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 2, 2026.
Geneva County, Alabama, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Geneva County is held at the county jail, run by the Geneva 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.
Related guides: Geneva County public records, Geneva County arrest records, Geneva County warrants, Geneva County criminal records, Geneva County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Geneva County
The county jail, run by the Geneva County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Geneva County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Geneva County Sheriff's Office at genevacountyalsheriff.org (page title: Geneva County, AL Jail Inmate Search, Recent Arrests, Warrant Lookup), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Geneva County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 97 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 95 beds, and it ran at 102 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Geneva County has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 36 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Geneva County Jail
The Geneva County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Geneva, Hartford, Slocomb and Samson make the arrests that end in a booking in Geneva County.
The Taylor Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Geneva County, so its arrests are not broken out for Geneva County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Geneva's 371 for 2025, the Geneva County Sheriff's Office's 243 for 2025 and Hartford's 187 for 2019.
Together, the four agencies in Geneva County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 739 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 Geneva County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Geneva County?
Look on the custody page of the Geneva County Sheriff's Office at genevacountyalsheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Geneva County jail?
About 97 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 95 beds.
Is this the official Geneva County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.