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Plymouth County Inmate Population

Plymouth County's local jail population is based at Plymouth County Correctional Facility on Long Pond Road. PCCF is operated by the Plymouth County Sheriff's Department and functions as the county jail and house of correction. Official sheriff and Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association materials describe PCCF as holding adult male county, state, federal, and ICE populations, with immigration detainees housed separately from criminal county and state inmates.

The broader Plymouth County inmate population also includes Massachusetts Department of Correction facilities: MASAC at Plymouth, Massachusetts Treatment Center, Old Colony Correctional Center, and Bridgewater State Hospital. Those are not county jail roster facilities. DOC custody, civil commitment, forensic hospital placement, and state prison sentences use DOC and VINE routes, while criminal court charges use MassCourts.

Plymouth County Inmate Population Statistics

The best official PCCF point-in-time count located in the research is the State Auditor overview: 582 inmates as of June 30, 2021, including 204 pretrial detainees. The Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association says PCCF was designed to hold more than 1,200 inmates. Those figures should not be described as current 2026 population, but they are useful for understanding scale and capacity.

Plymouth County Population Trends

Research did not locate a current official Plymouth County jail average daily population table. The known data points show a large county facility with a 2021 audited count well below its published design capacity. DOC facilities in Plymouth County also reported January 1, 2024 populations below operational capacity in the DOC FY2023 annual report.

Plymouth County Custody Makeup

PCCF holds a diverse male population described by the sheriff as county, state, and federal inmates. ICE materials add that ICE detainees are adult men housed in a separate unit with sight-and-sound separation from other inmates. MASAC holds civilly committed male Section 35 substance-use patients. MTC houses criminally sentenced male inmates identified as sex offenders and civilly committed sexually dangerous persons. OCCC has a mental-health treatment focus, and Bridgewater State Hospital houses male civil commitments and some pretrial evaluation patients.

Pretrial

Someone held before final case disposition, often after arraignment or bail review.

House of correction

A Massachusetts county jail facility for local custody and shorter county sentences.

DOC

Massachusetts Department of Correction, the state prison and special facility system.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency, such as ICE, DOC, a court, or federal authority.

Laws Governing Plymouth Inmate Data

Massachusetts law controls access to jail, court, and correctional records. M.G.L. c. 66, Section 10 is the public-records request statute and creates the response framework for agency records. M.G.L. c. 4, Section 7 defines public records and exemptions. M.G.L. c. 125, Section 16 gives state correctional authorities inspection and reporting authority over county jails and houses of correction.

Search Plymouth County Inmates

The official Plymouth County sheriff materials reviewed did not locate a public name-search roster for PCCF. Use the correct channel instead of paying a third-party roster site. PCCF phone is the fastest route for current custody. The sheriff RAO is the records route. VINE is the state custody-status route. MassCourts is the case route. ICE ODLS and BOP are separate federal routes.

1. Call PCCF at 508-830-6200 for current local custody.
2. Ask for Visits when an approved visitor needs housing information.
3. Use the sheriff public-records page for booking records, release records, or mugshots.
4. Use Massachusetts VINE for state custody status and notifications.
5. Use MassCourts for charges and court dates after arrest.
6. Use ICE ODLS for immigration detention and BOP for federal sentenced custody.

The image below links to the Massachusetts VINE custody-search portal, which Mass.gov identifies as the lookup route for Massachusetts prison inmates.

VINE is useful for custody status and notification, but it is not a full booking sheet, mugshot gallery, or certified court record.

Plymouth County Inmate Records

A releasable booking record may show a full name, intake date and time, booking number, custody status, release date, arresting or committing agency, charges or holds, and a booking photo if retained and releasable. Medical, mental-health, juvenile, sealed, impounded, victim, witness, and facility-security details are not routine public fields.

Plymouth County Custody Systems

The Plymouth County inmate population is not one list because each custody system answers a different legal question. PCCF answers whether someone is in local jail custody or held there under a county, state, federal, or ICE arrangement. MassCourts answers what criminal charges have been filed after arrest. DOC and VINE answer state prison, civil commitment, or custody-notification questions. ICE ODLS answers immigration detention questions, and BOP answers federal sentenced-prison questions from 1982 to present.

This split is especially important in Plymouth County because multiple DOC institutions sit within county lines. A person physically held in Plymouth County may be a county detainee at PCCF, a Section 35 patient at MASAC, a sentenced person at MTC or OCCC, a forensic hospital patient at Bridgewater State Hospital, or an immigration detainee at PCCF. A search that starts with the wrong system can return no match even when a valid record exists elsewhere.

Plymouth County Record Requests

When online tools do not answer the question, Massachusetts public-records law gives a formal request route. The sheriff's RAO should receive requests for PCCF-created records such as booking sheets, non-exempt custody records, release information, housing or log data if releasable, visitor records, and booking photographs. A request should reasonably describe the record, name the person, give the date range, and include a docket number or arresting agency when known.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth explains that requests may be verbal, in person, or written, but a written request is needed to appeal a denial. A response can include records, redactions, a fee estimate, a denial, a no-record statement, or instructions to ask another agency. That is normal in jail and arrest records because court, police, sheriff, DA, DOC, ICE, and BOP files do not merge into one public database.

Plymouth County Detention Facilities

Every mapped facility has a different lookup rule. The county jail uses PCCF and sheriff records. The state facilities use DOC and VINE. Bridgewater State Hospital adds forensic hospital confidentiality limits.

• Plymouth County Correctional Facility - county jail, house of correction, and ICE detention site.
• MASAC at Plymouth - DOC Section 35 civil substance-use treatment facility.
• Massachusetts Treatment Center - DOC medium-security sex-offender and SDP treatment facility.
• Old Colony Correctional Center - DOC medium/minimum prison with mental-health focus.
• Bridgewater State Hospital - secure forensic hospital for male civil commitments and evaluations.

Plymouth County Jail Programs

PCCF program materials are detailed. They describe Making Changes, GED/HiSET and ESOL, CAD/AutoCAD, OSHA 10, ServSafe, reentry advocacy, faith services, S.A.V.E., a 62-bed substance-use disorder unit, and print shop work. Program availability should not be treated as a right for a specific person, but it shows that inmate population management at PCCF includes education, reentry, treatment, and vocational work.

Plymouth County ICE and Federal Custody

PCCF's ICE/DHS page adds another layer to the Plymouth County inmate population. ICE detainees at PCCF are adult men in immigration custody, housed apart from people awaiting trial or serving criminal sentences. The sheriff page points users to ICE's Online Detainee Locator System and gives Boston ICE Field Office contacts. ICE also says detainee information for PCCF can be requested by calling the facility during posted business hours. This is not a mugshot or criminal-charge database.

Federal custody is separate again. No Bureau of Prisons institution was located in Plymouth County, but a federal sentenced inmate can be searched in the BOP locator by number or by name. Federal pretrial custody may not appear in BOP, so federal court records, defense counsel, or detention contacts may be needed. These distinctions keep the Plymouth County inmate population search from collapsing county jail, state prison, immigration detention, and federal prison into one inaccurate roster.

The same distinction affects family contact. PCCF mail, money, and visit rules do not govern MASAC, MTC, OCCC, or Bridgewater State Hospital, and DOC rules do not replace ICE or federal court channels. Match the facility first, then use that agency's record process. This also helps avoid sending records requests to offices that do not hold the file.

Plymouth County Inmate Population FAQ

How big is the Plymouth County inmate population?

The sourced PCCF snapshot is 582 inmates as of June 30, 2021, including 204 pretrial detainees. DOC facilities in Plymouth County add separate populations at MASAC, MTC, OCCC, and Bridgewater State Hospital.

Is there a Plymouth County jail roster?

No official public PCCF name-search roster was located in the reviewed Massachusetts sheriff materials. Use PCCF phone, sheriff public records, VINE, MassCourts, ICE, or BOP depending on the custody type.

Where are sentenced state prisoners searched?

Use Mass.gov's inmate lookup instructions and Massachusetts VINE. Do not use PCCF as the default route for sentenced DOC prisoners unless the person is physically housed there under a specific arrangement.