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.
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shippensburg is held at the county jail, run by the Cumberland 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 Shippensburg
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shippensburg is held at the county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings (page title: Inmate Locator | Cumberland_County_ME_Inmates_App), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Cumberland County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 340 people, down from about 350 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 720 beds, and it ran at 48 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cumberland County has about 276,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cumberland County Jail
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Shippensburg (filed by the FBI as Shippensburg Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Shippensburg.
The FBI's agency list also places three campus police departments, five state agencies, three other agencies and one state police unit in Cumberland County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lower Allen Township's 919 for 2025, Carlisle's 712 for 2025 and East Pennsboro Township's 369 for 2025.
Together, the 14 agencies in Cumberland County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,379 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 Shippensburg 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 Cumberland 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 Shippensburg?
Look on the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cumberland County jail?
About 340 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 720 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cumberland County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Shippensburg 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.