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.
Stewart County, Tennessee, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stewart County is held at the county jail, run by the Stewart 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: Stewart County public records, Stewart County arrest records, Stewart County warrants, Stewart County criminal records, Stewart County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Stewart County
The county jail, run by the Stewart County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Stewart County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Stewart County Sheriff's Office at stewartcountysheriff.com (page title: Stewart County Sheriff's Office, TN | Serving Stewart County, TN), phone 931-232-4053, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 931-232-4053.
The Stewart County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 71 people, down from about 96 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 132 beds, and it ran at 54 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Stewart County has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 49 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Stewart County Jail
The Stewart County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Dover and Cumberland City make the arrests that end in a booking in Stewart County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Stewart County Sheriff's Office's 745 for 2025, Dover's 41 for 2023 and Cumberland City's 19 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies in Stewart County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 721 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 Stewart 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 Stewart 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 Stewart County?
Ask the Stewart County Sheriff's Office at 931-232-4053; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stewartcountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Stewart County jail?
About 71 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 132 beds.
What is the phone number for the Stewart County jail?
931-232-4053, the number on the page of the Stewart County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Stewart 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 Stewart 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.