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 2, 2026.
Camden County, North Carolina, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Camden County is held at the county jail, run by the Camden 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: Camden County public records, Camden County arrest records, Camden County warrants, Camden County criminal records, Camden County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Camden County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Camden County is held at the county jail, run by the Camden County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Camden County Sheriff's Office at camdenncsheriff.com (page title: About Camden County Jail, NC, Sheriff's Office), 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 Camden County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 33 people, down from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 43 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Camden County has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Camden County Jail
The Camden County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Camden County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Camden County: the State Park Rangers at Dismal Swamp (state agency).
The Elizabeth City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Camden County, so its arrests are not broken out for Camden County here.
The Camden County Sheriff's Office reported 207 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Camden 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 Camden 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 Camden County?
Ask the Camden County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at camdenncsheriff.com.
How many people are in the Camden County jail?
About 33 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 43 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Camden 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 Camden 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.