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 4, 2026.
Humphreys County, Tennessee, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Humphreys County is held at the county jail, run by the Humphreys 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 Humphreys County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Humphreys County is held at the county jail, run by the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office at humphreyscosheriff.com (page title: Humphreys County Jail Roster Lookup, TN, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Humphreys County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 100 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 68 beds, and it ran at 148 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Humphreys County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 52 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Humphreys County Jail
The Humphreys County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Waverly, New Johnsonville and McEwen make the arrests that end in a booking in Humphreys County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office's 378 for 2025, Waverly's 287 for 2025 and New Johnsonville's 135 for 2021.
Together, the three agencies in Humphreys County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 744 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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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 Humphreys County?
Look on the custody page of the Humphreys County Sheriff's Office at humphreyscosheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Humphreys County jail?
About 100 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 68 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Humphreys 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 Humphreys 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.