Orange County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the government office that maintains the record.
Official Orange County Contacts
The office to contact depends on whether the question concerns a county jail event, a state-prison record, or a court judgment. Verify published hours before visiting.
Orange County Sheriff’s Office
106 E. Margaret Lane
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-245-2900
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; Wednesday, 8 a.m.–7 p.m.
Orange County Detention Center
1200 US Highway 70 West
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-245-2940
Call the detention-center line for immediate routing. Submit a documented jail release-record request through the Orange County public-records portal. Portal help: Community Relations, 919-245-2302 or webadmin@orangecountync.gov.
Orange County Clerk of Superior Court
Criminal records: 919-644-4500
orange.criminal@nccourts.org
Use the Orange County court page for the current courthouse address, hours, holiday closures, and eCourts notices. The clerk provides court judgments and dispositions; the sheriff maintains the jail’s operational release record.
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction
214 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Mail: 5201 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-5201
919-733-2126
Orange Correctional Center: 2110 Clarence Walters Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278; 919-732-9301. NCDAC is the correct source for a state-prison offender history, release, sentence calculation, or supervision record.
These routes help direct the most common Orange County requests:
- For a released person or county jail release transaction, begin with the home page search and records steps, then use the county portal or detention-center line.
- For parole, probation, or another community-supervision status, consult Post-Release Supervision and confirm the office through NCDAC.
- For people released during a precise recent period, use 24-Hour Releases; Orange County has no verified public release feed, so the page explains the records-request fallback.
- For a projected state date or custody alert, use the Release Date Lookup or VINE Inmate Check.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Orange County Detention Center or Orange Correctional Center page listed below.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, search NCDAC Offender Public Information. It is not the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official BOP or ICE locator. Neither Orange County nor this site controls those records.