The New Hanover County Detention Facility is nestled in Castle Hayne, North Carolina. The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office Detention Division is the law enforcement agency responsible for the day to day operation of the New Hanover County Detention Facility.

Inmates who are serving out their sentence will have a sentence of two years or less. There are a handful of inmates in the facility that are serving out their sentence. Majority of the inmates in the New Hanover County Detention Facility are inmates currently waiting for their trial to start, going through their trial, or inmates waiting to be sentenced. If an inmate is sentenced to a sentence for more than two years, they will be transferred to state prison in North Carolina.

They also have a central common area where inmates will have their meals, be able to socialize with one another, and even have a secure outdoor recreation area. Every housing unit contains many cells on two levels. The facility is locked and loaded with six housing units. The New Hanover County Detention Facility is a state of the art jail equipped with surveillance systems.

Their safety and the safety of others is the utmost important part of their day to day operation in the facility. All staff that works in the New Hanover County Detention Facility are trained, professional, and competent correctional officers.

The facility will house boarded inmates from other law enforcement agencies on a local, state, and even federal level. The New Hanover County Detention Facility houses inmates on all security levels. The facility takes in many inmates from the surrounding jails due to overcrowding or if an inmate has special needs that the facility cannot accommodate.

New Hanover County Detention Facility Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
New Hanover County Detention Facility
3950 Juvenile Center Road, Castle Hayne, NC, 28429

New Hanover County Detention Facility Prison Information