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.
Grays Harbor County, Washington, has about 78,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Grays Harbor County is held at the county jail, run by the Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Grays Harbor County is held at the county jail, run by the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office at graysharbor.us/departments/sheriff/corrections_division/jail_regist... (page title: Corrections Division), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Grays Harbor County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 190 people, down from about 190 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 224 beds, and it ran at 85 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Grays Harbor County has about 78,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Grays Harbor County Jail
The Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Ocean Shores, Montesano, Elma, Westport and three more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Grays Harbor County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Aberdeen's 1,586 for 2025, the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office's 417 for 2025 and Hoquiam's 345 for 2024.
Together, the six agencies in Grays Harbor County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,223 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 Grays Harbor 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 Grays Harbor County serves the sentence in a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Grays Harbor County?
Ask the Grays Harbor County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at graysharbor.us.
How many people are in the Grays Harbor County jail?
About 190 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 224 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Grays Harbor County go?
To a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov.
Is this the official Grays Harbor 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.