Davidson County Jail Information for Families

Downtown Detention Center — DDC

Initial intake and processing for Davidson County arrestees, with a medical unit. The current Sheriff notice says family lobby visits are unavailable; eligible units have remote video visits.

Location

200 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37201

Phone

(615) 862-8224

Sources: DCSO DDC

Correctional Development Center — Male (CDM)

Minimum-security male facility with education, vocational and treatment programs. This is a different building from the women's facility and MCC.

Location

5113 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211

Phone

(615) 862-8187

Sources: DCSO CDM

Correctional Development Center — Female (CDF)

County facility for pretrial and locally sentenced women. The Sheriff identifies it as the former MDF Annex; it is not the state-operated Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center.

Location

5115 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211

Phone

(615) 862-8187

Sources: DCSO CDF

Maximum Correctional Center — MCC

Medium/maximum-security male housing. The Sheriff also describes it as housing people formerly held at MDF.

Location

5119 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211

Phone

(615) 862-8187

Sources: DCSO MCC

DCSO Annex

The Sheriff's current Annex page lists minimum/medium-security housing at this Harding Place address. Confirm the housing unit and current visiting arrangement by phone.

Location

5131 Harding Place, Nashville, TN 37211

Phone

(615) 862-8187

Sources: DCSO Annex

Visits, communication and deposits

Davidson's county jails and Tennessee's state prisons use different mail destinations and accounts. Confirm the facility and recipient number before sending anything. For example, DCSO uses an OCA number, while TDOC prisons use a TDOC identification number.

Sources: DCSO mail, TDOC mail

Confirm current housing when needed

Use the Sheriff's official database for current county custody, or call the 24-hour information line. Jail411 does not maintain a live booking roster.

Sources: DCSO information

Riverbend Maximum Security Institution

TDOC adult state prison. Its guide includes visiting approval, phone/video services, scanned mail, deposits, and food and lodging for a longer trip.

Sources: TDOC roster

Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center

Formerly Tennessee Prison for Women. TDOC's female diagnostic institution includes annex and transition functions and a separate approved overnight child-visitation program.

Sources: TDOC roster, TDOC child visits

Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility

TDOC clinical and mental-health facility. Medical placement and transit status can affect visit arrangements; use the DeBerry guide before traveling.

Sources: TDOC roster

Youth Pre-Trial Housing Facility — Davidson juvenile detention

Juvenile pretrial custody at 100 Woodland Street, Nashville, operated by Rite of Passage. Call the youth facility for family-contact instructions; adult DCSO visiting, phone and deposit rules do not establish this facility's rules.

Youth facility

(615) 862-8066

Juvenile Court

(615) 862-8000

Sources: Juvenile Court housing

Behavioral Care Center — BCC

DCSO's licensed short-term residential treatment alternative to jail, with 30 male and 30 female beds. Participation is determined through the program's assessment process; this is not an ordinary jail or a walk-in treatment reservation.

Sources: DCSO BCC

Justice A. A. Birch Building

General Sessions criminal matters and the Criminal Court Clerk use the Birch Building. The criminal clerk's public counter is Suite 2120. Confirm the day's room and docket before arriving.

Criminal clerk

(615) 862-5601; Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

General Sessions civil

Suite 2110; Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Traffic Violations Bureau

Suite 1160; Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:25 p.m.

Sources: Court directions, Criminal clerk, Circuit clerk

Night Court / magistrate

This is a magistrate/night-court destination, not the Downtown Detention Center at 200 James Robertson Parkway. Confirm which office is handling the matter before traveling.

Sources: Night Court

Circuit, Probate and Resource Center

These offices are at Public Square, not the Birch Building. Check the correct department and filing requirements in advance.

Circuit / Probate Clerk

Suite 302

Resource Center

Suite 303

Published office hours

Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Sources: Circuit clerk

Metropolitan Public Defender

Call about representation screening and required documents. Official pages give different screening cutoffs, so confirm the intake deadline rather than arriving near closing. The separate Woodland Street number is not presented here as a second general intake office.

Phone

(615) 862-5730

Office hours

Monday–Friday, 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Entrance

2nd Avenue entrance

Sources: Public Defender

Davidson County District Attorney General

Victim/Witness Services assists with the court process. The DA's office is the prosecution office, not defense counsel.

Phone

(615) 862-5500

Victim/Witness office hours

Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4:45 p.m.

Sources: District Attorney, Victim/Witness

Public intake and warrant screening

This intake destination is separate from the DA's Washington Square office. Check the office's current instructions before attending.

Published intake hours

Monday–Friday, 8–11:30 a.m., excluding holidays

Sources: DA intake

TDOC District 40 — Blanton office

Use your officer's reporting instructions; the public directory does not specify walk-in hours.

Phone

(615) 253-7400

Sources: TDOC field offices

TDOC District 40 — Pavilion office

Confirm that this is the assigned office and arrange the required reporting time before traveling.

Phone

(615) 262-6161

Sources: TDOC field offices

Tennessee Board of Parole

Use this contact for parole-hearing administration, not ordinary field supervision reporting.

Parole Hearings Division

(615) 741-1150

Sources: Parole Board

Pretrial screening and custody notifications

DCSO's pretrial screening office in DDC booking operates 24 hours a day at (615) 862-7673. Case-management visits are a different destination: Ben West Building, 100 James Robertson Parkway, Suite 102. Confirm the appropriate office first.

For custody/release notifications, Tennessee SAVIN/VINE provides registration and telephone service at 1-888-868-4631. Notification service is not a guaranteed release-time estimate.

Sources: DCSO pretrial, SAVIN/VINE

Birch Building parking orientation

General Sessions identifies these parking options. Current prices and available spaces are not guaranteed. Check the posted terms and your hearing location; these listings do not establish parking rights at a jail or at 1 Public Square.

Court-listed parking

101 James Robertson Parkway

Court Square garage

300 James Robertson Parkway

Court Security

(615) 862-8318

Sources: Court parking, Court security

Accessibility and screening

Ask the court about accessible entry and required accommodations before the hearing. The sources reviewed did not establish an exact accessible parking-to-courtroom route. Check current security restrictions before bringing bags, electronics or other belongings.

Sources: Court accessibility, Court security

Closed, renamed and unconfirmed listings

The legacy inventory includes Hill Detention Center, Criminal Justice Center, Metro-Davidson County Detention Facility, Offender Re-Entry Center, Charles B. Bass facilities, Gateway to Independence, Woodland Hills Youth Development Center and RRM Nashville. These are not added to the current-jail list merely because an old row exists.

CDF is explicitly identified by the Sheriff as the former MDF Annex, and MCC's page addresses people formerly held at MDF. An RRM administrative listing is not, by itself, a prison or residential reentry building. Individual legacy statuses and any remaining reentry locations still need reconciliation.

Sources: DCSO facilities, DCSO CDF, DCSO MCC