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.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carbon County is held at the county jail, run by the Carbon 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: Carbon County public records, Carbon County arrest records, Carbon County warrants, Carbon County criminal records, Carbon County court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Carbon County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Carbon County is held at the county jail, run by the Carbon County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Carbon County Sheriff's Office at carboncountysheriff.com (page title: Carbon County Sheriff's), 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 Carbon County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 140 people, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 248 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Carbon County has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Carbon County Jail
The Carbon County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Palmerton, Lehighton, Jim Thorpe, Lansford, Nesquehoning, Summit Hill and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Carbon County.
The FBI's agency list also places three state agencies, one state police unit and one other agency in Carbon County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Lehighton's 193 for 2025, Lansford's 167 for 2025 and Mahoning Township's 101 for 2023.
Together, the nine agencies in Carbon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 505 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 Carbon County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections lists its inmates at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Carbon County?
Ask the Carbon County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at carboncountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Carbon County jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 248 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Carbon County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Carbon 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.