The Detention Center
Marion County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
- Operated bySheriff's Office
- Jail address2715 E. Highway 76, Suite D, Mullins, SC 29574
- PhoneMain (843) 423-8216; Jail (843) 423-0121
- HoldsPretrial detainees and people sentenced to 90 days or less (county page)
- Rated capacityNot found on the pages read
- Jail AdministratorJames "Jimmy" Floyd, Director of the Sheriff's Office Detention Center (appointed March 2019, per the county page)
Source: Marion County - Detention Center · checked 2026-09-29
Transparency rating
4/10Partial- ✓The jail is named
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✓PREA audits
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✓How to post bond
- ✓Phone, video and commissary rates
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff J. Brian Wallace
- CurrentNamed as Marion County Sheriff on the county's own sheriff page
- Runs the jailYes — the county site calls it the Sheriff's Office Detention Center, with a Director of the Sheriff's Office Detention Center
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Marion County - Sheriff · checked 2026-09-29
The Judges
South Carolina's circuit court judges are elected by the General Assembly and hear felony cases. For most charges a magistrate sets bond soon after arrest; for offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment only a circuit judge can.
Who sets bail in Marion County
- Circuit Court: South Carolina's Twelfth Judicial Circuit, which also serves Florence. Circuit judges are elected by the General Assembly to six-year terms and hear felony cases; for offenses punishable by death or life imprisonment only a circuit judge can set bond.
- Magistrate Court: the Marion County magistrates. For most charges a magistrate sets bond soon after arrest.
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-29
The County Council
They pay for the jail. Depending on the county, the sheriff or a county detention department runs it.
- What they controlThe county budget that funds the detention center and the sheriff's office, and the jail building itself. In counties where the sheriff has handed the jail to the county, the council's administrator runs it.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations where the sheriff keeps the jail (S.C. Code 24-5-10). The state Department of Corrections inspects every detention center each year (S.C. Code 24-9-20).
- NoteSeven-member elected council; appointed county administrator
- The boardMarion County Council →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- County site opened this pass; detention center and sheriff pages read.
- PREA page states a zero-tolerance policy and reporting channels, including phone (843) 423-8216; no audit posted.
- Release Process page explains that cash and surety bonds are posted at the Magistrate's Office, with its hours; the FAQ says a magistrate or municipal judge sets most bonds.
- Fees: remote video visitation $0.30 per minute (on-site free); commissary kiosk cash deposit fee $3.00. Phone page names PayTel but posts no rates.
- Roster: a 'Current Inmates and Releases' page exists (https://www.marionsc.org/departments/detention_center/current_inmates_and_releases.php) but loads an embedded app our reader could not open (robots-blocked); scored no pending a manual check.
- Budget: council agendas/minutes and 2026-27 budget workshop minutes found; the workshop minutes read had no jail or sheriff line, and no budget document was found.
- County seat not stated on the pages read; county administration building is at 2523 East Highway 76, Marion, SC.
- State inspection/oversight: The South Carolina Department of Corrections must inspect every county detention center each year and send written reports to county officials (S.C. Code 24-9-20). A county earns the inspections mark here only if it posts such a report on its own site.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Marion County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff is elected. So are the county council members who pay for the jail.
Names verified 2026-09-29 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered