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 on September 23, 2026.
Pima County, Arizona, has about 1.1 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pima County is held at the county jail, run by the Pima 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, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Pima County
The county jail, run by the Pima County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pima County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pima County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.pima.gov/inmate (page title: Pima County Sheriff Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Pima County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,600 people, down from about 1,850 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022, the last year with a capacity figure, was 613 beds, and it ran at 289 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pima County has about 1.1 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pima County Jail
The Pima County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Tucson, Marana, Oro Valley, Sahuarita and South Tucson make the arrests that end in a booking in Pima County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pima County: the Tucson Airport Authority (other agency); the University of Arizona and Pima Community College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Tucson's 15,660 for 2025, the Pima County Sheriff's Office's 7,853 for 2025 and Marana's 1,372 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Pima County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 26,917 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 Pima County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists its inmates at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pima County?
Ask the Pima County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.pima.gov/inmate.
How many people are in the Pima County jail?
About 1,600 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 613 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pima County go?
To a facility of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry; its inmate locator is at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
Is this the official Pima 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.