This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record.
Official Offices and Records
Choose the office that created or maintains the record. Fairfield County Jail and its records unit handle county bookings. ODRC handles state-prison status and records, while the sentencing court explains the legal order behind a release.
Fairfield County Sheriff's Office
345 Lincoln Avenue
Lancaster, OH 43130
Main: 740-652-7900 or 800-808-5223
Jail and booking: 740-652-7317
Civil Bureau, Records and Reports: 740-652-7320
Public office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
ODRC Central Records
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Attn: Central Records
P.O. Box 430
Columbus, OH 43216
Use the ODRC Offender Search first. Mail questions or correction material with the offender's name, number, and supporting court document. The research found no published Central Records walk-in hours or general phone line, so none is stated here.
The following routes help direct common Fairfield County release questions:
- For a released person or an existing release record, use the home page search path and records-request steps
- For post-release control, parole, or court probation, see Parole / Probation
- For recent county-jail releases, note that Fairfield publishes no online feed; the Released Last 24 Hours page gives the records and confirmation route
- For a projected date or alert, use Inmate Release Date and the VINELink Release Check
- For one location, use the Fairfield County Jail or Southeastern Correctional Institution page listed below
- For an Ohio state prisoner, search ODRC; for a court order, search Fairfield Municipal Court or Common Pleas, based on the case
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator