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.
Sevier County, Tennessee, has about 100,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sevier County is held at the county jail, run by the Sevier 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: Sevier County public records, Sevier County arrest records, Sevier County warrants, Sevier County criminal records, Sevier County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Sevier County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sevier County is held at the county jail, run by the Sevier County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Sevier County Sheriff's Office at isoms.seviercountytn.org:9000/Jail (page title: Inmates | ISOMS Portal), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Sevier County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 360 people, down from about 560 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 628 beds, and it ran at 58 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sevier County has about 100,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 36 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sevier County Jail
The Sevier County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg and Pittman Center make the arrests that end in a booking in Sevier County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sevier County: Drug Task Force's 4th Judicial District (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Sevierville's 1,244 for 2025, the Sevier County Sheriff's Office's 1,223 for 2025 and Pigeon Forge's 847 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Sevier County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,916 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 Sevier 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 Sevier 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 Sevier County?
Ask the Sevier County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at isoms.seviercountytn.org:9000/Jail.
How many people are in the Sevier County jail?
About 360 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 628 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sevier 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 Sevier 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.