This private reference site is not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the office that holds the record for those services.
Official Offices to Contact
Jackson County jail and booking records begin with the sheriff. The public office and records address is different from the jail's inmate-mail address, so records requests should use the contact below.
Jackson County Sheriff's Office and Correctional Facility350 Portsmouth Street
Jackson, OH 45640
Jail: 740-288-1338
Sheriff and dispatch: 740-286-6464
Fax: 740-286-5635
Public Records: Kendra Davis, kdavis@jacksonso.org
Administration and records: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., excluding holidays
Jail, lobby, dispatch, and deputies: 24 hours daily
Requests may be made in person, by mail, email, fax, telephone, or through the sheriff's online Public Record Request Form. Mailed requests should be marked Attn: Public Records Request. The sheriff asks anyone seeking a mailed response to include a self-addressed stamped envelope. Use the route below that matches the question.
- For a named released person or an existing release record, start with the full Jackson County search and records path.
- For community control, parole, or post-release control, use the Probation & Parole instructions and the sentencing court or ODRC.
- For a same-day county release check, follow the Jail Releases: 24 Hours fallback because Jackson County publishes no verified rolling feed.
- For timing or alerts, compare the Projected Release record with the VINELink Inmate Search process.
- For a JCCF event, use the Jackson County Correctional Facility page and call the jail at the number above.
- For a state-prison sentence, use the ODRC Offender Search.
- For a known federal or immigration case, use the official BOP or ICE locator tied to that custody system.