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 23, 2026.
Duplin County, North Carolina, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Duplin County is held at the county jail, run by the Duplin 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: Duplin County public records, Duplin County arrest records, Duplin County warrants, Duplin County criminal records, Duplin County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Duplin County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Duplin County is held at the county jail, run by the Duplin County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Duplin County Sheriff's Office at duplinnc.gov/404/Inmate-Search (page title: Inmate Search | Duplin County, NC), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Duplin County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 100 people, down from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2022, the last year with a capacity figure, was 95 beds, and it ran at 110 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Duplin County has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Duplin County Jail
The Duplin County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Wallace, Warsaw, Rose Hill, Beulaville, Magnolia and Kenansville make the arrests that end in a booking in Duplin County.
The Mount Olive Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Duplin County, so its arrests are not broken out for Duplin County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Rose Hill's 1,153 for 2025, the Duplin County Sheriff's Office's 719 for 2025 and Wallace's 195 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Duplin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,428 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 Duplin 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 North Carolina Department of Adult Correction lists its inmates at dac.nc.gov/dac-services/criminal-offender-searches.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Duplin County?
Look on the custody page of the Duplin County Sheriff's Office at duplinnc.gov/404/Inmate-Search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Duplin County jail?
About 100 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 95 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Duplin 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 Duplin 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.