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 4, 2026.
Wayne County, Pennsylvania, has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wayne County is held at the county jail, run by the Wayne 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: Wayne County public records, Wayne County arrest records, Wayne County warrants, Wayne County criminal records, Wayne County court records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Wayne County
The county jail, run by the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Wayne County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office at waynecountypa.gov/211/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Wayne County, PA), phone 570-253-5970, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 570-253-5970.
The Wayne County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 64 people, down from about 80 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 201 beds, and it ran at 32 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Wayne County has about 51,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Wayne County Jail
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Honesdale, Waymart and Hawley make the arrests that end in a booking in Wayne County.
The FBI's agency list also places one other agency, two state agencies and one state police unit in Wayne County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Honesdale's 38 for 2025, Hawley's 4 for 2025 and the Wayne County Sheriff's Office's 0 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Wayne County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 42 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 Wayne 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 Wayne 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 Wayne County?
Ask the Wayne County Sheriff's Office at 570-253-5970; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at waynecountypa.gov/211/Corrections.
How many people are in the Wayne County jail?
About 64 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 201 beds.
What is the phone number for the Wayne County jail?
570-253-5970, the number on the page of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Wayne County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official Wayne 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.