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.
Weakley County, Tennessee, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Weakley County is held at the county jail, run by the Weakley 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Weakley County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Weakley County is held at the county jail, run by the Weakley County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Weakley County Sheriff's Office at weakleycountytn.gov/sheriffdept.html (page title: Weakley County Sheriff's Department), phone (731) 364-5454, 7951 Highway 22 Dresden, TN 38225, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 (731) 364-5454.
The Weakley County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 94 people, up from about 89 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 129 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Weakley County has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Weakley County Jail
The Weakley County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Martin, Dresden, Greenfield, Gleason and Sharon make the arrests that end in a booking in Weakley County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Weakley County: the University of Tennessee at Martin (campus police).
The McKenzie Police Department is listed by the FBI across three counties including Weakley County, so its arrests are not broken out for Weakley County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Weakley County Sheriff's Office's 983 for 2025, Martin's 422 for 2024 and Gleason's 143 for 2022.
Together, the four agencies in Weakley County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,168 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 Weakley 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 Weakley 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 Weakley County?
Ask the Weakley County Sheriff's Office at (731) 364-5454; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at weakleycountytn.gov/sheriffdept.html.
How many people are in the Weakley County jail?
About 94 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 129 beds.
What is the phone number for the Weakley County jail?
(731) 364-5454, the number on the page of the Weakley County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Weakley 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 Weakley 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.