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 30, 2026.
Tuscola County, Michigan, has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tuscola County is held at the county jail, run by the Tuscola 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 Tuscola County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tuscola County is held at the county jail, run by the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office at tuscolacounty.org/sheriff/visit.php (page title: Tuscola County Sheriff's Office), 420 Court St. STE 1 Caro, MI 48723, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Tuscola County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 46 people, down from about 80 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 92 beds, and it ran at 87 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tuscola County has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tuscola County Jail
The Tuscola County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Caro, Vassar, Cass City, Reese, Millington, Mayville and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Tuscola County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tuscola County: the Tuscola County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office's 313 for 2025, Caro's 186 for 2025 and Vassar's 43 for 2025.
Together, the nine agencies in Tuscola County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 591 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 Tuscola 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 Tuscola County?
Ask the Tuscola County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tuscolacounty.org/sheriff/visit.php.
How many people are in the Tuscola County jail?
About 46 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 92 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tuscola 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 Tuscola 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.