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 26, 2026.
Howell, Michigan, in Livingston County, has about 9,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Howell is held at the county jail, run by the Livingston 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 Howell
The county jail, run by the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Howell, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at milivcounty.gov/jail (page title: Jail | Livingston County, MI), phone (517) 546-2445, 150 S Highlander Way Howell, MI 48843, 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 (517) 546-2445.
The Livingston County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 240 people, down from about 260 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 391 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Livingston County has about 197,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Livingston County Jail
The Livingston County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Howell (filed by the FBI as Howell Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Howell.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Livingston County: the Livingston County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Livingston County Sheriff's Office's 375 for 2025, Brighton's 173 for 2025 and Hamburg Township's 141 for 2025.
Together, the eight agencies in Livingston County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 906 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 Howell arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Michigan Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Howell?
Ask the Livingston County Sheriff's Office at (517) 546-2445; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at milivcounty.gov/jail.
How many people are in the Livingston County jail?
About 240 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 391 beds.
What is the phone number for the Livingston County jail?
(517) 546-2445, the number on the page of the Livingston County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Livingston County go?
To a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Is this the official Howell 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.