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.
Macon County, Alabama, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Macon County is held at the county jail, run by the Macon 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: Macon County public records, Macon County arrest records, Macon County warrants, Macon County criminal records, Macon County court records, Alabama arrest records and Alabama inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Macon County
The county jail, run by the Macon County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Macon County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Macon County Sheriff's Office at sheriff-macon-il.us/corrections (page title: Corrections | Macon County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Macon County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 35 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 84 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Macon County has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Macon County Jail
The Macon County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Tuskegee, Notasulga, Franklin and Shorter make the arrests that end in a booking in Macon County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Macon County: Tuskegee University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Macon County Sheriff's Office's 132 for 2025, Tuskegee's 126 for 2025 and Notasulga's 27 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Macon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 285 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 Macon County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Macon County?
Ask the Macon County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff-macon-il.us/corrections.
How many people are in the Macon County jail?
About 35 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 84 beds.
Is this the official Macon 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.