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 September 30, 2026.
Washougal, Washington, in Clark County, has about 18,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Washougal is held at the county jail, run by the Clark 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 Washougal
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Washougal is held at the county jail, run by the Clark County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Clark County Sheriff's Office at clark.wa.gov/sheriff (page title: Clark County Sheriff | Clark County), phone 564.397.2211, 707 West 13th St. Vancouver, WA 98660, monitored: Mon-Fri, 8 am - 4 pm, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 564.397.2211.
The Clark County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 440 people, down from about 640 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 590 beds, and it ran at 108 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Clark County has about 527,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 8 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Clark County Jail
The Clark County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Washougal (filed by the FBI as Washougal Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Washougal.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Clark County: Washington State University at Vancouver (campus police).
The Woodland Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Clark County, so its arrests are not broken out for Clark County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Vancouver's 4,098 for 2025, the Clark County Sheriff's Office's 2,166 for 2024 and Battle Ground's 574 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Clark County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 5,494 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 Washougal arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Washington State Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Washougal?
Ask the Clark County Sheriff's Office at 564.397.2211; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clark.wa.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Clark County jail?
About 440 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 590 beds.
What is the phone number for the Clark County jail?
564.397.2211, the number on the page of the Clark County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Clark County go?
To a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov.
Is this the official Washougal website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.