Search Summit County Jail Inmates

Summit County Jail Roster Overview

The Summit County Sheriff's Office holds the inmate roster for the county jail. Sheriff Kandy Fatheree leads an office of more than 500 deputies, special deputies, and civilian staff. The sheriff runs jail administration and operations, and the office publishes a current inmate roster as a public report. That roster is the core tool for any Summit County inmate search. It lists each person held in the jail right now, along with the charge and the agency that made the arrest.

The roster is not a typed-in search box. It is a PDF titled the Head Count With Photos Report. The file is a snapshot taken at a set time, and it shows a print date and time at the top. The copy reviewed in May 2026 was printed at 5:29 a.m. and ran about 196 pages. Because the report is point-in-time, a release or a transfer may not show right away. Always confirm current custody by phone before you act on it.

The roster covers the county jail only. It does not list people held in state prison, in federal custody, or in another county. It does not show juveniles, who are handled by a separate detention center. For someone moved to state prison, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction keeps the record. For a federal case, the Bureau of Prisons keeps it. The roster also does not prove guilt. A booking is the start of a case, not its end.

How to Use the Summit County Inmate Roster

The roster opens as a single PDF, so you search it the way you search any document on your screen. There is no name field to fill in. Instead, open the file and use the find tool in your browser or PDF viewer. The roster is the Head Count With Photos Report linked from the Sheriff's site.

1. Open the Head Count With Photos Report PDF from the Sheriff's site. Note the print date and time at the top, since the report is a snapshot.
2. Press Ctrl+F on a computer, or use "find in page" on a phone, to open the find tool inside the PDF or browser.
3. Type the last name. Names are listed last name first, so the last name is the most reliable search. Try a few spellings if nothing comes up.
4. Read the matching entry. Check the inmate number, housing, charge statute, charge description, and any bond amount.
5. Call the jail to confirm current status before you post bond, mail property, or arrange a visit. The roster can lag behind a release or transfer.

The corrections overview page explains how the jail runs and why it keeps this kind of report. The screenshot below comes from the Summit County Sheriff corrections page.

Note: the roster is a public report, so handle the personal data you see, such as a date of birth, with care and do not repost it.

Roster Search Fields

Because the roster is a PDF and not a web form, the only true "search field" is the find tool in your browser or reader. Every other item below is a column the report prints, not a box you fill in. You can match on any of them by typing the value into find: a name, an inmate number, a statute code, an arresting agency, or a housing code. The table sums up the find method and each report field.

Searching the last name beats searching the first name, because of the last-name-first format. Agency codes tell you who made the arrest or hold, not who prosecutes the case. The Sheriff does not publish a legend for housing codes, so do not read too much into a unit code beyond rough location.

What a Summit County Inmate Entry Shows

Each roster entry packs a lot into a small block. It pairs a booking photo with the inmate number, housing, name, date of birth, race, sex, the arrest date and time, the arresting agency, the officer, and one or more charges. Each charge carries a statute code, a plain description, and a bond amount when one applies. The table below breaks down the common fields and what each one tells you.

Some things the entry does not show. There is no court date, no warrant number, and no judge or magistrate in the report text. There is no release date, because the roster only lists active custody. Medical and protective flags stay private. Charge codes range from minor to serious, with theft under ORC 2913.02, drug possession under ORC 2925.11, and OVI under ORC 4511.19 among common entries, alongside far graver counts. For the underlying case file, use Summit County court records.

Summit County Jail Facility

The county jail sits on East Crosier Street in Akron, a short drive from the downtown courthouse complex. It opened in August 1990 and added a wing in May 1995. The State of Ohio classifies it as a full-service detention center, and it runs every hour of every day, all year. Its rated capacity is 671 inmates. It was the first large county jail in Ohio to use a direct-supervision model, where deputies work inside the housing units. The contact card below holds the jail and Sheriff's Office details.

Inside, the jail uses more than 100 closed-circuit cameras, computer-controlled doors, video mug-shot imaging, and electronic fingerprinting. Services cover medical, dental, and mental health care, addiction and recovery help, education, religious ministry, fitness, commissary, and voter registration. In January 2026 the Sheriff launched the I.G.N.I.T.E. education program inside the jail to build skills and cut repeat offending.

Booking Process in Summit County

Booking begins when an arresting agency brings a person to the jail. The arresting agency may be Akron Police, the Sheriff, another city department, or a state or federal agency. At intake, staff record the person, take a mug shot through video imaging, and run electronic fingerprints. The arrest date and time, the agency, and the charge then appear on the roster. A booking is not a conviction. The roster shows the charge that brought a person in, not a court result.

Classification follows booking. The jail uses an objective system based on the severity of the current charge and a person's criminal history, with weight given to past behavior and to medical, mental health, and special needs. The housing code on the roster reflects that placement. People can be reclassified as their behavior or needs change. What comes next in court depends on the charge. Felony cases move through the Court of Common Pleas, while most misdemeanors and traffic matters begin in a municipal court.

How to Contact a Summit County Inmate

The jail uses outside providers for mail, calls, visits, and money, and you need the inmate number for most of them. Get that number from the roster first. All personal mail is delivered to inmates digitally on tablets, and physical letters route through a processing address out of state. Use the format the Sheriff lists: Summit County Jail, Ohio / [INMATE NAME, INMATE ID#] / P.O. Box 16120 / Jonesboro, AR 72401.

Visits are virtual. Video visitation runs through ICSolutions, by website or app, or at video terminals inside the jail. Phone calls work through pre-paid accounts set up with ICSolutions. The Sheriff does not publish a fixed visitation schedule or set prices in its inmate services text, so confirm windows and rates with the provider or by calling the jail. The screenshot below is the official Summit County inmate services page.

Before you mail anything or set up a visit, call the corrections line to confirm the person is still in custody. Transfers and releases happen daily, and the roster snapshot may not catch them yet.

Inmate Services and Providers

Friends and family use a set of approved vendors to send money, food, and goods to an inmate. Each service runs through its own provider, and each needs the inmate name and number. The table below lists the services the Sheriff names, the provider for each, and a short note. Exact prices and schedules are not published in the official text, so confirm those with the provider or the jail before you pay.

Each vendor sets its own fees, limits, and rules. The jail provides the core care: medical, dental, mental health, addiction and recovery, education, ministry, and fitness. Voter registration is offered too. The commissary lets inmates buy approved goods from their accounts. For more on day-to-day jail life and capacity, see inmate population.

Searching State and Federal Custody

The county roster only covers the local jail. When a case ends in a prison term, or when an arrest becomes a federal matter, the person is no longer on the county roster. Two official tools pick up from there. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction tracks state prison and parole status. The Federal Bureau of Prisons tracks federal inmates from 1982 to the present. The screenshot below is the Ohio DRC Offender Search.

The state search accepts a last name alone, and you can add a first name, a county of commitment, a status, or an offender number to narrow it. A result page shows the person's number, date of birth, gender, race, admission date, institution, status, and full offense detail. The sample record below comes from a public Ohio DRC offender details page.

For federal cases, the U.S. Department of Justice keeps a single page that links the prison and inmate locator tools. The screenshot below is the U.S. Department of Justice locate-an-inmate page.

The federal locator searches by name or by a BOP, FBI, or other number. Federal and state custody are separate from the county jail, so a person can sit in one system and never appear in the others.

Verifying Custody and Release

Summit County does not publish a separate released-inmate list. The roster shows active custody only. So if a name drops off the report, that alone does not tell you what happened. The person may have been released, moved to another jail, sent to state prison, taken into federal custody, or simply listed under a different spelling. The safe step is to call.

To confirm release or transfer, call the corrections automated line at 330-643-2171 or the Sheriff's Office at 330-643-2154. For state prison status, use the Ohio DRC search. For a person who wants release alerts, VINELink offers custody notification in supported jurisdictions. For people just out of the jail and the resources that help them, see released inmates.

Related Searches

For people recently released, see released inmates. For broader population data, see inmate population. For active warrants, see warrant records. For underlying cases, see criminal records.