Ohio Inmate Search

This Ohio Inmate Search page will help you locate inmates residing in a state institution or a county jail.


To find inmates within an Ohio correctional facilities click to go to the Inmate Search Page. You will find a list of inmates with that name, their photo, inmate number, date of birth, status and their offense.

Click the offender number and you will receive additional information such as county of commitment, date of commitment, more sentencing information and victim information if applicable.



To find Ohio jail inmates, scroll down to the bottom of this page to see if your county is listed. (Not all counties have inmate search capabilities). If your county is listed, click the link and you will be guided to the search engine.



Ohio Department of Corrections

The website of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has over 4000 pages. I have searched their website and selected the most important pages to answer the questions of family and friends of an Ohio inmate. You will find it all on one page on this link: Ohio Department of Correction Page.

Death Row Inmates

Click the headline above and you will be taken to the DOC website to see the list of names and numbers of those Ohio inmates now on death row. Male inmates are held at the Chillicothe Correctional Facility. Female inmates are held at the Ohio Reformatory for Women at Marysville. 

Sex Offender Search Ohio

You are able to search by name, location, compliance and phone number. Click to the Attorney General's page to access the search page.

Ohio Inmate Search: County Jails

Links to Ohio jails will be added soon. I will be adding those jails that have online information concerning inmate searches, mail and visiting information as well as contact and other important information.

Butler County
Coshocton County
Corrections Center of Northwest Ohio Offender Search (Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas and Williams Counties and the city of Toledo)
Cuyahoga County
Fayette County
Franklin County
Gallia County  
Hamilton County
Licking County
Logan County
Mahoning County (Detailed Report)
Mercer County
Montgomery County
Muskingum County
Ohio Statewide Inmate Search(VINElink-incomplete)
Pickaway County
Preble County
Sandusky County
Shelby County
Southeast Ohio Regional Jail (Athens, Fairfield, Hocking, Meigs, Morgan, Perry and Vinton Counties)
Summit County
Warren County
Washington County

Active Arrest Warrants

Fayette County


If you are interested in more detailed information about each county such as their case filing numbers, prison commitment numbers, commitment by felony level as well as community corrections funding information click over to the County metric page.



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