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 on September 23, 2026.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania, has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bedford County is held at the county jail, run by the Bedford 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: Bedford County public records, Bedford County arrest records, Bedford County warrants, Bedford County criminal records, Bedford County court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bedford County
The county jail, run by the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bedford County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office at bedfordcountypa.org/departments/sheriff/index.php (page title: Welcome to Bedford County), phone (814) 623-2910, 200 South Juliana St. Bedford, PA 15522, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (814) 623-2910.
The Bedford County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 180 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 186 beds, and it ran at 67 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bedford County has about 48,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bedford County Jail
The Bedford County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Bedford, Everett and Saxton make the arrests that end in a booking in Bedford County.
The FBI's agency list also places four state agencies and one state police unit in Bedford County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Bedford's 107 for 2020, Everett's 29 for 2025 and Saxton's 12 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Bedford County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 52 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 Bedford 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 Bedford 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 Bedford County?
Ask the Bedford County Sheriff's Office at (814) 623-2910; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bedfordcountypa.org.
How many people are in the Bedford County jail?
About 120 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 186 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bedford County jail?
(814) 623-2910, the number on the page of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bedford County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Bedford 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.