This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.
Official Shelby Records Contacts
Choose the office by the type of custody or record. Calling the wrong system can produce an accurate answer about the wrong agency.
SCSO Records and IdentificationJail Annex, Room 10-06
201–271 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103-1945
901-222-4944
8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. weekdays except holidays SCSO Jail Information
901-222-4703 or 901-222-4700
Information route available 24 hours Shelby County Sheriff's Office
201 Poplar Avenue, ninth floor
Memphis, TN 38103
901-222-5500 SCSO Public Records Request Coordinator
201 Poplar Avenue, Room 9-15
Memphis, TN 38103
901-222-5656
Fax: 901-222-5657
publicrecords@shelby-sheriff.org Shelby County Division of Corrections Inmate Records
1045 Mullins Station Road
Memphis, TN 38134
901-222-8592
8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. weekdays TDOC Records Management
Rachel Jackson Building, second floor
320 Sixth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0465
615-253-8079
The following routes point to the right starting place:
- For a released person or county release document, start with the full Shelby search and records path.
- For parole or probation, use Post-Release Supervision and the FOIL assigned office.
- For recent county-jail activity, review the 24-Hour Releases page and its documented fallback chain.
- For state sentence dates, use Release Date Lookup; for alerts, use the VINE Inmate Check.
- For a particular jail or prison, select its operator-specific facility page from the footer.
- For a TDOC felony record, search Tennessee FOIL or request archived TDOC records.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.