This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bail, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.
Start With the Record Owner
Sheriff Patrick W. McDermott’s Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office and Jail and House of Correction can route county-custody questions at 781-329-3705. Written requests for a jail booking or release record go to NCSO Public Records at records_request@norfolksheriffma.org or to 200 West Street, P.O. Box 149, Dedham, MA 02027. NCSO does not publish separate records-office hours or a local fee schedule, so ask for an electronic response and a fee estimate before chargeable work.
Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office
Jail and House of Correction
200 West Street, P.O. Box 149
Dedham, MA 02027
Phone: 781-329-3705
Fax: 781-326-6020
Records: records_request@norfolksheriffma.org
Historical discharge and sentence-calculation records for MCI-Norfolk, Pondville, or another state prison belong to the Massachusetts Department of Correction. Use the MADOC public-records request, email doc.rao@state.ma.us, or contact the listed Records Access Officer:
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Primary Records Access Officer, Kate Silvia
50 Maple Street
Milford, MA 01757
Records phone: 508-422-3436
Published records-office hours: not stated
Choose the route that matches the question. County jail records, state-prison records, court dispositions, and federal custody information come from different offices.
- For a named former detainee or release record, begin with the Norfolk County search and records path.
- For supervision after release, consult Norfolk County probation and parole and the sentencing court.
- For a same-day county release question, use Jail Releases: 24 Hours and call NCSO for current routing.
- For a calculated date or MADOC alert, use Projected Release and the VINELink Inmate Search.
- For a particular jail or prison, select the facility page in the footer and contact its operating agency.
- For a state prisoner, use the official Massachusetts prison search instructions or request records from MADOC.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the official BOP Inmate Locator or ICE detainee locator.