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 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in Cambria County, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Johnstown is held at the county jail, run by the Cambria 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 Johnstown
The county jail, run by the Cambria County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Johnstown, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cambria County Sheriff's Office at cambriacountypa.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Cambria County, PA), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Cambria County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 370 people, down from about 450 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 490 beds, and it ran at 75 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cambria County has about 130,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cambria County Jail
The Cambria County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Johnstown (filed by the FBI as Johnstown Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Johnstown.
The FBI's agency list also places three other agencies, two campus police departments, four state agencies and one state police unit in Cambria County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Richland Township's 466 for 2025, Johnstown's 461 for 2025 and West Hills Regional's 149 for 2025.
Together, the 24 agencies in Cambria County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,608 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 Johnstown 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 Cambria County serves the sentence in a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Johnstown?
Ask the Cambria County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cambriacountypa.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Cambria County jail?
About 370 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 490 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cambria County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Johnstown 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.