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.
Gallia County, Ohio, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gallia County is held at the county jail, run by the Gallia 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: Gallia County public records, Gallia County arrest records, Gallia County warrants, Gallia County criminal records, Gallia County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Gallia County
The county jail, run by the Gallia County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Gallia County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Gallia County Sheriff's Office at galliasheriff.org/httpwwwjdsincnetohgallia (page title: Inmate Search | Gallia County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Gallia County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 70 people, down from about 83 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 11 beds, and it ran at 636 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Gallia County has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Gallia County Jail
The Gallia County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Gallipolis and Rio Grande make the arrests that end in a booking in Gallia County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Gallia County: the University of Rio Grande (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Gallipolis's 78 for 2024, the Gallia County Sheriff's Office's 61 for 2025 and Rio Grande's 0 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies in Gallia County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 130 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 Gallia 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 Gallia 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 Gallia County?
Look on the custody page of the Gallia County Sheriff's Office at galliasheriff.org/httpwwwjdsincnetohgallia. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Gallia County jail?
About 70 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 11 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Gallia 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 Gallia 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.