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.
Pitt County, North Carolina, has about 181,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pitt County is held at the county jail, run by the Pitt 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: Pitt County public records, Pitt County arrest records, Pitt County warrants, Pitt County criminal records, Pitt County court records, North Carolina arrest records and North Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pitt County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pitt County is held at the county jail, run by the Pitt County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Pitt County Sheriff's Office at apps.pittcountync.gov/apps/detention/detainee (page title: Detainee Search), 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 Pitt County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 350 people, down from about 480 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 475 beds, and it ran at 101 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pitt County has about 181,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pitt County Jail
The Pitt County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Greenville, Winterville, Ayden, Farmville and Grifton make the arrests that end in a booking in Pitt County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pitt County: East Carolina University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Greenville's 2,538 for 2025, the Pitt County Sheriff's Office's 1,871 for 2025 and Farmville's 324 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Pitt County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,076 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 Pitt 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 Pitt 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 Pitt County?
Look on the custody page of the Pitt County Sheriff's Office at apps.pittcountync.gov/apps/detention/detainee. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Pitt County jail?
About 350 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 475 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pitt 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 Pitt 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.