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 on September 23, 2026.
Branch County, Michigan, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Branch County is held at the county jail, run by the Branch 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: Branch County public records, Branch County arrest records, Branch County warrants, Branch County criminal records, Branch County court records, Michigan arrest records and Michigan inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Branch County
The county jail, run by the Branch County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Branch County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Branch County Sheriff's Office at branchcounty.gov/sheriff/jail (page title: Corrections | Branch County, Michigan), phone 517.278.2325, 379 Keith Wilhelm Dr. Coldwater, MI 49036, 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 517.278.2325.
The Branch County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 98 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 142 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Branch County has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Branch County Jail
The Branch County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Coldwater, Bronson, Union City and Quincy make the arrests that end in a booking in Branch County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Branch County: the Branch County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Coldwater's 261 for 2025, the Branch County Sheriff's Office's 167 for 2025 and Quincy's 11 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies in Branch County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 436 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 Branch 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 Branch County serves the sentence in a facility of the Michigan Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdocweb.state.mi.us/otis2.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Branch County?
Ask the Branch County Sheriff's Office at 517.278.2325; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at branchcounty.gov/sheriff/jail.
How many people are in the Branch County jail?
About 98 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 142 beds.
What is the phone number for the Branch County jail?
517.278.2325, the number on the page of the Branch County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Branch 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 Branch 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.