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 28, 2026.
York County, Pennsylvania, has about 471,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in York County is held at the county jail, run by the York 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: York County public records, York County arrest records, York County warrants, York County police reports, York County property records, Pennsylvania arrest records and Pennsylvania inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in York County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in York County is held at the county jail, run by the York County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the York County Sheriff's Office at inmatesinjail.yorkcountygov.com/detentioncenter/inmatesinjail.aspx (page title: York County Detention Center Inmates), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The York County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 1,050 people, down from about 2,010 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 2,304 beds, and it ran at 45 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
York County has about 471,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the York County Jail
The York County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for York, Hanover and West York make the arrests that end in a booking in York County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies, two campus police departments, one other agency and one state police unit in York County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were York's 2,805 for 2025, Northern York County Regional's 2,785 for 2025 and York County Regional's 1,719 for 2025.
Together, the 11 agencies in York County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 9,697 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 York 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 York 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 York County?
Ask the York County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at inmatesinjail.yorkcountygov.com.
How many people are in the York County jail?
About 1,050 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 2,304 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in York County go?
To a facility of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at inmatelocator.cor.pa.gov.
Is this the official York 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.