The Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center is a 135 bed jail in the city of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
This page provides information on how to search for an inmate in the official jail roster, directions to the facility, and inmate services such as the visitation schedule and policies, funding an inmate's account, mailing them a letter, voicemail, emailing and texting, tablet rentals, bail bond instructions, and commissary purchases.
Phone: 901-222-5267
Physical Address:
616 Adams Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
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To search for an inmate in the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center, review their criminal charges, the amount of their bond, when they can get visits, or even view their mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster, or call the jail at 901-222-5267 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up a Shelby County offender's Criminal Court Case online, or any offender that was arrested in the state of Tennessee.
Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center Inmate Search
The Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center maintains an average of 135 offenders in custody on any given day. The Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center has a monthly turnover of 40% of their inmate population, another 30% turnover every 90 days, another 20% every six months, and approximately 10% stay incarcerated between six and twelve months. Every year Shelby County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 68,480 offenders.
The following charts of Shelby County inmate population demographics are updated daily. The information shown is for today. For research purposes we have broken down the inmates by sex, age, ethnicity, and criminal charges.
The information is compiled from the Shelby County Corrections Department, the state of Tennessee Department of Corrections, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records. It represents every person in custody in Shelby County.
For complete information on how to get directions, bond, visit, mail, send and receive email and texts, receive phone calls, and send money or commissary to an inmate, find arrest information for Shelby County and other counties surrounding this one, scroll down this page. We have a section for each.
We also provide photos of the jail that we have collected over the years, and a database of most wanted criminals for Shelby County, neighboring counties and the state of Tennessee.
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 0 | 0.00% |
| Black | 2,582 | 98.85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 30 | 1.15% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 0 | 0.00% |
| Asian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 2,612 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 453 | 17.34% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 438 | 16.77% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 303 | 11.60% |
| State Jail Felony | 202 | 7.73% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 578 | 22.13% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 918 | 35.15% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 2,322 | 88.90% |
| Female | 290 | 11.10% |
| Total | 2,612 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 33 | 1.26% |
| 18-20 | 146 | 5.59% |
| 21-24 | 294 | 11.26% |
| 25-30 | 519 | 19.87% |
| 31-35 | 438 | 16.77% |
| 36-40 | 358 | 13.71% |
| 41-45 | 303 | 11.60% |
| 46-50 | 176 | 6.74% |
| 51-55 | 138 | 5.28% |
| 56-60 | 124 | 4.75% |
| 61-65 | 46 | 1.76% |
| 66-75 | 30 | 1.15% |
| 76-85 | 7 | 0.27% |
| Total | 2,612 | 100.0% |
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This facility, known as "Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center" is also known as Shelby County Juvenile Detention Ctr, Shelby County Juvenile Detention Ctr, Tennessee, Shelby.
