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.
Powell County, Montana, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Powell County is held at the county jail, run by the Powell 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: Powell County public records, Powell County arrest records, Powell County warrants, Powell County criminal records, Powell County court records, Montana arrest records and Montana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Powell County
The county jail, run by the Powell County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Powell County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Powell County Sheriff's Office at powellcountymt.gov/sheriff/page/civil-department (page title: Civil Department | Powell County, MT), 409 Missouri Ave., Suite 203 Deer Lodge, MT 59722, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Powell County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 14 people, up from about 11 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022 was 28 beds, and it ran at 50 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Powell County has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Powell County Jail
The Powell County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Deer Lodge make the arrests that end in a booking in Powell County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Deer Lodge's 30 for 2025 and the Powell County Sheriff's Office's 29 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Powell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 59 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 Powell 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 Powell County serves the sentence in a facility of the Montana Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at offendersearch.mt.gov/conweb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Powell County?
Ask the Powell County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at powellcountymt.gov.
How many people are in the Powell County jail?
About 14 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 28 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Powell County go?
To a facility of the Montana Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at offendersearch.mt.gov/conweb.
Is this the official Powell 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.