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.
Glades County, Florida, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Glades County Sheriff's Office and six campus, state or other agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the State Attorney files charges, a case in the Glades County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Glades County public records, Florida arrest records, Florida inmate search and Florida criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Glades County
The Glades County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Glades County. It reported 183 arrests for 2025.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Glades County: the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Glades County, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Glades, the Department of Environmental Protection, Law Enforcement in Glades County, the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco in Glades County and one more (state agency); the Highway Patrol in Glades County (state police).
How Many Arrests The Glades County Sheriff's Office Reports
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Glades County Sheriff's Office: 183 for 2025 and 141 for 2024.
The Glades County Sheriff's Office's 183 arrests in 2025 were up 30 percent from 141 in 2024.
Through August 2026, Glades County Sheriff's Office reported 159 arrests, against 112 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Glades County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Glades County is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 29 people on an average day, down from about 39 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 546 beds, and it ran at 7 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Glades County Sheriff's Office at gladessheriff.org/corrections/inmate_information/index.php (page title: Welcome to Glades County Sheriff's Office), phone 844-394-6639, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Florida Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at fdc.myflorida.com.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Glades County
An arrest in Glades County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Glades County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Glades County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at gladesclerk.com/online-services/records-search).
Florida is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24 a search, through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Glades County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the agency must answer promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days, and it may charge the copy fees set by statute, plus a special service charge for large requests.
- An arrest by the Glades County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 844-394-6639.
- An arrest by the Department of Corrections, Office of the Inspector General in Glades County, the Highway Patrol in Glades County or the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement at Glades: the records office of the agency involved.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Glades County Circuit Court, through the court records page at gladesclerk.com.
- Your own statewide record: the same request described above, for your own name.
Cities in Glades County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists no city in Glades County with an arrest reporting agency of its own; the counts above are the county agencies'.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Glades County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Glades County each year?
The Glades County Sheriff's Office reported 183 arrests to the FBI for 2025, its latest full year.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Glades County?
Look on the custody page of the Glades County Sheriff's Office at gladessheriff.org, or call 844-394-6639. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Glades County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Glades County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Glades County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement: anyone can run a name-based criminal history search online for $24, for $24. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119).
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Glades County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Glades County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Florida Public Records Act (Chapter 119) the answer is due promptly and in good faith; the statute sets no number of days.
Is this the official Glades 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.