Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center Overview
The Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center is operated by the Robeson County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Burnis Wilkins. The official jail page identifies the detention center as the county's main local confinement facility and places it at the sheriff's office complex on Legend Road in Lumberton. It serves the local jail role for people arrested in Robeson County by the sheriff's office, municipal police departments, and other law-enforcement agencies when those people are booked into county custody.
The jail is not the same system as North Carolina Department of Adult Correction prison custody. A person held pretrial, held on a local bond, serving a short local sentence, or waiting on local court action should usually be searched through the Robeson County Police2Citizen inmate catalog. A sentenced state prisoner at Lumberton Correctional Institution or a person assigned to Robeson CRV should be searched through NCDAC instead. That distinction matters in Robeson County because the county jail and a state prison both use Legend Road addresses.
The official Robeson County Sheriff's Office detention page is the source for the facility image below.
The screenshot matches the jail-specific source used for capacity, supervision contacts, visitation limits, and inmate trust fund instructions on this facility page.
Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center Capacity and Population
The sheriff's detention page says the jail opened in 1992 and has capacity for 412 inmates. The sheriff's Police2Citizen announcement describes the jail as housing up to just over 400 inmates and notes that local, state, and federal agencies may have detainees there when they are held locally. A later sheriff social snippet referenced about 500 beds between the main and women's or annex buildings and an average daily population of about 360, but the official detention page still gives the stable published capacity as 412. For a polished custody lookup page, the 412 figure is the stronger official number.
| Measure | Published Detail | Source Note |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 412 inmates | Sheriff detention page, inspected in 2026 research |
| Population scale | Up to just over 400 inmates | Sheriff Police2Citizen announcement |
| Staffing | More than seventy officers | Sheriff detention page |
| Possible ADP reference | About 360 average daily population | Secondary 2025 sheriff social snippet, not reconciled with the main page |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
The correct online lookup for this county jail is the Robeson County Police2Citizen Inmates Catalog. The sheriff's public explanation says the Police2Citizen inmate tab can provide selected public information, including recent arrest information, photos, charges, bond information, and more. It also warns that bond information changes quickly because bonds can change and be met daily, and that certain offenders may be excluded from the portal at the discretion of the sheriff's office or other agencies.
- Open the Robeson County P2C inmate catalog, or start at the P2C homepage and choose the inmate search route.
- Search by last name first, then add a first name if the result list is too broad.
- Open the matching catalog result and review the public details available for that person.
- Compare the record to the person's full name, age, charge, arrest date, and bond details when those fields are shown.
- If there is no match, check the recent arrests route, the Daily Bulletin, and call 910-671-3100 before assuming the person is not in custody.
Use NCDAC only when the person has moved into state prison, probation, parole, or CRV custody. Use BOP for sentenced federal prisoners and ICE ODLS for immigration custody. The sheriff's announcement says federal agencies may detain people at the county jail, but that does not make the county P2C catalog a federal prison locator.
Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center Address and Contact
For current custody, release, bond, visitation, and account questions, use the sheriff's main detention contact information. The sheriff site and county government sheriff page both place the office and detention center at 120 Legend Road. The county page also lists a North Carolina toll-free number and fax number.
Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
120 Legend Rd
Lumberton, NC 28358
910-671-3100
NC toll free: 1-800-672-6161; fax: 910-671-3173
Detention Division Contacts
Major Ryan Howard
ryan.howard@robesoncountysonc.gov
Captain Crystal McNair
crystal.mcnair@robesoncountysonc.gov
Visiting Someone at Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
The sheriff's detention page posts a clear local rule: no in-person visitation at the moment. It also states that limited visitation is through a smart mail kiosk and that inmates are allowed one free 15-minute kiosk visitation per week. The official page did not publish a full weekly schedule, dress code, approved visitor process, child visitor rule, attorney visit process, remote video rate, or cancellation rule. Call the detention center before relying on a kiosk visit or traveling to the lobby.
| Visitation Channel | Published Rule | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | No in-person visitation at the moment | Whether the restriction has changed |
| Smart mail kiosk visitation | Limited kiosk visitation is available | Scheduling steps, lobby access, and any paid options |
| Free weekly visit | One free 15-minute kiosk visit per inmate per week | Week reset day and visitor limits |
| Attorney or professional visit | Not posted in the source page | Call 910-671-3100 for current procedure |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
The detention page documents inmate trust-fund deposits but does not publish a full mail policy, phone vendor, tablet vendor, property-release policy, or commissary schedule. The local money-order rule is unusually specific and should be followed exactly: money orders are received only if they are sent from 50 miles or more away. Do not send a money order from a closer location without verifying with the jail first.
| Service | Published Robeson Detail | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Lobby deposit | ATM in the jail lobby accepts cash or credit card deposits | Fees apply; confirm lobby access hours |
| Online deposit | McDaniel Supply JailPackStore at jailpackstore.com | Use the inmate's correct name and account details |
| Money orders | Accepted only if sent from 50 miles or more away | Confirm payee and mailing format before sending |
| Specific county mail rules were not located | Call the jail for address format and banned items | |
| Phone | Phone vendor details were not located in the jail source | Ask the facility before funding an outside account |
Booking and Intake at Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
Local booking starts after an arrest, warrant service, court order, probation matter, or other lawful hold. A person may be brought by the sheriff's office, a municipal police department, a state agency, or another agency that uses the county jail for local detention. Intake generally includes identity verification, warrant and hold checks, property handling, search, fingerprints, photograph, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and review of bond or release conditions. North Carolina law authorizes fingerprints and photographs after arrest or commitment, while state jail standards require supervision, health, welfare, humane treatment, safe physical facilities, and emergency medical care.
The exact time for a new booking to appear in P2C was not published in the sheriff sources. Release retention time was also not located. Because the sheriff says bond information can change quickly and some offenders may be excluded, the P2C result should be treated as a public snapshot rather than a complete real-time booking log.
About Robeson County Sheriff's Office Detention Center
The detention center opened in 1992 and is staffed by more than seventy officers, including sworn law-enforcement officers and armed detention officers. The sheriff's office homepage lists office hours as 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM for general business and directs emergencies to 911. The detention center itself operates as a custody facility, but the official sources did not post intake desk hours, public parking rules, lobby property rules, public transit instructions, or an ADA visitor entrance description.
Robeson County's custody map can be confusing because the sheriff's office and detention center sit at 120 Legend Road, while Lumberton Correctional Institution is nearby at 75 Legend Road. People in the county jail are searched through Robeson P2C. People in sentenced state prison custody are searched through the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction. NC SAVAN/VINELink is also documented as a cross-system notification option for county jail inmates, state prisoners, probationers, parolees, and registered sex offenders.
Note: Confirm custody, bond, visitation, and account rules with the detention center before traveling or sending funds.