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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Iron County, Utah, has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Iron County is held at the county jail, run by the Iron 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: Iron County public records, Iron County arrest records, Iron County warrants, Iron County criminal records, Iron County court records, Utah arrest records and Utah inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Iron County
The county jail, run by the Iron County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Iron County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Iron County Sheriff's Office at ironsheriffut.gov/jail/inmate-bookings (page title: Iron County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Iron County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 140 people, up from about 140 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 345 beds, and it ran at 39 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Iron County has about 66,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Iron County Jail
The Iron County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Cedar City, Enoch, Parowan and Brian Head make the arrests that end in a booking in Iron County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Iron County: Southern Utah University (campus police); Iron, Garfield, Beaver Task Force (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Cedar City's 884 for 2024, the Iron County Sheriff's Office's 424 for 2025 and Parowan's 40 for 2023.
Together, the three agencies in Iron County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 463 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 Iron 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 Iron County serves the sentence in a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov/inmate-services/offender-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Iron County?
Look on the custody page of the Iron County Sheriff's Office at ironsheriffut.gov/jail/inmate-bookings. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Iron County jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 345 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Iron County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
Is this the official Iron 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.