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 26, 2026.
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, in Schuylkill County, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tamaqua is held at the county jail, run by the Schuylkill 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 Tamaqua
The county jail, run by the Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Tamaqua, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office at schuylkillcountypa.gov/government/sheriff/central_booking.php (page title: Welcome to Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 Schuylkill County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 220 people, down from about 240 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 277 beds, and it ran at 78 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Schuylkill County has about 145,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Schuylkill County Jail
The Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Tamaqua (filed by the FBI as Tamaqua Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Tamaqua.
The FBI's agency list also places three other agencies, one campus police department, three state agencies and one state police unit in Schuylkill County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Pottsville's 435 for 2024, Shenandoah's 284 for 2024 and Minersville's 277 for 2024.
Together, the 21 agencies in Schuylkill County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 631 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 Tamaqua 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 Schuylkill 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 Tamaqua?
Look on the custody page of the Schuylkill County Sheriff's Office at schuylkillcountypa.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Schuylkill County jail?
About 220 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 277 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Schuylkill County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Tamaqua 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.