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 on September 23, 2026.
Sequatchie County, Tennessee, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sequatchie County is held at the county jail, run by the Sequatchie 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: Sequatchie County public records, Sequatchie County arrest records, Sequatchie County warrants, Sequatchie County criminal records, Sequatchie County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Sequatchie County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sequatchie County is held at the county jail, run by the Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office at sequatchiesheriff.com (page title: Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office is under construction), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Sequatchie County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 110 people, up from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 96 beds, and it ran at 112 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sequatchie County has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 61 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sequatchie County Jail
The Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Dunlap make the arrests that end in a booking in Sequatchie County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Dunlap's 272 for 2025 and the Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office's 223 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Sequatchie County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 495 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 Sequatchie 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 Sequatchie 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 Sequatchie County?
Ask the Sequatchie County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sequatchiesheriff.com.
How many people are in the Sequatchie County jail?
About 110 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 96 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sequatchie 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 Sequatchie 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.