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 September 28, 2026.
Vandalia, Ohio, in Montgomery County, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Vandalia is held at the county jail, run by the Montgomery 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 Vandalia
The county jail, run by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Vandalia, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at mcsojail.countygovservices.com/Home/CurrentInmates (page title: Current Inmates | Montgomery County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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 Montgomery County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 580 people, down from about 800 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 443 beds, and it ran at 131 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Montgomery County has about 537,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Montgomery County Jail
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Vandalia (filed by the FBI as Vandalia Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Vandalia.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Montgomery County: Sinclair Community College (campus police).
The Carlisle Police Department and the Springboro Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Montgomery County, so their arrests are not broken out for Montgomery County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Dayton's 6,325 for 2025, the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office's 1,361 for 2025 and Kettering's 1,225 for 2025.
Together, the 17 agencies in Montgomery County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 14,182 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 Vandalia arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction lists its inmates at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Vandalia?
Look on the custody page of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office at mcsojail.countygovservices.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Montgomery County jail?
About 580 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 443 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Montgomery 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 Vandalia 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.