Kershaw Correctional Institution, SC

Use South Carolina's statewide inmate search at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer. SCDC doesn't run a separate lookup tool for each institution, so search by name there and confirm the listed location says Kershaw.

Non-contact. Kershaw is one of nine SCDC institutions (with Broad River, Kirkland, Lee, Lieber, McCormick, Perry, Ridgeland, and Turbeville) where all visits happen through plexiglass, not in person.

Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., scheduled in 2-hour blocks through the GTL scheduler at scdoc.gtlvisitme.com/app. You cannot show up without a scheduled visit.

Deposits go into the inmate's Cooper Trust Fund account through GTL/TouchPay Holdings. You can pay online, through the app, by phone, by money order, or in cash at retail locations like Walmart and Kroger. Since Nov. 3, 2025, money orders must include your Visitor ID Number and your name must match the visitor list exactly.

Most returns happen for one of two reasons: the sender's name on the money order doesn't exactly match the name on the inmate's approved visitor list, or the Visitor ID Number is missing. Both have been required since Nov. 3, 2025.

SCDC uses GTL/ConnectNetwork statewide, billed at a flat 5.5 cents per minute anywhere in the U.S. Set up an AdvancePay account at ConnectNetwork.com, or add cash at a participating retail location.

Address letters to: [Inmate's Legal Name, SCDC Number], Kershaw Correctional Institution, 4848 Gold Mine Highway, Kershaw, SC 29067. Include the living unit if you know it.

Only from an approved vendor, paid for in advance with a receipt enclosed, effective Oct. 1, 2025. Magazine subscriptions must come directly from a verified subscription source, not a friend or family member mailing a copy.

Yes, through Access Securepak, SCDC's approved package vendor. You cannot mail a package directly to the facility or to the inmate.

As of this writing, Penmate's Kershaw page shows Lieber Correctional Institution's address and phone number, not Kershaw's. Use the contact information on this page, which is pulled directly from SCDC's institutions page.

Virtual visitation is available at some SCDC institutions Monday through Friday, at the individual institution's discretion. Call (803) 896-3300 to ask whether Kershaw currently offers it and how to schedule one.

Kershaw Correctional Institution and Reentry Center is a medium-security (Level 2) South Carolina state prison in Kershaw, Lancaster County, operated directly by SCDC. It houses adult male offenders and is one of SCDC's non-contact-visitation institutions.

SCDC offers religious services, volunteer programs, recreational services, and transitional programming at Kershaw, along with the standard statewide reentry curriculum tied to the facility's Reentry Center designation. Call the facility for the current program schedule.