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.
Morgan County, Tennessee, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morgan County is held at the county jail, run by the Morgan 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: Morgan County public records, Morgan County arrest records, Morgan County warrants, Morgan County criminal records, Morgan County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Morgan County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morgan County is held at the county jail, run by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office at morgancountytn.gov/wayne-potter-sheriff (page title: Sheriff’s Department and Jail | Morgan County TN Official Site), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Morgan County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 75 people, down from about 86 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 46 beds, and it ran at 162 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Morgan County has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 34 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Morgan County Jail
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Wartburg make the arrests that end in a booking in Morgan County.
The Oliver Springs Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Morgan County, so its arrests are not broken out for Morgan County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Morgan County Sheriff's Office's 435 for 2025 and Wartburg's 65 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies in Morgan County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 448 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 Morgan County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Tennessee Department of Correction lists its inmates at foil.app.tn.gov/foil/search.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Morgan County?
Ask the Morgan County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at morgancountytn.gov/wayne-potter-sheriff.
How many people are in the Morgan County jail?
About 75 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 46 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Morgan 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 Morgan 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.