Facilities · Jail
Surry County Detention Center
Dobson, Surry County, North Carolina · capacity 149
Also reported as Surry County Sheriff's Office Detention Center; Surry County jail.
6 deaths are recorded here, from 1892 to 2025; all by name.
- undetermined 2
- illness 2
- suicide 1
- lynching 1
The people
- James Grayson Hall Jr. August 31, 2025
- Timothy Norris Cox September 21, 2023
- Ashley Michelle Hicks February 27, 2023
- Timothy Norris Cox May 26, 2022
- Donnie Matthews May 8, 2021
- Thomas Allison September 13, 1892
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.