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.
Pend Oreille County, Washington, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pend Oreille County is held at the county jail, run by the Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pend Oreille County is held at the county jail, run by the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office at pendoreille.gov/sheriff/page/pend-oreille-county-corrections (page title: Pend Oreille County Corrections | Pend Oreille County WA), phone (509) 447-3151, 3151 Address 331 S. Garden Ave PO Box 5075 Newport, WA 99156, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 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 (509) 447-3151.
The Pend Oreille County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 20 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 28 beds, and it ran at 71 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pend Oreille County has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pend Oreille County Jail
The Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Newport make the arrests that end in a booking in Pend Oreille County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office's 107 for 2025 and Newport's 59 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Pend Oreille County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 166 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 Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille 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 Pend Oreille County?
Ask the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office at (509) 447-3151; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pendoreille.gov.
How many people are in the Pend Oreille County jail?
About 20 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 28 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pend Oreille County jail?
(509) 447-3151, the number on the page of the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pend Oreille County go?
To a facility of the Washington State Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.wa.gov.
Is this the official Pend Oreille 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.