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.
Cumberland County, Virginia, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cumberland County is held at the county jail, run by the Cumberland 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: Cumberland County public records, Cumberland County arrest records, Cumberland County warrants, Cumberland County criminal records, Cumberland County court records, Virginia arrest records and Virginia inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cumberland County
The county jail, run by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cumberland County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings (page title: Inmate Locator | Cumberland_County_ME_Inmates_App), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
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 Cumberland County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 45 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 28 beds, and it ran at 115 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cumberland County has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 43 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cumberland County Jail
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Cumberland County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cumberland County: the Cumberland County State Police (state police).
The Farmville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Cumberland County, so its arrests are not broken out for Cumberland County here.
The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office reported 122 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Cumberland County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Virginia Department of Corrections lists its inmates at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Cumberland County?
Look on the custody page of the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office at inmates.cumberlandcounty.revize.com/bookings. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cumberland County jail?
About 43 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 28 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cumberland County go?
To a facility of the Virginia Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at vadoc.virginia.gov/family-and-friends.
Is this the official Cumberland 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.