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.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, has about 72,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Somerset County is held at the county jail, 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: Somerset County public records, Somerset County arrest records, Somerset County warrants, Somerset County police reports, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Somerset County
The county jail holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Somerset County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the sheriff's office at somersetcountysheriff.com (page title: Somerset County Jail Roster Lookup, PA, Inmate Search), 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 Somerset County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 100 people, down from about 130 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 124 beds, and it ran at 82 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Somerset County has about 72,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Somerset County Jail
The agencies that report for Somerset, Windber, Meyersdale, Berlin, Boswell, Central City and four more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Somerset County.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, five state agencies and one state police unit in Somerset County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Somerset's 291 for 2020, Windber's 177 for 2025 and Conemaugh Township's 99 for 2025.
Together, the ten agencies in Somerset County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 290 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 Somerset 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 Somerset County?
Look on the custody page of the sheriff's office at somersetcountysheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Somerset County jail?
About 100 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 124 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Somerset County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Somerset 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.