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 9, 2026.
West Palm Beach, Florida, in Palm Beach County, has about 128,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in West Palm Beach is held at the county jail, run by the Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach
The county jail, run by the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in West Palm Beach, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu (page title: Arrest & Jail | Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office), phone (561) 688-3000, 3228 Gun Club Road West Palm Beach, FL 33406, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (561) 688-3000.
The Palm Beach County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 2,590 people on an average day, up from about 1,770 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 3,164 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Palm Beach County has about 1.6 million residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Palm Beach County Jail
The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for West Palm Beach (filed by the FBI as West Palm Beach Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around West Palm Beach.
The FBI's agency list also places one campus police department, one other agency, six state agencies and one state police unit in Palm Beach County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were West Palm Beach's 2,898 for 2025, Boynton Beach's 2,040 for 2024 and Delray Beach's 1,328 for 2024.
Together, the 11 agencies in Palm Beach County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,769 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 West Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County serves the sentence in a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in West Palm Beach?
Ask the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office at (561) 688-3000; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pbso.org/arrest-jail_menu.
How many people are in the Palm Beach County jail?
About 2,590 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 3,164 beds.
What is the phone number for the Palm Beach County jail?
(561) 688-3000, the number on the page of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Palm Beach County go?
To a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
Is this the official West Palm Beach website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.