Adams County Jail Roster Overview
The local custody record source is the Adams County Jail, operated by the Adams County Sheriff's Office. Adams County Government lists Sheriff Kenny Dick, also shown as Kenneth W. Dick in election records, at 110 W. Main Street, West Union, OH 45693, with the public phone number 937-544-2314 and office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The sheriff's public site is https://www.adamscountyso.com/, while the county government sheriff page is https://adamscountyoh.gov/sheriff/.
The official inmate information route used in the research is the court-linked sheriff frame at http://www.adamscountyso.com/AdamsCoSO_Inmatelist.html. That frame sends users to the Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster route for Adams County at https://omsweb.public-safety-cloud.com/jtclientweb/jailtracker/index/Adams_County_Oh. The roster is a public web roster, not a paid lookup, but it is vendor-hosted and may load slowly because the modern interface uses an application shell.
The county roster should be treated as a current local custody tool. It is not the same as the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search, the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, ICE ODLS, or Adams County court records. If a person was sentenced to Ohio prison after an Adams County felony case, the state ODRC search is the correct channel. If the person is in federal or immigration custody, county JailTracker is usually the wrong system.
The research did not locate an official Adams County statement giving a roster refresh interval or a guaranteed period for released inmates to remain listed. JailTracker exposes current and released search modes, but live rows were not statically readable during research. For a very recent arrest, a transfer, a release, a bond question, or a spelling issue, the reliable fallback is the Adams County Sheriff's Office or jail phone line at 937-544-2314.
The official inmate-list frame is shown in the screenshot captured from the Adams County sheriff inmate-list route.
The frame matters because it is the bridge between Adams County's older sheriff web structure and the Public Safety Cloud roster where current jail records are searched.
How to Use the Adams County Inmate Roster
To answer the common question "how do I find someone in the Adams County jail," start with the official inmate information route rather than a commercial people-search page. The roster is designed for name-based searching and may include current inmates and recent-release filters when the facility enables those options. The safest search pattern is to begin broadly, then narrow the result.
- Open the court-linked inmate page at AdamsCoSO_Inmatelist.html. If it fails to load, try the direct Public Safety Cloud route for Adams County.
- Wait for the JailTracker application to finish loading. A blank or loading screen can appear before the search controls render.
- Select the search type if the roster offers one. Use current-inmate search for someone believed to be in the Adams County Jail now; use released or recent-release options only when visible and relevant.
- Enter the last name first. Add a first name only if too many results appear or the surname is common.
- Try spelling variants, hyphenated names, maiden names, or middle initials if the expected person does not appear.
- Complete any captcha prompt if the system requires one.
- Open the matching record or detail row, then verify urgent bond, release, transport, or court-time information with the jail before acting on it.
JailTracker's own model and legacy interface indicate that facility-controlled content determines what appears. That means a missing field is not proof that no charge, bond, hold, or booking photo exists. It may mean the facility has not published that field, the record has not synchronized, the person has been released, or the search terms do not match the booking record.
Adams County Roster Search Fields
The Adams County JailTracker application exposes name-search controls, current and released search modes, agency filtering, date-range values, and captcha routes. The public interface can change with the vendor's configuration, so the table below describes fields documented in the research rather than promising that every field is visible in every session.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type of Search | Dropdown or select | Unspecified | Application strings exposed all, current, and released search modes. |
| First Name | Text | No | Use after a last-name search returns too many possible matches. |
| Last Name | Text | No | The most practical starting point for an Adams County jail lookup. |
| Released in Last | Numeric/text or select | No | Used for recent-release searches when that control is enabled. |
| Begin Date / End Date | Date fields | No | Older search parameters exposed date-range values. |
| Agency | Dropdown or API filter | No | Research found All Agencies and ADAMS CO OHIO agency values. |
| Captcha | Challenge | Conditional | The app includes captcha routes and may require verification. |
| Search | Button | Not applicable | Submits the current search values to the roster. |
What an Adams County Inmate Profile Shows
What does a roster record show? Adams County's JailTracker platform is configured around a broad custody-record model. The static application shell did not expose a live named inmate row during research, so the correct wording is that a profile may show these fields when the Adams County Jail publishes them. Charges, bond, court dates, and release details should be verified through the jail or the relevant court if the decision is time-sensitive.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Offender Image | Booking photo or mugshot field when the facility publishes an image. |
| Name | First, middle, and last name as entered in the JailTracker record. |
| Booking Number / Arrest Number / Jacket | Internal custody identifiers used to distinguish bookings and jail records. |
| Original Booking Date/Time | Intake or original booking timestamp when configured. |
| Final Release Date/Time | Release date and time for released records when available. |
| Arresting Agency | The agency responsible for the arrest or booking. |
| Facility | Facility field, which maps locally to Adams County Jail because no separate annex was confirmed. |
| Charges | Charge descriptions, arrest codes, offense dates, court type, case numbers, control numbers, or warrant numbers when published. |
| Bond Amount / Bond Type | Per-charge or record-level bond figures when the jail displays them. |
| Holds | Other-agency holds, hold dates, hold expiration, sentence, or reason for hold when public. |
A jail record is not a final court judgment. Jail charges can later be amended, dismissed, superseded by indictment, or routed to a different court. The Adams County court search landing page at https://www.adamscountycourts.com/searchSelect.php is the local court-record channel for formal case filings.
Finding County, State, and Federal Inmates
Custody systems are not interchangeable. Adams County Jail records cover local custody at the county jail. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search at https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch covers people currently incarcerated in Ohio prisons, under ODRC supervision, judicially released, or listed as violators at large. ODRC records can include number, institution, status, committing county, offense, sentence fields, jail-time credit, and release or parole information.
Federal custody has separate channels. The BOP Inmate Locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System at https://locator.ice.gov/odls/ searches immigration detention by A-number and country of birth or by exact biographical information. Adams County is within the U.S. Marshals Service Southern District of Ohio, whose district page is https://www.usmarshals.gov/local-districts/southern-district-of-ohio, but no simple USMS county prisoner locator was found.
Ohio VINELink at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/OH is a notification and custody-status channel. It is useful when notification is the goal, but it should not be treated as a replacement for the jail phone line when a same-day bond, release, or transport question needs confirmation.
| Custody | Where to Look |
|---|---|
| Pretrial or short local sentence | Adams County JailTracker roster and Adams County Jail phone line. |
| Sentenced Ohio prisoner | Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search. |
| Victim or custody notification | Ohio VINELink. |
| Federal sentenced prisoner | Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator. |
| Federal pretrial custody | U.S. Marshals Service Southern District of Ohio or the federal court process. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System or ICE ERO field-office fallback. |
Adams County Jail Facilities
The facility list for Adams County contains one confirmed local detention facility. No state prison, BOP institution, ICE detention center, regional jail, work-release center, or separate municipal jail was confirmed inside Adams County, Ohio through the official sources used for this build. Federal and state locators remain important, but they are access channels rather than Adams County facility pages.
Adams County Jail
110 W. Main Street
West Union, OH 45693
937-544-2314
Sheriff office hours listed by the county: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; custody operations should be confirmed by phone.
ODRC's 2025 annual inspection identified the jail as a full-service county jail, with 38 actual general housing capacity, 21 recommended housing capacity, and 56 inmates on the July 9, 2025 inspection date. Those are inspection-date figures, not an average daily population. They are still useful because they explain why the jail phone line and direct verification can be important when online data is delayed or incomplete.
Booking Process in Adams County
A person arrested in Adams County is generally taken to the Adams County Jail in West Union unless medical, security, warrant, or jurisdiction issues require another route. Booking creates the jail's custody record. Ohio jail standards require full-service jails to maintain reception and release procedures, and OAC 5120:1-10 addresses reception rules, inmate rules, mail, telephone access, visitation, medical care, programs, discipline, and grievance procedures.
Identification is a key part of intake. ORC 341.02 requires the sheriff to keep a jail register showing each prisoner's name, date and cause of commitment, and date and manner of discharge. Booking commonly includes search and property inventory, medical or mental-health screening, photo and fingerprints, classification, housing assignment, and entry into the jail-management system. Ohio law separately addresses booking photographs in ORC 2927.22 and criminal-identification fingerprints and photographs in ORC 109.57.
After booking, the person moves toward a first court event, bond decision, release, hold, or transfer. CaseLook court data can lag filings or judicial action by at least twenty-four hours or longer according to the Adams County court disclaimer, so a new arrest may show in the roster before a formal case appears in court search. The reverse can also happen if a case exists but the person is no longer in custody.
Booking Records and Ohio Public Records Requests
No Adams County sheriff-specific online public-record request form was located in the official research. The fallback is Ohio's Public Records Act, ORC 149.43, at https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-149.43. Requests for non-exempt booking records, jail-register entries, incident reports, or copies of records not visible on the roster should be directed to the Adams County Sheriff's Office at 110 W. Main Street, West Union, OH 45693, or by phone at 937-544-2314 during the county-listed business hours.
Ohio public offices must make non-exempt public records available for inspection or copying and must explain denials with legal authority. Public records law does not mean every jail-related detail is public. Juvenile material, sealed or expunged records, protected victim information, active investigatory records, medical information, security-sensitive details, and other exempt material may be withheld or redacted. When a request is for a booking record, identify the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest or booking date if known, and the specific record requested.
Visitation Hours and Rules
Accessible official sources did not publish an Adams County Jail visitation schedule, video-visit vendor, mail handbook, commissary vendor, money-deposit fee table, or visitor rule page. The content should not borrow rules from another Adams County or from an unofficial jail directory. The confirmed local channel is the Adams County Jail and Sheriff's Office at 110 W. Main Street in West Union, phone 937-544-2314.
| Topic | Confirmed Adams County Research | Best Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No official schedule found. | Call 937-544-2314 before arrival to confirm days, times, ID, visitor list, and dress code. |
| Video visits | No vendor or schedule found. | Do not assume a vendor. Ask the jail whether video visitation is available. |
| Visitor ID | No local rule page found. | Expect photo ID may be required, but confirm Adams County's rule before traveling. |
| Children or minors | No official age or guardian rule found. | Ask the jail before bringing a minor visitor. |
| Attorney visits | No public schedule found. | Arrange through the jail or court channel. |
| Lockdowns or emergencies | No public status page found. | Call the jail before any time-sensitive visit. |
How to Contact an Adams County Inmate
Mail, phone, and video-contact rules should be confirmed directly with the facility because the official research did not locate a published Adams County handbook. The physical address is confirmed as Adams County Jail, 110 W. Main Street, West Union, OH 45693. Use that address only after the jail confirms it is the correct mail channel for inmates, and include a booking number or jacket number only if the facility says it is needed.
Ohio jail standards require inmate rules to cover mail, telephone access, visitation, correspondence, medical care, hygiene, laundry, programs, conduct rules, discipline, and grievance procedures. Those standards support the expectation that Adams County has internal rules for these subjects, but the exact local instructions should come from the jail. Do not send prohibited items, books, photographs, money orders, or packages unless the facility confirms the current rule.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
No official Adams County commissary vendor, online deposit link, phone-deposit service, kiosk rule, deposit limit, fee table, or booking fee schedule was located in the accessible official sources. Do not assume JailATM, CorrectPay, Access Corrections, Securus, GTL, or any other vendor applies to Adams County Jail unless the sheriff or jail confirms it. The practical route is to call 937-544-2314 and ask whether deposits are accepted online, in person, by phone, through a kiosk, or by mail.
The same confirmation step applies before scheduling a visit, sending mail, arranging a phone account, or paying bond. Roster fields can show bond amounts or holds when the jail publishes them, but bond payment methods, release eligibility, accepted tender, and other-agency holds must be checked with the jail or court before money changes hands.
Note: Confirm custody status, accepted payment methods, and any holds with Adams County Jail before sending funds, paying bond, or traveling to West Union.
Adams County Sheriff's Office App
The Adams County Sheriff's Office mobile app appears in both major app stores. The Apple listing is https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adams-county-sheriffs-office/id1625905101, and the Google Play listing is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ocv.a755&hl=en_US. The app listings describe public-safety news, tips, crime reporting, and interactive sheriff's office features. They also warn that the app is not for emergency reporting.
The app-store text inspected for the research did not confirm an app-only inmate roster, warrant search, most-wanted list, or records-request portal. For inmate records, the primary public lookup remains the JailTracker roster route, with the sheriff or jail phone line as the fallback.