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.
Tullahoma, Tennessee, in Coffee County, has about 21,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tullahoma is held at the county jail, run by the Coffee 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 Tullahoma
The county jail, run by the Coffee County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Tullahoma, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Coffee County Sheriff's Office at coffeecountytn.gov/m/directory/department?did=30 (page title: Staff Directory, Sheriff's Office), phone 931-728-3591, 76 County Jail Lane Manchester, TN 37355, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 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 931-728-3591.
The Coffee County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 370 people, up from about 350 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 400 beds, and it ran at 92 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Coffee County has about 61,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 60 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Coffee County Jail
The Coffee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Tullahoma (filed by the FBI as Tullahoma Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Tullahoma.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Coffee County: Drug Task Force's 14th Judicial District (other agency); Motlow State Community College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Coffee County Sheriff's Office's 1,690 for 2025, Tullahoma's 937 for 2025 and Manchester's 708 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Coffee County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,335 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 Tullahoma 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 Coffee 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 Tullahoma?
Ask the Coffee County Sheriff's Office at 931-728-3591; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at coffeecountytn.gov.
How many people are in the Coffee County jail?
About 370 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 400 beds.
What is the phone number for the Coffee County jail?
931-728-3591, the number on the page of the Coffee County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Coffee 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 Tullahoma 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.