County facilities, courts & family resources · Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Jail information, court contacts and family resources for Rutherford County, Tennessee. Choose the adult detention center, juvenile detention center or work center before arranging visits, mail or deposits.
County jail information
Rutherford County Sheriff's Office
The adult detention destination is 940 New Salem Highway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129. Juvenile detention and the Correctional Work Center are separately listed on South Church Street.
Current custody facilities
Use the facility name and address that match the person's custody type.
Rutherford County Adult Detention Center
The Sheriff's official Adult Detention page describes pretrial male and female inmates and sentenced prisoners, with medical, legal-material, recreation and program services. This is separate from juvenile detention and the work center.
- Location
- 940 New Salem Highway, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
- Capacity
- 956 beds
- Phone
- (615) 898-7777
Sources: Rutherford Adult Detention
Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center
This is juvenile custody, not the adult detention center. Adult visitor, phone, mail and deposit procedures must not be applied without juvenile-facility confirmation.
- Location
- 1710 South Church Street, Suite 4, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
- Phone
- (615) 898-7954
- Published capacity
- 60 beds
Sources: County juvenile detention
Rutherford County Correctional Work Center
This separate county facility provides work-release and reentry programming. Confirm its own visiting and mail instructions.
- Location
- 1720 South Church Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
- Phone
- (615) 898-7847
Sources: County work center
Adult facility visits, calls and deposits
Adult visitation
The Sheriff's Adult Detention page says family visits are appointment-only through VendEngine after background approval; visitors may not have a felony record, visits begin after the first week, and two visits per week are published. Slots are listed at 8:15 a.m. and hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; 8:15 is 30 minutes and other visits are 45 minutes. Confirm current availability before travel.
- Questions
- (615) 904-3132
- Lobby hours
- 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
Sources: Rutherford Adult Detention
Phone and deposits
ICSolutions handles correctional telephone accounts; JailFunds handles deposits. The Sheriff says Visitation Lobby kiosk hours are Tuesday-Sunday 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m.; Warrants Lobby kiosk hours are weekdays 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Personal checks and money orders are not accepted.
Sources: Rutherford Adult Detention
Mail, property and release
The reviewed official Adult Detention page does not publish an ordinary-mail address, legal-mail format, package rules, property counter procedure or release pickup hours. Do not substitute the street address as a mail block without confirmation.
Sources: Rutherford Adult Detention
Courts, legal offices and supervision
Use the court division or assigned supervision office—not the detention center—for these tasks.
Judicial Building and court clerk
Confirm the division, courtroom and reporting time on your notice.
116 W. Lytle Street, Room 102Murfreesboro, TN 37130
- Circuit Criminal
- (615) 898-7812
- General Sessions Criminal
- (615) 898-7831
- Juvenile Clerk
- (615) 898-7972
Sources: Court clerk directory
Public defense and prosecution
These are different roles. Call the public defender about defense representation; confirm the office address before traveling.
- Public Defender
- (615) 898-8020
- District Attorney
- (615) 898-8008
Sources: Court clerk directory
County probation and TDOC supervision
The TDOC office serves Bedford, Cannon and Rutherford counties. Confirm which agency and officer supervise the particular case.
- County probation
- (615) 849-5720
- TDOC field office
- 1711 Old Fort Parkway, Suite C, Murfreesboro, TN 37129
- TDOC telephone
- (615) 898-8030
Sources: Court clerk directory, TDOC supervision
Courthouse parking & arrival
Judicial Building parking
The county's jury-service instructions identify free parking here for court attendance. This is not jail visitor parking; check posted restrictions and any instructions for your appointment.
- Garage
- 233 North Maple Street, across from the Judicial Building
Sources: Judicial building access
Screening and accessibility
Allow extra time for court security. Jury instructions say not to bring weapons, including pocketknives, bags or purses. Confirm disability accommodations with the court and jail access separately with the facility.
Sources: Judicial building access
Sources & updates
Source review: 2026-09-07. Rules, hours and service availability can change.
Jail411 is independent of the facility. Confirm your appointment and current housing before traveling. External source and service links open in a new tab.
- Rutherford County Sheriff's Office: Adult Detention identity, visitation, money and telephone instructions (opens in a new tab)
- Rutherford County: current juvenile facility and contact (opens in a new tab)
- Rutherford County: Correctional Work Center location and contact (opens in a new tab)
- Rutherford County: court clerk and legal-service telephone directory (opens in a new tab)
- Rutherford County: Judicial Building, juror parking and screening (opens in a new tab)
- TDOC: Bedford, Cannon and Rutherford field office (opens in a new tab)
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