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 1, 2026.
Madeira, Ohio, in Hamilton County, has about 9,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Madeira is held at the county jail, run by the Hamilton 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Madeira
The county jail, run by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Madeira, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at hcso.org/justice-center-services/inmate-search (page title: Hamilton County Justice Center | Inmate Search | Hamilton County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 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 Hamilton County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,140 people, down from about 1,800 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 2,005 beds, and it ran at 57 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hamilton County has about 837,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hamilton County Jail
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Madeira (filed by the FBI as Madeira Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Madeira.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments and one other agency in Hamilton County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Milford Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Hamilton County, so its arrests are not broken out for Hamilton County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Cincinnati's 5,572 for 2025, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office's 1,338 for 2025 and Terrace Park's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the 32 agencies in Hamilton County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14,329 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 Madeira 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 Hamilton County serves the sentence in a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, whose inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Madeira?
Look on the custody page of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office at hcso.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hamilton County jail?
About 1,140 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 2,005 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hamilton County go?
To a facility of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; its inmate locator is at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Is this the official Madeira 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.