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 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026.
Grant County, New Mexico, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Grant County is held at the county jail, run by the Grant 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: Grant County public records, Grant County arrest records, Grant County warrants, Grant County police reports, Grant County property records, New Mexico arrest records and New Mexico inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Grant County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Grant County is held at the county jail, run by the Grant County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Grant County Sheriff's Office at grantcountynm.gov/166/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Grant County, NM), 320 South Ridge Road Silver City, NM 88061, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Grant County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 80 people, down from about 84 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 95 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Grant County has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 29 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Grant County Jail
The Grant County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Silver City, Bayard, Santa Clara and Hurley make the arrests that end in a booking in Grant County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Grant County: Western New Mexico University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Grant County Sheriff's Office's 491 for 2019, Bayard's 107 for 2025 and Hurley's 18 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Grant County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 136 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 Grant 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 Grant County serves the sentence in a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department, whose inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Grant County?
Ask the Grant County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at grantcountynm.gov/166/Corrections.
How many people are in the Grant County jail?
About 80 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 95 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Grant County go?
To a facility of the New Mexico Corrections Department; its inmate locator is at cd.nm.gov.
Is this the official Grant 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.