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 25, 2026.
Tooele County, Utah, has about 84,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tooele County is held at the county jail, run by the Tooele 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 Tooele County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tooele County is held at the county jail, run by the Tooele County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Tooele County Sheriff's Office at inmate.tooelecountysheriff.org (page title: Tooele County | Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 25, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Tooele County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 200 people, down from about 210 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 211 beds, and it ran at 101 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tooele County has about 84,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tooele County Jail
The Tooele County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Tooele, Grantsville and Wendover make the arrests that end in a booking in Tooele County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Tooele's 1,811 for 2025, Wendover's 1,182 for 2025 and the Tooele County Sheriff's Office's 625 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Tooele County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,821 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 Tooele 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 Tooele 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 Tooele County?
Ask the Tooele County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at inmate.tooelecountysheriff.org.
How many people are in the Tooele County jail?
About 200 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 211 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tooele County go?
To a facility of the Utah Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at corrections.utah.gov.
Is this the official Tooele 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.