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 October 2, 2026.
Unicoi County, Tennessee, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Unicoi County is held at the county jail, run by the Unicoi 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: Unicoi County public records, Unicoi County arrest records, Unicoi County warrants, Unicoi County criminal records, Unicoi County court records, Tennessee arrest records and Tennessee inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Unicoi County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Unicoi County is held at the county jail, run by the Unicoi County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Unicoi County Sheriff's Office at unicoicountytn.com/sheriffs-department (page title: Sheriff’s Department | Unicoi County, Tennessee), 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 Unicoi County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 120 people, up from about 110 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 100 beds, and it ran at 118 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Unicoi County has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 66 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Unicoi County Jail
The Unicoi County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Erwin and Unicoi make the arrests that end in a booking in Unicoi County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Unicoi County Sheriff's Office's 529 for 2025, Erwin's 99 for 2025 and Unicoi's 71 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Unicoi County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 699 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 Unicoi 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 Unicoi 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 Unicoi County?
Ask the Unicoi County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at unicoicountytn.com/sheriffs-department.
How many people are in the Unicoi County jail?
About 120 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 100 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Unicoi 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 Unicoi 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.