Quincy Booking Releases

Quincy booking releases are handled by the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office, which runs the correctional center in Dedham. There is no online inmate search tool for Norfolk County, so you have to call or visit the jail to check on someone's custody status. Quincy also has a community correctional center right in the city at 191 Parkingway. The Quincy Police Department processes local arrests, but booking releases go through the county. This page walks you through how to find Quincy booking releases, what records are available, and where to direct your search.

Norfolk County Handles Quincy Booking Releases

Quincy sits in Norfolk County. All booking releases for people arrested in Quincy go through the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. The main correctional center is at 200 West Street in Dedham, MA 02026. You can reach the sheriff's office at (781) 329-3705 during business hours, Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Norfolk County became an independent state agency on January 1, 2010. During its last audit period, 4,350 inmates moved through the facility. The office uses the Offender Management System to track every booking and release.

Quincy has its own connection to the county corrections system. The Norfolk County Community Correctional Center sits at 191 Parkingway in Quincy, MA 02169. You can call that location at (617) 471-7272. This facility handles people on community supervision and those in pre-release programs. It is not where initial bookings take place, but it plays a role in the release side of the process. People nearing the end of their sentence may transfer here from the Dedham facility.

The Quincy Police Department is at 1 Sea Street, Quincy, MA 02169. Their non-emergency number is (617) 479-1212. Officers make arrests in the city. After that, the booking release record gets created at the county level. Quincy PD can confirm an arrest happened, but for the full booking release you need the sheriff's office.

Quincy Correctional Facilities

Norfolk County Correctional Center in Dedham is the main jail for all of Norfolk County, including Quincy. It holds male pretrial and sentenced inmates. Sentences of up to 2.5 years are served here. Anyone with a longer sentence goes to the state Department of Correction. The facility logs every booking and release through the Offender Management System and the Correctional Electronic Medical Records system known as CorEMR.

The Community Correctional Center in Quincy at 191 Parkingway serves a different purpose. It is a step-down facility. Inmates who have earned pre-release status may spend the final part of their sentence there. Staff at this site can answer questions about the people housed there but cannot pull full booking release records from the main jail in Dedham. For that, you still need to go through the sheriff's office.

Norfolk County also uses the Norfolk Superior Court at 650 High Street in Dedham for criminal cases. The court phone number is (781) 326-1600. Court case records tied to a Quincy arrest can give you details about charges, bail, and case outcomes that match up with booking release data. The Massachusetts Trial Court Case Access system may have some of this info available to search as well.

How to Search Quincy Booking Releases

Norfolk County does not offer an online inmate search. That means you cannot look up Quincy booking releases from a computer. There are three ways to get this data, and all require direct contact with the sheriff's office or a records request.

Phone is the fastest method. Call (781) 329-3705 during business hours. Give the staff the full name and date of birth of the person you want to check on. They can tell you if that person is in custody at the Norfolk County Correctional Center. This line is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Outside those hours, you can try the main jail line, but booking release lookups are best handled during regular business hours.

You can also email the sheriff's office at info@norfolksheriffma.org. Include the inmate's name, date of birth, and your contact info. This method takes longer but creates a paper trail. Under MGL c. 66, § 10, you have the right to access public records in Massachusetts. Booking releases fall under this law.

The third option is to visit the Norfolk County Correctional Center in person at 200 West Street, Dedham. Bring a valid government-issued ID. Walk-in hours run from 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM on weekdays. Staff can help you with your search and, if needed, help you fill out a formal records request form.

What Quincy Booking Release Records Show

A booking release record from Norfolk County holds key data about an arrest and detention in Quincy. The record starts with the person's full legal name, date of birth, and physical description. Aliases show up if any are known. A booking photo and fingerprints are taken at intake. The record also logs the date and time of booking, the charges, and the arresting agency. For Quincy arrests, that agency is usually the Quincy Police Department.

Bond and bail info is part of the record too. It shows what amount was set, whether cash or surety, and if it was posted. The release portion of the record shows when the person left custody, the type of release, and any conditions. Under MGL c. 276, § 58A, some defendants face pretrial detention without bail if a court finds them dangerous. That status shows up in the booking release record as well.

Not everything is public. Medical records, mental health files, and security classification data stay private. Victim info and social security numbers are not part of what you can get through a public request. MGL c. 4, § 7(26) allows agencies to hold back records that would invade personal privacy or put someone at risk.

Quincy Public Records and Booking Data

Filing a public records request is the formal way to get Quincy booking releases from Norfolk County. Send your request by mail to the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office at 200 West Street, P.O. Box 149, Dedham, MA 02026. Include the person's full name, date of birth, and any dates you think they were in custody. Cite the Massachusetts Public Records Law. The office has 10 business days to respond.

Under 950 CMR 32, the first two hours of search time are free. After that, the agency can charge for staff time. Copies cost between $0.05 and $0.10 per page at most county facilities. If you think the fee is too high, you can appeal to the Supervisor of Records.

The Massachusetts DOC inmate search page covers state prison inmates. If someone from Quincy got a sentence over 2.5 years, their booking release would be with the DOC, not Norfolk County. You can also use VINE to check state DOC inmates, but VINE does not cover Norfolk County jail inmates.

The DOC search process works for state inmates only. For Quincy booking releases at the county level, stick with the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office.

Sealed Records and Quincy Arrests

Massachusetts lets people seal old booking releases in certain cases. Under MGL c. 276, § 100A, misdemeanors can be sealed after 3 years and felonies after 7 years. Sex offense records need 15 years or more. The process goes through the Commissioner of Probation. Once a record is sealed, the booking release tied to that case will not show up in standard searches.

If charges get dropped or a person is found not guilty, MGL c. 276, § 100C says the booking release should be sealed automatically. This applies to Quincy arrests just like any other city in Massachusetts. You should not have to file extra paperwork for an automatic seal. Law enforcement can still see sealed records, but they will not come up in a public booking release search.

CORI rules under MGL c. 6, §§ 167-178B also affect what booking release data is available. CORI covers people 18 and older. Juvenile records are kept separate unless the case was handled in adult court. The CORI law page on mass.gov explains what counts as CORI and what stays restricted.

Nearby Cities

These cities are near Quincy. Each one has its own page with local booking release details.