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.
Person County, North Carolina, has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Person County is held at the county jail, run by the Person 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: Person County public records, Person County arrest records, Person County warrants, Person County criminal records, Person County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Person County
The county jail, run by the Person County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Person County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Person County Sheriff's Office at indy.gov/activity/find-a-person-in-jail, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Person County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 100 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 136 beds, and it ran at 76 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Person County has about 40,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Person County Jail
The Person County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Roxboro make the arrests that end in a booking in Person County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Person County Sheriff's Office's 1,027 for 2025 and Roxboro's 293 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Person County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,320 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 Person 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 Person 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 Person County?
Ask the Person County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at indy.gov/activity/find-a-person-in-jail.
How many people are in the Person 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 136 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Person 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 Person 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.