Ferry County Inmate Population Snapshot
The Ferry County inmate population is centered on Ferry County Jail, the county jail in Republic operated by the Ferry County Sheriff's Office and Ferry County Corrections. Official research did not identify a second municipal jail, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center inside Ferry County. That does not mean every person on the county roster has a Ferry County criminal case. The county roster page says the jail has contract relationships with Republic Police, the Washington Department of Corrections, Stevens County, Kittitas County, Kootenai County, Border Patrol, and ICE.
That contract role gives the Ferry County inmate population a broader shape than a simple local arrest count. A person may be held after a Ferry County arrest, on a local sentence, on a warrant, for another county, or under a DOC community custody hold. A roster row may also reflect a federal or immigration hold, even though the long-term federal lookup systems are separate from the county jail. The main population question is therefore not just how many people are in the jail. It is also which agency controls the custody status.
Ferry County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest population source in the research is the May 2022 WSU and Washington Rural Jails Network fact sheet. It used Ferry County Sheriff's Office jail administrative records from January 1, 2016 through August 31, 2021. That fact sheet gives the jail's regular capacity as 92 people and emergency capacity up to 110. The current county roster PDF inspected for June 29, 2026 showed 27 people, but that figure is only a point-in-time roster count, not an annual average.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Regular jail capacity | 92 people | WSU / Washington Rural Jails Network fact sheet, May 2022 |
| Emergency capacity | Up to 110 people | WSU / Washington Rural Jails Network fact sheet, May 2022 |
| Current roster count | 27 people | Ferry County roster PDF, report timestamp June 29, 2026 |
| Total bookings analyzed | 2,668 bookings | WSU study period, January 2016 to August 2021 |
| Pretrial incidents analyzed | 759 incidents involving 550 people | WSU fact sheet methodology |
| Local sentence commitments | 292 incidents | WSU fact sheet methodology |
Ferry County Inmate Population Trends
Ferry County's jail admissions fell during the period studied by WSU. Monthly admissions were around 55 to 60 in 2016 and 2017, then fell to around 30 by 2019. During much of the COVID period, admissions were fewer than 20 per month, with a low of 7 admissions in March and April 2021. The study tied part of the decline to fewer other-jurisdiction holds after an out-of-state bed-rental contract ended in 2018.
| Year or Period | Admissions or Count | Local Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 to 2017 | About 55 to 60 admissions per month | WSU identified this as the earlier higher-admission period. |
| 2018 | Declining other-jurisdiction holds | WSU tied the change to the end of an out-of-state bed-rental contract. |
| 2019 | About 30 admissions per month | Monthly admissions had dropped from the 2016 to 2017 level. |
| 2020 COVID period | Fewer than 20 admissions per month | Admissions stayed low through much of the pandemic period. |
| March and April 2021 | 7 admissions each month | WSU noted this as a low point before admissions began rising. |
| June 29, 2026 | 27 current inmates | Published roster snapshot, not an average daily population. |
The 2026 roster count was well below regular capacity, but it should not be read as a long-term utilization rate. A daily roster can change with warrants, court commitments, transfers, DOC holds, and contract holds. Ferry County did not publish a current official average daily population table in the research set.
Ferry County Inmate Population Makeup
The WSU study found that the Ferry County inmate population was heavily shaped by contract holds and DOC supervision matters. Of all admissions studied, 61% were either DOC community custody violations or bed-rental and other-agency holds. Pretrial admissions accounted for 28%, while sentenced time or local service accounted for 11%. That helps explain why a current roster row may list another county or DOC rather than the Ferry County Sheriff's Office.
For pretrial bookings, WSU found that failure to appear or system-navigation issues were the leading reason. That grouped category was 35% of pretrial bookings, and failure to appear was the top or most serious charge in 23% of all pretrial jail bookings. Driving with a suspended or invalid license was 10%, DUI was 12%, assault was 16%, and drug-related charges were about 6% of pretrial bookings.
- Contract and DOC holds: 61% of studied admissions were DOC community custody violations or bed-rental and other-agency holds.
- Pretrial bookings: 28% of studied admissions were pretrial incidents, with an average pretrial stay of 9.9 days.
- Local commitments: 11% of admissions were sentenced time or local service commitments.
- Repeat bookings: WSU found 7% of people with three or more pretrial stays accounted for 22% of all pretrial bookings.
Ferry County Jail Capacity Rules
The jail was built in 1976, according to the WSU fact sheet, and the county facility is managed by the Sheriff's Office. Capacity matters for population research because the county jail may house local detainees, local sentenced inmates, DOC holds, other-county holds, Border Patrol holds, and ICE-related holds in the same local building. No official Ferry County overcrowding litigation, consent decree, or jail construction project was located in the research file.
Key Washington laws:
RCW 70.48.100 makes the jail register public but keeps most records of a person confined in jail confidential unless an exception applies.
RCW 70.48.071 addresses local standards for operating holding, detention, and correctional facilities.
RCW 70.48.090 supports interlocal jail-service contracts, a key issue for Ferry County's contract-hold population.
RCW 42.56.520 sets the Public Records Act response framework for requests that are not already posted online.
Ferry County State Prison Lookup
No Washington state prison was found inside Ferry County. A person sentenced from Ferry County to state custody may leave the local roster after transfer to a DOC reception or prison facility. The correct search path then becomes the Washington State Department of Corrections incarcerated search, not the county PDF roster. DOC search results use a DOC number or name and can show DOC number, name, age, and location.
The research screenshot from the WA DOC prison facilities map confirms that Washington prisons are listed outside Ferry County. The county jail can still show a DOC hold before transfer or while a community-custody matter is handled. The search system changes when custody changes.
Search Ferry County Inmate Population
The official roster channel is the Ferry County Inmate Roster page. Ferry County does not offer a modern interactive search box for inmate names. It posts Daily Booking Log and Daily Inmate Roster PDFs through the county Document Center. A person search means opening the newest PDF, using the PDF viewer's find tool, and reading the row.
The roster page also gives the next custody-notification step. Ferry County instructs users to choose Ferry County Corrections in VINELink and use the Booking # from the offender table as the Offender ID. That makes the Name # field on the PDF useful for more than a local roster check.
- Open the Ferry County Inmate Roster page.
- Select the newest Daily Inmate Roster or Daily Booking Log PDF.
- Search the PDF by last name or scan the visible rows.
- Note the Name #, Initial Booking time, Booked For agency, and Booking Type.
- Use the Booking # in VINELink after choosing Ferry County Corrections.
- If no row appears, call the jail, check WA DOC, or use BOP and ICE locators for non-county custody.
The official roster page shows the PDF-based workflow rather than a name-search database. The Ferry County roster page screenshot below shows the county document-center structure, VINELink instructions, MyCarePack link, and the statutory notice tied to the jail register.
The screenshot matters because Ferry County's roster search begins with a dated document list, not with a profile page for each inmate.
Ferry County Roster Search Fields
The public-facing roster has a file search, not an inmate-name search. The document-center search can narrow the displayed document names, but it does not search the names inside each roster PDF. Once the newest PDF opens, the browser or PDF reader search tool is the practical name-search function.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search for file name | Text | No | Searches document names in the county Document Center, not inmate names. |
| Category list | Document category | No | Daily Booking Log documents appear by record ID in descending order. |
| RESET | Button | No | Clears the document-center search or filter. |
| PDF links | Document links | No | Current and historical roster or booking log PDFs such as 6-29-2026.pdf. |
Ferry County Inmate Record Fields
The June 29, 2026 roster PDF was titled "Inmate List - Total: 27" and showed a compact public register. It did not show mugshots, bond, charges by statute, housing units, court dates, release dates, height, weight, age, race, sex, or date of birth. For a deeper record, use the jail, the public-records process, VINELink, or court records depending on the question.
| Roster Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name # | A numeric identifier used as the booking number and Offender ID for Ferry County Corrections in VINELink. |
| Name | The listed person name, usually last name first. |
| Initial Booking | The date and time entered for the current custody stay. |
| Booked For | The agency or custody source, such as Sheriff's Office, Stevens County S.O., WA DOC, or Other Agency. |
| Booking Type | A broad custody category, such as Inmate Booking, WARRANT, Commitment, Doc Hold, or Other County Hold. |
Ferry County Custody Channels
Ferry County residents often need more than one lookup because the same person can pass from jail custody to court, DOC, federal custody, or immigration custody. The county roster is the starting point for current Ferry County Jail custody. Washington Courts shows case records after charges are filed. DOC, BOP, and ICE have different roles.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Ferry County roster PDFs | Current housed inmates, local bookings, warrants, commitments, DOC holds, and contract holds. |
| State prison or DOC custody | WA DOC incarcerated search | People currently incarcerated under Washington DOC control. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal Bureau of Prisons inmates, not county jail roster rows. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Immigration detainees searched by A-number and country of birth or biographical data. |
Past Ferry County Inmate Records
The roster page is built for current housed inmates and current booking logs, although the document center has historical PDFs visible in the listing. For older jail records, a person can use the Ferry County Citizen Request Center or the county's GovQA public records portal. Requests should identify the person, date range, booking number if known, and whether the request belongs to Jail, Sheriff, Public Records, Clerk, District Court, or Prosecutor.
Washington's Public Records Act does not make every jail file public. RCW 70.48.100 makes the jail register open, but it treats the broader records of a person confined in jail as confidential unless a listed exception applies. That is why a public roster row may be available while classification records, medical records, full jail-management notes, and many booking-photo records are not posted.
Ferry County Detention Facility
Official source review found one local detention facility for Ferry County. Republic Police, DOC, other counties, Border Patrol, and ICE may appear in the roster data as custody sources, but the physical local jail endpoint is Ferry County Jail.
- Ferry County Jail - the county jail in Republic for pretrial detainees, local commitments, warrant bookings, DOC holds, and contract-agency holds.
Ferry County Jail Context
Ferry County is rural, mountainous, and geographically isolated in northern Washington. WSU connected local jail use to court access and system-navigation issues, including transportation, unstable housing, trouble receiving legal notices, work or childcare conflicts, and difficulty understanding legal documents. Those conditions matter because failure to appear was a major pretrial booking reason in the WSU study.
For families, the practical point is simple. Call before traveling, confirm visitation directly with the jail, and verify court status through Washington Courts or the filing court. The county jail, courthouse, Sheriff's Office, District Court, Clerk, and Prosecutor are all part of the same small Republic law-and-justice setting, but they do not hold the same records.
Ferry County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Ferry County inmate population? The current roster PDF inspected for June 29, 2026 listed 27 people. The WSU fact sheet gives a regular capacity of 92 people, but the roster count is only a single-day snapshot.
How do I search the Ferry County inmate population? Open the county roster page, choose the newest Daily Inmate Roster PDF, search the PDF by name, and use the Name # in VINELink if custody notification is needed.
Does the roster show charges or mugshots? The inspected roster PDF did not show charge statutes, bond, court dates, housing, release dates, or mugshots. Court charges are searched through Washington Courts after filing.
What if the person is not listed? Call Ferry County Jail, check WA DOC for state custody, use BOP for federal sentenced custody, and search ICE ODLS for immigration detention when that pathway fits.