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 September 28, 2026.
Hot Springs County, Wyoming, has about 4,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hot Springs County is held at the county jail, run by the Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hot Springs County is held at the county jail, run by the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office at hscounty.com/departments/sheriff (page title: Hot Springs County Sheriff | Hot Springs County Wyoming), phone 307-864-2622, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 307-864-2622.
The Hot Springs County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 16 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 32 beds, and it ran at 50 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hot Springs County has about 4,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 35 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hot Springs County Jail
The Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Thermopolis make the arrests that end in a booking in Hot Springs County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Thermopolis's 116 for 2025 and the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office's 60 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Hot Springs County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 176 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 Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs 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 Hot Springs County?
Ask the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office at 307-864-2622; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at hscounty.com/departments/sheriff.
How many people are in the Hot Springs County jail?
About 16 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 32 beds.
What is the phone number for the Hot Springs County jail?
307-864-2622, the number on the page of the Hot Springs County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hot Springs County go?
To a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at wdoc-loc.wyo.gov.
Is this the official Hot Springs 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.