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 September 30, 2026.
Lawrence County, Alabama, has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lawrence County is held at the county jail, run by the Lawrence 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: Lawrence County public records, Lawrence County arrest records, Lawrence County warrants, Lawrence County criminal records, Lawrence County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Lawrence County
The county jail, run by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Lawrence County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.lawrencecountyal.gov/jail-info/inmates (page title: Inmates | Lawrence County Sheriff's Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Lawrence County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 130 people, down from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 130 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lawrence County has about 34,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 39 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lawrence County Jail
The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Moulton, Town Creek, Courtland, North Courtland and Hillsboro make the arrests that end in a booking in Lawrence County.
The Trinity Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Lawrence County, so its arrests are not broken out for Lawrence County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Moulton's 240 for 2025, the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office's 183 for 2024 and Courtland's 149 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Lawrence County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 523 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 Lawrence County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Lawrence County?
Ask the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.lawrencecountyal.gov.
How many people are in the Lawrence County jail?
About 130 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 130 beds.
Is this the official Lawrence 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.