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 9, 2026.
Burlington, North Carolina, in Alamance County, has about 61,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Burlington is held at the county jail, run by the Alamance 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 Burlington
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Burlington is held at the county jail, run by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Alamance County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.alamancecountync.gov/divisions/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Alamance County Sheriffs Office), phone (336) 570-6317, 109 S Maple St, Graham, NC 27253, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 (336) 570-6317.
The Alamance County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 340 people, down from about 500 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 476 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Alamance County has about 183,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Alamance County Jail
The Alamance County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Burlington (filed by the FBI as Burlington Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Burlington.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Alamance County: Elon University (campus police).
The Gibsonville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Alamance County, so its arrests are not broken out for Alamance County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Burlington's 2,577 for 2025, the Alamance County Sheriff's Office's 1,839 for 2025 and Graham's 516 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Alamance County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,425 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 Burlington 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 Alamance County serves the sentence in a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction, whose inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Burlington?
Ask the Alamance County Sheriff's Office at (336) 570-6317; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheriff.alamancecountync.gov.
How many people are in the Alamance County jail?
About 340 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 476 beds.
What is the phone number for the Alamance County jail?
(336) 570-6317, the number on the page of the Alamance County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Alamance County go?
To a facility of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction; its inmate locator is at dac.nc.gov.
Is this the official Burlington website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.