This is a private reference site, not a sheriff's office, jail, court, bond desk, or records counter. It cannot confirm custody, release a detainee, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record for you.
Where to Start for Mitchell County Custody Questions
Mitchell County does not publish a browser-based jail roster in the official materials reviewed. For a recent Mitchell County arrest, start with the Mitchell County Sheriff's Department, then use the McDowell County Detention Center line if the person may have been transported to the regional jail arrangement described in county materials.
- Mitchell County Sheriff's Department: 305 Baker Lane, Bakersville, NC 28705; office phone 828-688-3982; no-answer line 828-688-9974; personnel phone 828-688-2139; posted public office hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Sheriff Donald Street.
- McDowell County Detention Center: 593 Spaulding Road, Marion, NC 28752; jail/detention 828-652-2236; sheriff's office 828-652-2235; posted office hours Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; official pages direct detainee-specific questions to Law Enforcement Center staff.
- McDowell detention services: the detention facility page explains NCIC phone and video visitation, inmate account deposits, lobby kiosks, and mail-scanning rules.
Use the following pages when you need a specific type of record or locator rather than a general contact number.
- For a person in local jail custody, use jail inmate records and then call the detention line if the app or web sources do not answer the question.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots to understand what North Carolina records and local sources do, and do not, publish.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the North Carolina Judicial Branch tools.
- For facility-specific rules, use the facility pages in the footer for McDowell County Detention Center, Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution, and Mountain View Correctional Institution.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction offender locator, which does not include county jail custody.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the BOP Inmate Locator, the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or the U.S. Marshals Western District contact path when appropriate.