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 October 2, 2026.
Benzie County, Michigan, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Benzie County is held at the county jail, run by the Benzie 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: Benzie County public records, Benzie County arrest records, Benzie County warrants, Benzie County criminal records, Benzie County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Benzie County
The county jail, run by the Benzie County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Benzie County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Benzie County Sheriff's Office at benziesheriff.com (page title: Benzie County Jail MI Sheriff's Office, Jail & Inmate Information), phone (231) 882-0052, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Benzie County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 18 people, down from about 26 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 47 beds, and it ran at 55 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Benzie County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Benzie County Jail
The Benzie County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Frankfort make the arrests that end in a booking in Benzie County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Benzie County: the Benzie County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Benzie County Sheriff's Office's 79 for 2025 and Frankfort's 6 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Benzie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 85 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 Benzie County 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 Benzie County?
Look on the custody page of the Benzie County Sheriff's Office at benziesheriff.com, or call (231) 882-0052. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Benzie County jail?
About 18 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 47 beds.
What is the phone number for the Benzie County jail?
(231) 882-0052, the number on the page of the Benzie County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Benzie 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 Benzie 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.