail | Rockingham, NC 28379 |
| Robeson | Robeson County Jail | Lumberton, NC 28358 |
| Rowan | Rowan County Detention Center | Salisbury, NC 28144 |
| Rutherford | Rutherford County Jail | Rutherfordton, NC 28139 |
| Sampson | Sampson County Detention Center | Clinton, NC 28328 |
| Scotland | Scotland County Jail | Laurinburg, NC 28352 |
| Stanly | Stanly County Detention Center | Albemarle, NC 28001 |
| Stokes | Stokes County Jail | Danbury, NC 27016 |
| Surry | Surry County Detention Center | Dobson, NC 27017 |
| Swain | Swain County Jail | Bryson City, NC 28713 |
| Transylvania | Transylvania County Detention Center | Brevard, NC 28712 |
| Tyrrell | Tyrrell County Jail | Columbia, NC 27925 |
| Union | Union County Jail | Monroe, NC 28112 |
| Wake | Wake County Detention Center | Raleigh, NC 27602 |
| Warren | Warren County Jail | Warrenton, NC 27589 |
| Washington | Washington County Jail | Plymouth, NC 27962 |
| Watauga | Watauga County Detention Center | Boone, NC 28607 |
| Wayne | Wayne County Detention Center | Goldsboro, NC 27533 |
| Wilkes | Wilkes County Jail | Wilkesboro, NC 28697 |
| Wilkes | Wilkes County Jail | North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 |
| Wilson | Wilson County Jail | Wilson, NC 27893 |
| Yadkin | Yadkin County Detention Center | Yadkinville, NC 27055 |
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