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.
Klamath County, Oregon, has about 70,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Klamath County is held at the county jail, run by the Klamath 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: Klamath County public records, Klamath County arrest records, Klamath County warrants, Klamath County criminal records, Klamath County court records, Oregon arrest records and Oregon inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Klamath County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Klamath County is held at the county jail, run by the Klamath County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office at jailbooking.klamathcounty.org (page title: Web Jail Viewer), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Klamath County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 100 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 152 beds, and it ran at 84 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Klamath County has about 70,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Klamath County Jail
The Klamath County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Klamath Falls, Merrill and Malin make the arrests that end in a booking in Klamath County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Klamath County: the Klamath County Liquor Commission (state agency); the Klamath County State Police (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Merrill's 1,171 for 2025, Klamath Falls's 957 for 2025 and the Klamath County Sheriff's Office's 655 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in Klamath County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,869 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 Klamath 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 Klamath 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 Klamath County?
Look on the custody page of the Klamath County Sheriff's Office at jailbooking.klamathcounty.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Klamath County jail?
About 100 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 152 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Klamath County go?
To a facility of the Oregon Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at oregon.gov.
Is this the official Klamath 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.