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.
Bridgeton, New Jersey, in Cumberland County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bridgeton is held at the county jail, run by the Cumberland 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: Bridgeton public records, Cumberland County inmate search, Bridgeton arrest records, Bridgeton warrants, Bridgeton criminal records, Bridgeton court records, New Jersey arrest records and New Jersey inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bridgeton
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bridgeton is held at the county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings (page title: Inmate Locator | Cumberland_County_ME_Inmates_App), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Cumberland County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 290 people, down from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 655 beds, and it ran at 59 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cumberland County has about 156,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cumberland County Jail
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Bridgeton (filed by the FBI as Bridgeton Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Bridgeton.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cumberland County: Prosecutor in Cumberland County (other agency); the Cumberland County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Vineland's 1,487 for 2025, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office's 907 for 2025 and Millville's 758 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,941 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 Bridgeton 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 Cumberland County serves the sentence in a facility of the New Jersey Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bridgeton?
Look on the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cumberland County jail?
About 290 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 655 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cumberland County go?
To a facility of the New Jersey Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at www20.state.nj.us/DOC_Inmate/inmatefinder?i=I.
Is this the official Bridgeton website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.
