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 9, 2026.
Lewisburg, Tennessee, in Marshall County, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lewisburg is held at the county jail, run by the Marshall 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 Lewisburg
The county jail, run by the Marshall County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Lewisburg, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office at sheriffmarshallcounty.org/current-inmate-roster (page title: Private Site), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 Marshall County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 120 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 283 beds, and it ran at 41 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Marshall County has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Marshall County Jail
The Marshall County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lewisburg (filed by the FBI as Lewisburg Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Lewisburg.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Marshall County: the State Park Rangers's Chief Rangers Office (state agency); Drug Task Force's 17th Judicial District (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Marshall County Sheriff's Office's 630 for 2025, Lewisburg's 621 for 2025 and Chapel Hill's 58 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Marshall County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,309 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 Lewisburg 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 Marshall 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 Lewisburg?
Look on the custody page of the Marshall County Sheriff's Office at sheriffmarshallcounty.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Marshall County jail?
About 120 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 283 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Marshall 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 Lewisburg 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.