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 24, 2026.
Slope County, North Dakota, has 660 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Slope County is held at the county jail, run by the Slope 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: Slope County public records, Slope County arrest records, Slope County warrants, Slope County police reports, North Dakota arrest records and North Dakota inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Slope County
The county jail, run by the Slope County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Slope County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Slope County Sheriff's Office at saltlakecounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/find (page title: Find a Prisoner | Sheriff | Salt Lake County), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Slope County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1 people, up from about 1 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 2 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Slope County has 660 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Slope County Jail
The Slope County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Slope County.
The Slope County Sheriff's Office reported 0 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 Slope 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 Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at docr.nd.gov/resident-lookup.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Slope County?
Ask the Slope County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at saltlakecounty.gov/sheriff/corrections/find.
How many people are in the Slope County jail?
About 1 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 2 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Slope County go?
To a facility of the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at docr.nd.gov/resident-lookup.
Is this the official Slope 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.