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.
Columbiana County, Ohio, has about 100,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Columbiana County is held at the county jail, run by the Columbiana 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: Columbiana County public records, Columbiana County arrest records, Columbiana County warrants, Columbiana County criminal records, Columbiana County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Columbiana County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Columbiana County is held at the county jail, run by the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office at colcountysheriff.com, phone (330) 424-7255, 105 S. Market St Lisbon, OH 44432, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (330) 424-7255.
The Columbiana County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 160 people, down from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 178 beds, and it ran at 133 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Columbiana County has about 100,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Columbiana County Jail
The Columbiana County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Salem, East Liverpool, Columbiana, East Palestine, Wellsville, Lisbon and five more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Columbiana County.
The Minerva Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Columbiana County, so its arrests are not broken out for Columbiana County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Salem Township's 1,152 for 2025, Leetonia's 1,152 for 2025 and East Liverpool's 378 for 2025.
Together, the ten agencies in Columbiana County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,563 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 Columbiana 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 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 Columbiana County?
Ask the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office at (330) 424-7255; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at colcountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Columbiana County jail?
About 160 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 178 beds.
What is the phone number for the Columbiana County jail?
(330) 424-7255, the number on the page of the Columbiana County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Columbiana 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 Columbiana 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.