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 24, 2026.
Roosevelt County, Montana, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Roosevelt County is held at the county jail, run by the Roosevelt 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: Roosevelt County public records, Roosevelt County arrest records, Roosevelt County warrants, Roosevelt County criminal records, Roosevelt County court records, Montana arrest records and Montana inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Roosevelt County
The county jail, run by the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Roosevelt County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office at rooseveltcountymt.gov/sheriff-coroner (page title: Sheriff's Office -), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Roosevelt County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 45 people, up from about 22 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 52 beds, and it ran at 87 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Roosevelt County has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 44 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Roosevelt County Jail
The Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Wolf Point make the arrests that end in a booking in Roosevelt County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office's 152 for 2025 and Wolf Point's 136 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Roosevelt County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 321 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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt County?
Ask the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at rooseveltcountymt.gov/sheriff-coroner.
How many people are in the Roosevelt County jail?
About 45 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 52 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Roosevelt County go?
To a facility of the Montana Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at offendersearch.mt.gov/conweb.
Is this the official Roosevelt 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.