Find Weymouth Booking Releases

Weymouth booking releases are processed through the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office. Arrests made by Weymouth police lead to bookings at the Norfolk County Correctional Center in Dedham. There is no online search tool for Norfolk County inmates right now, so you need to call or visit in person to check on someone's custody status. The Weymouth Police Department is at 140 Winter Street, but the booking records themselves go through Norfolk County. This page covers how to search Weymouth booking releases, what data the records hold, and where to make a formal public records request.

Norfolk County and Weymouth Records

Norfolk County manages all booking releases for Weymouth arrests. The Norfolk County Correctional Center is at 200 West Street in Dedham, MA 02026. The phone number is (781) 329-3705. This facility holds pre-trial detainees and inmates serving sentences of 2.5 years or less under MGL c. 126, § 16. Anyone sentenced to more than 2.5 years gets transferred to a state Department of Correction facility. The Norfolk County Sheriff's Office handles the booking process for all towns and cities in the county, and Weymouth is one of them.

Weymouth is in the eastern part of Norfolk County, close to the coast. The Weymouth Police Department sits at 140 Winter Street, Weymouth, MA 02188. Their number is (781) 335-1212. When Weymouth police arrest someone, they handle the initial processing and then transfer the person to the Norfolk County facility in Dedham for formal booking. That transfer is when the booking release record gets created in the county system. For more details about Norfolk County's booking release process, see the Norfolk County booking releases page.

Weymouth Booking Facility

The Norfolk County Correctional Center in Dedham is the facility that processes Weymouth bookings. It is about a 30-minute drive from Weymouth, depending on traffic. The facility has intake staff on duty around the clock. When a person arrives from Weymouth, they go through fingerprinting, photographs, a health screening, and a personal property inventory. Each person gets an inmate ID number and a housing assignment based on their charges and risk level.

Norfolk County does not run as many separate facilities as some larger counties. The Dedham facility is the primary location for both pre-trial and sentenced inmates from Weymouth and the rest of Norfolk County. The booking process creates a record that includes all the standard fields you would expect from any Massachusetts county jail.

Searching Weymouth Booking Releases

Norfolk County does not have an online inmate lookup tool. This means you cannot search Weymouth booking releases from your computer or phone the way you can in some other counties. Instead, you have two main options. Call the Norfolk County Correctional Center at (781) 329-3705 during hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Have the person's full legal name and date of birth ready. Staff can check if someone is in custody and give you basic booking information.

Your other option is to visit the facility in person at 200 West Street in Dedham. Bring a valid government-issued ID. The records office can pull up current and recent booking releases for people arrested in Weymouth. For older records, you may need to file a written public records request.

The Massachusetts DOC inmate search page is useful if the person you are looking for has been transferred to state prison after sentencing in Weymouth. State inmates go through a separate system run by the Department of Correction.

This DOC page walks you through how to find someone held in a state prison. It lists what info you need and where to send your request. County-level Weymouth booking releases use a different process through Norfolk County.

Weymouth Booking Release Records

A Weymouth booking release record contains the same core data as any Massachusetts county booking record. The person's full legal name and known aliases are there. Date of birth, gender, height, and weight show up. The record lists the booking date and time, the arresting agency (Weymouth PD in most cases), current charges with statute codes, bail or bond amounts, and the expected release date if one has been set. Facility name and housing unit are included too.

Private data stays out. Medical records, mental health files, and security classification details are not part of a public booking release. Under MGL c. 4, § 7(26), records that would invade personal privacy or put someone in danger can be withheld. But the basic booking data listed above is public. CORI, which stands for Criminal Offender Record Information, is the broader framework that covers Weymouth booking releases in Massachusetts. MGL c. 6, §§ 167-178B sets out who can see CORI and how it gets shared.

VINE is a free inmate tracking tool, but it only covers Massachusetts DOC facilities and Essex County. Norfolk County is not part of VINE. So if you want to track a Weymouth inmate's status, you need to call the facility directly. VINE can still help if the person has been moved to a state prison.

Public Records Requests for Weymouth

To get a formal copy of a Weymouth booking release, send a written request to the Records Access Officer at the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office, 200 West Street, Dedham, MA 02026. Include the person's full name, date of birth, and any details that help narrow the search. Under MGL c. 66, § 10, the office has 10 business days to respond. The first two hours of search time are free under 950 CMR 32. Copies cost $0.05 to $0.10 per page.

Some Weymouth booking releases may be sealed. Under MGL c. 276, § 100A, misdemeanor records can be sealed after 3 years and felony records after 7 years. Sex offense records need at least 15 years. The sealing process goes through the Commissioner of Probation. Under MGL c. 276, § 100C, records seal automatically after a not guilty verdict or dismissal. Sealed records do not appear in public searches, but law enforcement retains access.

For state-level records, the DOC public records page has an online request form. You can also email doc.rao@state.ma.us or call (508) 422-3436 to reach the DOC Records Access Officer directly. The CORI law page on mass.gov explains what counts as CORI and what does not.

Nearby Cities

These cities near Weymouth process booking releases through their own county sheriff's offices. Some share the same Norfolk County facility.