Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 24, 2026 and October 11, 2026.
Beadle County, South Dakota, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Beadle County is held at the county jail, run by the Beadle 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: Beadle County public records, Beadle County arrest records, Beadle County warrants, Beadle County criminal records, Beadle County court records, South Dakota arrest records and South Dakota inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Beadle County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Beadle County is held at the county jail, run by the Beadle County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Beadle County Sheriff's Office at beadlesd.org/166/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Beadle County, SD), phone (605) 353-8424, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 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 (605) 353-8424.
The Beadle County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 31 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 62 beds, and it ran at 50 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Beadle County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Beadle County Jail
The Beadle County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Huron make the arrests that end in a booking in Beadle County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Huron's 499 for 2025 and the Beadle County Sheriff's Office's 12 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Beadle County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 511 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 Beadle 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 Beadle County serves the sentence in a facility of the South Dakota Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.sd.gov/adult-corrections/offender-locator.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Beadle County?
Ask the Beadle County Sheriff's Office at (605) 353-8424; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at beadlesd.org/166/Sheriff.
How many people are in the Beadle County jail?
About 31 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 62 beds.
What is the phone number for the Beadle County jail?
(605) 353-8424, the number on the page of the Beadle County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Beadle County go?
To a facility of the South Dakota Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.sd.gov/adult-corrections/offender-locator.
Is this the official Beadle 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.