Noble County Inmate Population
Noble County has a small full-service county jail and a much larger state prison inside county lines. The Noble County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Jason Mackie, runs the Noble County Jail at 420 Olive Street in Caldwell. That jail is the local custody site for adult arrestees, pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, probation or community-control violators, local holds, and short-term custody before court or transfer. It is the source for the public jail roster.
Noble Correctional Institution is different. It is run by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, not by the sheriff. It holds sentenced adult male state prisoners and is searched through ODRC Offender Search. A person sentenced from Noble County may be placed there, but many people at that prison came from other counties. Likewise, many Noble County defendants sent to state prison may be housed somewhere else in Ohio.
Noble County Inmate Population Statistics
The most current local jail capacity source is the 2025 ODRC Bureau of Adult Detention annual inspection for Noble County Jail. The indexed inspection PDF reports 36 actual general housing beds and 33 inmates present on the inspection date. The public sheriff roster inspected on June 24, 2026 showed 13 visible entries, which is useful as a live snapshot but not as an annual average.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Noble County Jail actual general housing capacity | 36 | ODRC 2025 jail inspection PDF |
| Noble County Jail inspection-day population | 33 | ODRC 2025 jail inspection PDF |
| Noble County Jail public roster snapshot | 13 visible entries | Sheriff jail roster, June 24, 2026 |
| Noble Correctional Institution maximum capacity | 2,600 | Ohio Attorney General 2025 CFIS inspection |
| Noble Correctional Institution inspection population | About 2,400 | Ohio Attorney General 2025 CFIS inspection |
The county jail count and the prison count should not be added together as one jail population. They describe two legal systems. The jail is local arrest and short-term custody. The prison is state sentence custody. That split is the key Noble County fact.
Noble County Inmate Population Trends
Noble County's trend data is thin at the local level, so dated source points matter more than broad claims. A 2013 correctional-population locator count listed 20 local prisoners at Noble County Jail. The 2025 inspection found 33 people in a 36-bed jail, while the June 2026 roster snapshot showed 13 visible current entries. The research did not locate a full-year average daily population, annual booking count, race and age table, or average length of stay for the jail.
| Date | Count | What It Represents |
|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2012 | 2,390 | Noble Correctional Institution state-prison count in correctional-population locator data |
| Dec. 31, 2013 | 20 | Noble County Jail local prisoner count in correctional-population locator data |
| 2025 inspection | 33 of 36 beds | ODRC full-service jail inspection point-in-time count |
| 2025 inspection | About 2,400 of 2,600 capacity | Noble Correctional Institution inspection context |
| June 24, 2026 | 13 visible entries | Public sheriff roster snapshot, not an annual average |
Noble County Jail Population Makeup
Local sources did not publish a detailed Noble County Jail demographic report by sex, race, age, charge level, conviction status, or hold type. The roster text includes a name, booking date, offense text, and image slot, but it does not give a full profile. It is not sound to infer demographics from names. National jail data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics can give context, but it should not be used as a Noble County figure.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held after arrest while charges, bond, or court dates are pending.
- Sentenced misdemeanant
- A person serving a local jail sentence rather than a state prison term.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may block release even after local bond is posted.
- County of commitment
- In ODRC records, the county where a state prisoner was sentenced, not necessarily where that person now lives.
Noble Correctional Institution is identified by official and audit sources as an adult male prison with minimum or medium custody descriptions. Its population is far larger than the county jail, but it is not the Noble County Jail roster population.
Noble County Jail Capacity Rules
The 2025 jail inspection placed Noble County Jail near its general housing capacity on the inspection date, with 33 people in 36 beds. That is about 92 percent of listed general housing capacity, but the research did not find an official source calling the jail chronically overcrowded. The safer reading is that a small rural jail can move between low and high occupancy quickly as arrests, court dates, releases, probation holds, and transfers occur.
Ohio records and jail rules:
Ohio Revised Code section 149.43 sets the public-records baseline for inspection and copies unless an exception applies.
Ohio Revised Code section 5120.10 directs ODRC to set minimum jail standards.
Ohio Revised Code section 341.07 covers distribution of jail standards and prisoner rules.
Ohio Administrative Code chapter 5120:1-8 contains Ohio full-service jail standards.
Search Noble County Jail Roster
The official Noble County Sheriff's Office jail roster is a public page, not a modern search form in the captured view. It is headed "Jail Roster" and lists entries under name, booking date, and offense. A booking-photo image slot appears before each entry. Because the page does not expose a search box, use the browser's find function for a name search.
- Open the sheriff's jail roster.
- Use browser find to search the last name, first name, or a spelling variant.
- Read the entry as name, booking date, and offense text.
- Call Noble County Jail at 740-732-5837 if the person was just arrested, released, transferred, or misspelled.
- Use ODRC Offender Search if the person has been sentenced to state prison.
The roster does not list bond, housing unit, court date, booking number, statute code, case number, release status, or detainer flags. For that detail, use jail phone confirmation, a sheriff public-records request, and the court search channels.
The sheriff roster screenshot at noblesheriff.org/jail-roster shows the current public roster format with booking-photo image positions and text entries.
That screenshot matches the research finding: Noble County uses a simple public list, so phone and records-request fallbacks matter when the roster is not enough.
Noble County Inmate Record Fields
Noble County's public jail roster is useful but narrow. It confirms current roster visibility, a booking date, offense text, and a booking-photo slot. It does not work like a full vendor jail profile. Families often need the missing details next: bond, court date, housing, release eligibility, or whether another agency hold exists.
| Roster Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Person listed in current jail custody, shown last name first in observed entries. |
| Booking date | Date booked into Noble County Jail, with no time shown in the captured roster text. |
| Offense | Plain-language charge or hold text, not the final court disposition. |
| Mugshot image slot | Image appears before roster entries, though retention and larger profile access are not documented. |
| Bond and case data | Not shown on the roster; use court and jail confirmation. |
Noble County State Prison Lookup
ODRC Offender Search is the correct path for sentenced state prisoners, people under ODRC supervision, released ODRC records, and violators at large. The ODRC search supports name, offender number, county of commitment, residential county, ZIP, status, parole-hearing month, and sort fields. County of commitment can be set to Noble when the question is whether a person was sentenced from Noble County.
The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. The ICE detainee locator covers immigration custody using an A-number or biographical information. Ohio VINELink is useful for custody and case notification. None of those tools replaces the sheriff roster for a new local booking.
| Custody Question | Use This Source | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Current local jail custody | Noble County jail roster or jail phone | Shows local sheriff custody and recent bookings. |
| State prison sentence | ODRC Offender Search | Covers Ohio prison custody and supervision. |
| Federal sentence | BOP inmate locator | Covers BOP custody from 1982 forward. |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainee locator | Covers ICE custody and CBP custody over 48 hours. |
| Release alerts | Ohio VINELink | Provides free custody and case notification. |
Noble County Detention Facilities
Only two detention facilities were found in the Noble County facility map. The primary local facility is the sheriff-operated Noble County Jail. The other is Noble Correctional Institution, a state prison. No separate city jail, municipal lockup, regional jail, BOP prison, or ICE detention center was located in official county research.
- Noble County Jail - local full-service jail for adult arrestees, pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, probation or community-control violators, and short-term holds.
- Noble Correctional Institution - ODRC medium-security men's prison for sentenced state prisoners, searched through the statewide ODRC locator.
Noble County Records Fallbacks
When the jail roster does not answer the question, the next source depends on the missing fact. For current custody, call the jail. For a booking record, incident report, older jail entry, or booking photo, use the sheriff's public-records request form. For charges filed after booking, search Noble County Court CaseLook, Noble Common Pleas record search, or contact the Clerk of Courts. Bond information may sit with the court rather than the roster.
No official Noble County Sheriff's Office mobile app was located in App Store, Google Play, or sheriff-site links checked during research. Use the sheriff roster, jail phone, court CaseLook pages, ODRC search, VINELink, BOP, and ICE locators instead.
Noble County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Noble County inmate population?
The county jail source gives 36 general housing beds and 33 people present on the 2025 inspection date. The sheriff roster snapshot inspected June 24, 2026 showed 13 visible entries. Noble Correctional Institution is much larger, with a 2,600 maximum capacity and about 2,400 people in the 2025 inspection.
How do I search the Noble County inmate population?
Use the sheriff jail roster for current Noble County Jail custody and browser find for names. Call the jail if the person is newly booked or missing. Use ODRC Offender Search for sentenced state prisoners and VINELink for custody notification.
Can I find a released Noble County inmate?
The public roster does not publish a release archive or retention window. For older jail custody, submit a sheriff public-records request with the person's name, date, and requested record type. For state prison release records, search ODRC.