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.
Highland County, Ohio, has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Highland County is held at the county jail, run by the Highland 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: Highland County public records, Highland County arrest records, Highland County warrants, Highland County criminal records, Highland County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Highland County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Highland County is held at the county jail, run by the Highland County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Highland County Sheriff's Office at highlandcoso.com (page title: Highland County Sheriff's Office in Ohio), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Highland County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 70 people, down from about 82 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 78 beds, and it ran at 105 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Highland County has about 44,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Highland County Jail
The Highland County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hillsboro, Greenfield, Lynchburg, Leesburg, Mowrystown and Highland make the arrests that end in a booking in Highland County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Mowrystown's 1,152 for 2025, Highland's 1,152 for 2025 and the Highland County Sheriff's Office's 198 for 2024.
Together, the six agencies in Highland County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,700 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 Highland 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 Highland 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 Highland County?
Ask the Highland County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at highlandcoso.com.
How many people are in the Highland 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 78 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Highland 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 Highland 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.