Bristol County House of Correction & Jail Inmate Search

Bristol County House of Correction & Jail Overview

The Bristol County House of Correction & Jail is operated by the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Paul Heroux. The official facility address is 400 Faunce Corner Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. BCSO also uses the Dartmouth Correctional Complex name in PREA audit material, so a family member may see both labels while dealing with the same Dartmouth campus.

BCSO describes the House of Correction & Jail as the main jail and house of correction for male inmates sentenced to 2.5 years or less, higher-security female inmates or pretrial detainees, and higher-security male pretrial detainees. The facility includes decentralized housing units, a medical unit, and a modular unit tied to classification, treatment, pre-release, and work-crew programming.

The BCSO facilities page shows the Dartmouth jail campus alongside the Women's Center and Ash Street Jail.

This matters for lookup because BCSO custody can be split between Dartmouth, the separate Women's Center page, and Ash Street in New Bedford.

Bristol County House of Correction & Jail Capacity and Population

BCSO's facility page lists the House of Correction & Jail as a 1,100-bed facility. The 2025 PREA audit for the Dartmouth Correctional Complex gives a designed capacity of 1,372, a current population of 561, an average daily population of 576 for the prior 12 months, and 21 housing units. The audit states the facility was not over capacity and lists community, minimum, medium, and maximum custody levels.

The BCSO homepage custody count dated 6-15-26 listed DHOC pretrial at 270, sentenced at 211, and the DHOC total at 481. Those daily custody figures are separate from the PREA audit snapshot and should not be mixed as if they are from the same report.

The BCSO homepage posts facility custody totals rather than individual roster records.

Use those totals as population context only. They do not confirm whether a specific person is housed in the Dartmouth jail.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Bristol County House of Correction & Jail

No official BCSO public online jail roster, booking list, or mugshot gallery was located in the official sources reviewed. For someone believed to be held at the Dartmouth House of Correction & Jail, start with the BCSO inmate information line at 508-995-6400 ext. 2535. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arresting agency if known, and the suspected facility.

1. Call 508-995-6400 ext. 2535 for current BCSO inmate information.
2. If staff cannot confirm custody, check whether the person may be at Ash Street for intake, released on bail, or in court.
3. Use MassCourts or the appropriate clerk's office for formal court charges, docket events, bail status, and disposition.
4. For non-online jail records, submit a public records request to RAO Michael C. Arnold at publicrecords@bcso-ma.org or 508-995-1311 ext. 2406.

Use Mass.gov's Massachusetts prison inmate lookup guidance and VINELink for sentenced state prisoners. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal custody. Use ICE ODLS for current immigration custody, but do not assume Bristol holds ICE detainees because the Bristol ICE detention contract ended in 2021.

Bristol County House of Correction & Jail Address and Contact

Use the main number for facility routing and the inmate information extension for custody lookup. Public-records requests are separate from custody confirmation and go to the BCSO records access officer.

Visiting Someone at Bristol County House of Correction & Jail

BCSO's current visiting schedule is effective 05/24/2026 and is organized by housing unit. Adult and minor Request to Visit forms are required, processing may take up to 7 business days, and visitors must bring valid government ID. Minors need a birth certificate and parent or guardian signature. Social visits are non-contact unless a different visit is authorized.

Always confirm the unit and approval status before traveling because the schedule is unit-specific.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Bristol County House of Correction & Jail

Mail for Dartmouth facilities must include the inmate name, ID number, and unit or cell number. BCSO's mail rules say incoming mail must be stamped, properly addressed, and include a sender return address. Legal and privileged mail may be opened and copied in the inmate's presence for contraband inspection, with originals secured for later return or authorized request.

The BCSO mail page gives the required Dartmouth mail format.

Use the inmate information line if the ID number or unit is unknown.

Booking and Intake at Bristol County House of Correction & Jail

A person arrested in Bristol County may first pass through Ash Street because PREA material identifies Ash Street as BCSO's regional intake and initial booking area. If the person remains in custody after court, bail, and initial screening, they may be transported to Dartmouth for admission, classification, medical or mental-health screening, and housing assignment.

BCSO audit material describes PREA orientation, intake screening, language and literacy questions, and risk screening before housing. Court charges, bail amount, and case disposition should be checked through court records because those fields originate with the Trial Court, not a public BCSO roster.

About Bristol County House of Correction & Jail

The Dartmouth campus is the modern center of Bristol County corrections. BCSO history says the county acquired the Faunce Corner Road parcel in the late 1980s, opened the Pre-Release Facility in spring 1990, opened the Dartmouth House of Correction in fall 1990, and added modular units in 1998. BCSO programs include RSAT, education, vocational training, work crews, behavioral health, reentry planning, and post-release support.

Current local reporting has discussed funding needs for Dartmouth infrastructure and cell-lock work. That context does not change the basic lookup route: for current custody use the BCSO inmate information line, for court records use MassCourts, and for non-online records use the BCSO public-records process.