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 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Pinal County, Arizona, has about 514,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pinal County is held at the county jail, run by the Pinal 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 Pinal County
The county jail, run by the Pinal County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pinal County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office at app1.pinal.gov/search/inmate-search.aspx (page title: Pinal County Sheriff Inmate Search), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Pinal County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 520 people, down from about 560 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 1,029 beds, and it ran at 51 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pinal County has about 514,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pinal County Jail
The Pinal County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Maricopa, Casa Grande, Apache Junction, Florence, Coolidge, Eloy and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Pinal County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pinal County: Central Arizona College (campus police).
The Queen Creek Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Pinal County, so its arrests are not broken out for Pinal County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Casa Grande's 2,708 for 2025, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office's 2,263 for 2025 and Apache Junction's 1,615 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Pinal County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 8,957 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 Pinal County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Pinal County serves the sentence in a facility of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry, whose inmate locator is at corrections.az.gov/inmate-data-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pinal County?
Look on the custody page of the Pinal County Sheriff's Office at app1.pinal.gov/search/inmate-search.aspx. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pinal County jail?
About 520 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,029 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pinal 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 Pinal 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.