This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, arrange a visit, pull official booking records, or change a court or jail record. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Official Johnston County Contacts
For local jail custody, start with the Johnston County Sheriff's Office and the detention center. Court-date, bond, release-condition, and filed-charge questions often move through the Clerk of Superior Court or the magistrate instead of the roster page.
Johnston County Jail / Johnston County Detention Center
2879 US-70 BUS EAST
Smithfield, NC 27577
Main jail information: 919-989-5040
Medical instructions: 919-989-5035
Commissary, mail, and visitation: 919-989-5099 or 919-989-5034
Johnston County Sheriff's Office
2875 US HWY 70 BUS E
Smithfield, NC 27577
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1809, Smithfield, NC 27577
Office: 919-989-5010
Non-emergency: 919-989-5000
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Incidents and arrest reports: 919-989-5010
Criminal process inquiries: 919-989-5772
Courts and Release Questions
Johnston County Clerk of Superior Court: 919-209-5400
Magistrate release questions: 919-209-5463
Use court contacts for filed charges, case events, court dates, bond conditions, and release conditions that are not shown on the jail roster.
Johnston Correctional Institution
794 Turnage Road
Smithfield, NC 27577
Phone: 984-201-8200
This is an NC DAC state prison for sentenced adult male prisoners. It does not use the Johnston County jail roster.
Where to Look First
- For a person currently in the county jail, use jail inmate records and then call the jail if the booking may be very recent.
- For booking photos on the county roster, use jail roster mugshots and remember that the public profile may not show every record field.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Johnston County Clerk of Superior Court.
- For facility-specific custody rules, use the pages for Johnston County Jail / Johnston County Detention Center and Johnston Correctional Institution.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, use the NC DAC Offender Public Information Search. NC DAC says that locator covers state prison, probation, and parole records, not county jail records.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator or U.S. Marshals channels. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator and direct ICE or attorney contact.
- No official Johnston County Sheriff's Office app was found in the research. The Smithfield PD app is for anonymous tips, crime alerts, and agency content, not a county inmate roster.