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 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Garrard County, Kentucky, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garrard County is held at the county jail, run by the Garrard 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 Garrard County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garrard County is held at the county jail, run by the Garrard County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Garrard County Sheriff's Office at garrardcountyky.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Garrard County), phone (859) 792-3591, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 (859) 792-3591.
The Garrard County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 54 people, down from about 59 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2021 was 31 beds, and it ran at 178 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Garrard County has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Garrard County Jail
The Garrard County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lancaster make the arrests that end in a booking in Garrard County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lancaster's 245 for 2025 and the Garrard County Sheriff's Office's 223 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Garrard County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 468 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 Garrard 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 Garrard County serves the sentence in a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Garrard County?
Ask the Garrard County Sheriff's Office at (859) 792-3591; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at garrardcountyky.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Garrard County jail?
About 54 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 31 beds.
What is the phone number for the Garrard County jail?
(859) 792-3591, the number on the page of the Garrard County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Garrard County go?
To a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
Is this the official Garrard 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.