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 September 30, 2026.
Harris County, Georgia, has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Harris County is held at the county jail, run by the Harris 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.
Related guides: Harris County public records, Harris County arrest records, Harris County warrants, Harris County criminal records, Harris County court records, Georgia arrest records and Georgia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Harris County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Harris County is held at the county jail, run by the Harris County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Harris County Sheriff's Office at harriscountysheriff.org/inmateSearch (page title: Harris County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Harris County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 90 people on an average day, up from about 58 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 109 beds, and it is running at 83 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Harris County has about 37,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Harris County Jail
The Harris County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hamilton, Pine Mountain, Waverly Hall and Shiloh make the arrests that end in a booking in Harris County.
The West Point Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Harris County, so its arrests are not broken out for Harris County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Harris County Sheriff's Office's 536 for 2023, Pine Mountain's 18 for 2025 and Shiloh's 14 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Harris County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 38 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 Harris 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 Harris County serves the sentence in a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Harris County?
Look on the custody page of the Harris County Sheriff's Office at harriscountysheriff.org/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Harris County jail?
About 90 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 109 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Harris County go?
To a facility of the Georgia Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at gdc.georgia.gov/offender-info/find-offender.
Is this the official Harris 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.