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 30, 2026.
Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County, has about 49,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Columbia is held at the county jail, run by the Maury 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: Columbia public records, Maury County inmate search, Columbia arrest records, Columbia warrants, Columbia criminal records, Columbia court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Columbia
The county jail, run by the Maury County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Columbia, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Maury County Sheriff's Office at maurycounty-tn.gov/164/Corrections (page title: Corrections | Maury County, TN), phone 931-380-5733, 1300 Lawson White Drive Columbia, TN 38401, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 931-380-5733.
The Maury County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 280 people, down from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 386 beds, and it ran at 72 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Maury County has about 113,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 25 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Maury County Jail
The Maury County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Columbia (filed by the FBI as Columbia Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Columbia.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Maury County: Columbia State Community College (campus police).
The Spring Hill Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Maury County, so its arrests are not broken out for Maury County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Maury County Sheriff's Office's 2,664 for 2025, Columbia's 2,103 for 2025 and Mount Pleasant's 212 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Maury County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4,979 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 Columbia 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 Maury County serves the sentence in a facility of the Tennessee Department of Correction, whose inmate locator is at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Columbia?
Ask the Maury County Sheriff's Office at 931-380-5733; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at maurycounty-tn.gov/164/Corrections.
How many people are in the Maury County jail?
About 280 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 386 beds.
What is the phone number for the Maury County jail?
931-380-5733, the number on the page of the Maury County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Maury County go?
To a facility of the Tennessee Department of Correction; its inmate locator is at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
Is this the official Columbia website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.