Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Roanoke, Alabama, in Randolph County, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Roanoke is held at the county jail, run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Roanoke
The county jail, run by the Randolph County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Roanoke, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office at randolphcountyal.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Randolph County Alabama), phone 256-357-4545, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 256-357-4545.
The Randolph County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 73 people, down from about 80 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 155 beds, and it ran at 52 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Randolph County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 32 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Randolph County Jail
The Randolph County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Roanoke (filed by the FBI as Roanoke Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Roanoke.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Randolph County: Southern Union State Community College (campus police); 5th Judicial Circuit Narcotics Unit (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Roanoke's 591 for 2025, Wedowee's 131 for 2025 and the Randolph County Sheriff's Office's 50 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Randolph County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 776 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Roanoke arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Roanoke?
Ask the Randolph County Sheriff's Office at 256-357-4545; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at randolphcountyal.gov/sheriffs-office.
How many people are in the Randolph County jail?
About 73 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 155 beds.
What is the phone number for the Randolph County jail?
256-357-4545, the number on the page of the Randolph County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Is this the official Roanoke website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.