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 30, 2026.
Hocking County, Ohio, has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hocking County is held at the county jail, run by the Hocking 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: Hocking County public records, Hocking County arrest records, Hocking County warrants, Hocking County criminal records, Hocking County court records, Ohio arrest records and Ohio inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Hocking County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hocking County is held at the county jail, run by the Hocking County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hocking County Sheriff's Office at hockingsheriff.org (page title: Hocking County Sheriff's Office | Logan, Ohio), phone (740) 753-4060, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 (740) 753-4060.
The Hocking County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 34 people, down from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 32 beds, and it ran at 106 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hocking County has about 27,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hocking County Jail
The Hocking County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Logan make the arrests that end in a booking in Hocking County.
The Buchtel Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Hocking County, so its arrests are not broken out for Hocking County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Hocking County Sheriff's Office's 204 for 2025 and Logan's 189 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Hocking County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 393 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 Hocking 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 Hocking 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 Hocking County?
Ask the Hocking County Sheriff's Office at (740) 753-4060; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hockingsheriff.org.
How many people are in the Hocking County jail?
About 34 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 32 beds.
What is the phone number for the Hocking County jail?
(740) 753-4060, the number on the page of the Hocking County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hocking 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 Hocking 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.