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 October 2, 2026.
Big Horn County, Wyoming, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Big Horn County is held at the county jail, run by the Big Horn 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: Big Horn County public records, Big Horn County arrest records, Big Horn County warrants, Big Horn County criminal records, Big Horn County court records, Wyoming arrest records and Wyoming inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Big Horn County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Big Horn County is held at the county jail, run by the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office at bighorncountywysheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Big Horn County Inmate Search, Jail Rosters), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Big Horn County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 50 people, down from about 85 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 90 beds, and it ran at 94 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Big Horn County has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 42 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Big Horn County Jail
The Big Horn County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Lovell, Greybull and Basin make the arrests that end in a booking in Big Horn County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Basin's 1,152 for 2025, Lovell's 1,152 for 2025 and the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office's 52 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Big Horn County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,356 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 Big Horn 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 Big Horn County serves the sentence in a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Big Horn County?
Look on the custody page of the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office at bighorncountywysheriff.com/inmate-search. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Big Horn County jail?
About 50 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 90 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Big Horn County go?
To a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
Is this the official Big Horn 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.