The Kingsport Jail is a 28 bed jail in the city of Kingsport, Sullivan 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: 423-229-9435
Physical Address:
200 Shelby Street
Kingsport, TN 37660
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Inmate's Full Name
Kingsport City Jail
200 Shelby Street
Kingsport, TN 37660
Mailing Address (legal mail or subscriptions):
Inmate's Full Name
Kingsport City Jail
200 Shelby Street
Kingsport, TN 37660
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To search for an inmate in the Kingsport Jail, 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 423-229-9435 for the information you are looking for.
If you want to find further information, such as the status of an offender's court case, including their criminal charges, you can find it online at the Sullivan County Criminal Court Case Lookup website.The Kingsport Jail maintains an average of 28 offenders in custody on any given day. The Kingsport Jail 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 Sullivan County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 25,820 offenders.
The following charts of Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan 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 Sullivan County, neighboring counties and the state of Tennessee.
For a collection of over 20 additional graphs and charts of the demographic and criminal arrest information of the inmates in Sullivan County and Tennessee state prisons, click the button below.
Sullivan County INMATE DEMOGRAPHICS
| Race | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| White | 753 | 73.75% |
| Black | 73 | 7.15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 5.97% |
| American Indian/Native Alaskan | 32 | 3.13% |
| Asian | 40 | 3.92% |
| Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian | 30 | 2.94% |
| Other | 32 | 3.13% |
| Total | 1,021 | 100.0% |
(many inmates have multiple charges)
| Charge | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Felony (3rd Degree) | 155 | 15.18% |
| Felony (2rd Degree) | 217 | 21.25% |
| Felony (1st Degree) | 70 | 6.86% |
| State Jail Felony | 148 | 14.50% |
| Felony (Uncategorized) | 153 | 14.99% |
| Misdemeanor (Class A) | 278 | 27.23% |
| Misdemeanor (Class C) | 0 | 0.00% |
| Holds | 0 | 0.00% |
| Uncategorized | 0 | 0.00% |
| Sex | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 903 | 88.44% |
| Female | 118 | 11.56% |
| Total | 1,021 | 100.0% |
| Age | Inmates | % Total |
|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 18-20 | 27 | 2.64% |
| 21-24 | 81 | 7.93% |
| 25-30 | 235 | 23.02% |
| 31-35 | 214 | 20.96% |
| 36-40 | 165 | 16.16% |
| 41-45 | 117 | 11.46% |
| 46-50 | 68 | 6.66% |
| 51-55 | 56 | 5.48% |
| 56-60 | 41 | 4.02% |
| 61-65 | 14 | 1.37% |
| 66-75 | 3 | 0.29% |
| 76-85 | 0 | 0.00% |
| Total | 1,021 | 100.0% |
INTERESTING FACTS about the Kingsport City Jail - It is a state certified holding facility, falling under the rules and regulation of the Tennessee Corrections Institute, where inmates are temporarily housed here until being transferred to the Sullivan County Jail. There are no face to face visits here. An observation deck has full length mirrors that allow officers to see into both male and female cell areas. There are higher security measures for two-man cells.
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This facility, known as "Kingsport Jail" is also known as Kingsport Justice Center, Kingsport Jail , Kingsport Jail , Tennessee, Sullivan.
