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.
Dyersburg, Tennessee, in Dyer County, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dyersburg is held at the county jail, run by the Dyer 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Dyersburg
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Dyersburg is held at the county jail, run by the Dyer County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Dyer County Sheriff's Office at dyercountysheriff.com/programs/12-crime-stoppers/49-public-jail-roster (page title: Public Jail Roster | Dyer County Sheriff's Office | Tennessee), phone 731.285.2802, 401 East Cedar Street Dyersburg, TN 38024, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Dyer County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 230 people, down from about 250 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 236 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Dyer County has about 36,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 63 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Dyer County Jail
The Dyer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dyersburg (filed by the FBI as Dyersburg Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Dyersburg.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Dyersburg's 1,869 for 2025, the Dyer County Sheriff's Office's 311 for 2024 and Newbern's 77 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Dyer County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,324 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 Dyersburg 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 Dyer 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 Dyersburg?
Look on the custody page of the Dyer County Sheriff's Office at dyercountysheriff.com, or call 731.285.2802. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Dyer County jail?
About 230 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 236 beds.
What is the phone number for the Dyer County jail?
731.285.2802, the number on the page of the Dyer County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Dyer 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 Dyersburg 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.