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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Gresham, Oregon, in Multnomah County, has about 112,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gresham is held at the county jail, run by the Multnomah 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 Gresham
The county jail, run by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Gresham, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office at mcso.us (page title: Multnomah County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Multnomah County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 930 people, down from about 1,070 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,117 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Multnomah County has about 796,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Multnomah County Jail
The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gresham (filed by the FBI as Gresham Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Gresham.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, two other agencies, one state agency and one campus police department in Multnomah County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Lake Oswego Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Multnomah County, so its arrests are not broken out for Multnomah County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Portland's 13,412 for 2025, the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office's 3,093 for 2025 and Gresham's 1,902 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Multnomah County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18,407 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 Gresham 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 Multnomah County serves the sentence in a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at oregon.gov/doc/victim-services/pages/offender-search.aspx.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Gresham?
Ask the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mcso.us.
How many people are in the Multnomah County jail?
About 930 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,117 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Multnomah County go?
To a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at oregon.gov.
Is this the official Gresham 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.