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 September 30, 2026.
Piscataquis County, Maine, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Piscataquis County is held at the county jail, run by the Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County
The county jail, run by the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Piscataquis County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office at piscataquis.us/sheriff/county-jail (page title: County Jail | Piscataquis County), phone (207) 564-9083, 52 Court Street Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426, 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 (207) 564-9083.
The Piscataquis County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 30 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 30 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Piscataquis County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Piscataquis County Jail
The Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Piscataquis County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office's 126 for 2025, Milo's 53 for 2025 and Dover-Foxcroft's 46 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Piscataquis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 234 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 Piscataquis 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 Piscataquis County serves the sentence in a facility of the Maine Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Piscataquis County?
Ask the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office at (207) 564-9083; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at piscataquis.us/sheriff/county-jail.
How many people are in the Piscataquis County jail?
About 30 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 30 beds.
What is the phone number for the Piscataquis County jail?
(207) 564-9083, the number on the page of the Piscataquis County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Piscataquis County go?
To a facility of the Maine Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch.
Is this the official Piscataquis 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.