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.
Roane County, Tennessee, has about 57,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Roane County is held at the county jail, run by the Roane 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: Roane County public records, Roane County arrest records, Roane County warrants, Roane County criminal records, Roane County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Roane County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Roane County is held at the county jail, run by the Roane County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Roane County Sheriff's Office at roanecountytn.gov/sheriffs-department-and-jail (page title: Sheriffs Department and Jail | Roane County Government), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Roane County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 190 people, down from about 310 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 170 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Roane County has about 57,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 33 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Roane County Jail
The Roane County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Kingston, Harriman and Rockwood make the arrests that end in a booking in Roane County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Roane County: Drug Task Force's 9th Judicial District (other agency); Roane State Community College (campus police).
The Oak Ridge Police Department and the Oliver Springs Police Department are each listed by the FBI across several counties including Roane County, so their arrests are not broken out for Roane County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Roane County Sheriff's Office's 1,383 for 2025, Rockwood's 283 for 2025 and Harriman's 194 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in Roane County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,752 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 Roane 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 Roane 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 Roane County?
Ask the Roane County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at roanecountytn.gov.
How many people are in the Roane County jail?
About 190 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 170 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Roane 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 Roane 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.