This is a private reference site, not the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office, the jail, a court, or a records desk. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, arrange release, post bond, schedule a visit, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the official contacts below for those tasks.
Official Places to Start
For current jail questions, the main local facility is the Buncombe County Detention Facility, 20 Davidson Drive, Asheville, NC 28801. The detention front desk can be reached at (828) 250-4610 or (828) 250-4557, and the detention directory number is (828) 250-4570. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office headquarters is at 60 Court Plaza, 4th Floor, Asheville, NC 28801, with main phone (828) 250-4503 and public office hours Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. Sheriff Quentin E. Miller leads the office, and Major Jill Banks is listed as Detention Facility Administrator.
Match the question to the record system before calling or submitting a request:
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Buncombe Sheriff's P2C Inmates module.
- For booking photos or arrest-entry context, review jail roster mugshots and use the Sheriff's Office or NextRequest for records not posted online.
- For charges and court dates after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the North Carolina eCourts Portal.
- For facility-specific location or visitation context, use the Buncombe County Detention Facility, Craggy Correctional Center, and Western Correctional Center for Women pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced North Carolina prisoner, use the NCDAC Offender Public Information search rather than the county jail roster.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the BOP inmate locator, ICE Online Detainee Locator System, or VINELink/NC SAVAN as appropriate.
Buncombe County uses NextRequest for general County, 911 Dispatch, Sheriff's Office, and Health and Human Services public-records requests. The county also explains public-record routing through its Communications and Public Engagement page. There is no verified sheriff app-only inmate lookup from the research reviewed for this site.