The Uintah County Inmate Population
The main adult detention site for the Uintah County inmate population is Uintah County Jail, operated by the Uintah County Sheriff's Office in Vernal. The jail page gives the jail phone, places the facility at the Public Safety Complex, and links to Securus Technologies and Inmate Canteen. It does not publish a current inmate count or a searchable roster. That missing roster matters because a person trying to find a same-day arrest cannot rely on a county web list.
The jail also holds more than local pretrial detainees. The Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet lists Uintah County as a contract jail site. State-sentenced male inmates can be placed in the building under Utah Department of Corrections contracts, while local arrestees and county-sentenced inmates remain under the sheriff's jail function. The same building can therefore point to two different lookup paths: the jail phone and records office for local custody, or the UDC Offender Search for a person under state supervision.
Uintah County Inmate Population Statistics
Official current jail population was not published in the county sources reviewed, so the strongest local figures come from two different kinds of sources. The Utah DOC booklet gives current contract capacity, state housing, programs, and funding for FY24. The Vera Institute county trend file, released in March 2026, gives historical average daily population, admissions, pretrial and sentenced counts, and hold categories. Those Vera figures are useful trend data, not a live count from the jail desk.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Total jail beds | 384 | Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet, FY24 |
| Contracted state beds | 248 | Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet, FY24 |
| Available for housing to Corrections | 135 | Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet, FY24 |
| Historical average daily population | 218 | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2019 |
| Historical annual admissions | 992.5 | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2019 |
| Held for state prison | 104 | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2019 |
| Federal authority holds | 9 | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2019 |
Uintah County Inmate Population Trends
Uintah County's historic jail population grew sharply from the small counts reported in older Vera data. The trend reflects local jail use plus the county's state-contract role. It should not be read as proof that the same number of people are in custody today. The FY24 DOC data gives capacity and contract-bed figures, but it does not give a daily head count for local pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, and state contract inmates combined.
| Year | Jail population / ADP | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 86 | Vera county trend data; rated capacity listed as 104. |
| 2010 | 96 | Vera data; 55.03 pretrial and 40.97 sentenced. |
| 2013 | 157 | Vera and Prisoners of the Census both identify a local jail population entry. |
| 2018 | 236 | Vera data; state-prison hold listed as 103. |
| 2019 | 218 | Vera data; 43 pretrial and 175 sentenced. |
| FY24 | Not reported as ADP | UDC booklet lists 384 total beds and 248 contracted beds. |
Who Makes Up Uintah County Jail Custody
The most detailed demographic snapshot in the research is historical. Vera's 2019 data lists 218 people in the jail population, with 198 male and 23 female entries, plus race and ethnicity fields. It also reports 43 pretrial and 175 sentenced people in custody. The same data lists 104 held for state prison, 8 held for ICE, 1 held for the U.S. Marshals, and 0 held for BOP. Those figures help explain how varied the Uintah County inmate population can be, but they should stay tied to 2019.
- Pretrial custody: Vera lists 43 pretrial jail entries for Uintah County in 2019.
- Sentenced custody: Vera lists 175 sentenced jail entries in the same 2019 dataset.
- State contract role: UDC lists 248 contracted state beds in FY24.
- Federal and ICE holds: Vera lists 9 federal-authority holds in 2019, including 8 ICE and 1 USMS.
Uintah County Jail Capacity
Capacity is one of the clearest researched facts for Uintah County. UDC lists 384 total jail beds, 248 contracted state beds, and 135 beds available for housing to Corrections in the FY24 Jail Programs booklet. Utah Code also matters here because Utah Code Section 17-72-402 deals with jail capacity, overcrowding, transfers, and release options when capacity is reached. The research did not locate a county page declaring the jail over capacity, so the page should not claim an overcrowding condition.
Capacity and population are different. A contracted-bed number does not mean that exact number of state prisoners is housed there on a given day. A historical average daily population does not prove a current count. The most accurate reading is that Uintah County Jail has enough state-contract function to affect lookup, programs, funding, and the way families interpret custody records.
Laws Governing Uintah County Inmate Records
Utah's public-records law gives people a route to ask for jail records, but it does not turn every jail field into a public web record. Current custody, booking sheets, jail logs, arrest reports, booking photos, and court documents can each have different rules. The local fallback is the Uintah County GRAMA process, and the state laws below explain why some records are open while others may be redacted, withheld, sealed, or protected.
Key Statutes:
Utah Code Section 63G-2-201 gives a right to inspect and copy public records, subject to fees, procedures, and exemptions.
Utah Code Section 63G-2-204 sets written GRAMA request rules and the usual 10-business-day response deadline.
Utah Code Section 17-72-301 assigns sheriffs jail and prisoner record duties.
Utah Code Section 17-72-408 requires annual jail population and death reporting.
Search Uintah County Inmate Custody
No official public Uintah County, Utah jail roster was found in the county or sheriff sources reviewed. The official jail page publishes the facility phone and vendor links, but not a searchable current-inmate list, booking report, mugshot gallery, or released-inmate list. Search results for similarly named Uinta County should be avoided because Uinta County is in Wyoming and is not this Utah county.
- Start with the official Uintah County Jail page to confirm the jail phone and facility identity.
- Call the jail at 435-781-1300 for current custody questions because no county public roster was located.
- Use a GRAMA request for a past booking sheet, jail log, incident report, or releasable booking photo.
- Use UDC Offender Search for a sentenced Utah prisoner or person on UDC supervision.
- Use VINELink for custody-status notification, and BOP, ICE, or USMS channels when the custody level is federal or immigration-related.
Inmate Canteen is still relevant, but not as a proven public roster. The county jail page links to Inmate Canteen for deposits and care packs. Research found a Uintah County Sheriff's Office site record and vendor categories such as canteen, snack pack, phone card, inmate email, inmate SMS, video, medical, housing fees, booking fee, GRAMA requests, and restitution. The inspected inmate endpoint returned 401 Unauthorized, so it should not be described as an open roster.
Current Uintah County Inmate Lookup
A current inmate lookup in Uintah County depends on what kind of custody exists. A person arrested today may be in the jail before any court case appears in Utah Courts Xchange. A person sentenced to state prison may be held in the same building under a UDC contract but may belong in UDC Offender Search. A person on a federal sentence belongs in the BOP locator, while an immigration detainee may require ICE ODLS or direct jail confirmation if held locally.
| Custody question | Best first channel | Why |
|---|---|---|
| New Uintah County arrest | Uintah County Jail phone | No public official county roster was located. |
| State-sentenced offender | UDC Offender Search | UDC covers people incarcerated by or supervised by Utah corrections. |
| Release notification | Utah VINELink | VINELink supports custody notifications but is not a complete roster substitute. |
| Federal sentence | BOP Inmate Locator | BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE searches by A-number or biographical data. |
What Uintah County Inmate Records Show
Because no public county roster profile was captured, county booking fields should be described with care. A booking record may include a name, booking date, arresting agency, booking allegation, bond or hold status, release date, or jail log entry, but GRAMA classification controls what is released. A court record may show filed charges, hearings, warrants, dispositions, and sentence terms. A UDC record may show offender number, date of birth, location, housing facility, release date and type, and case manager fields where available.
- Booking
- Jail intake record created after arrest or commitment.
- Detainer
- A request or notice from another agency that may keep a person in custody.
- PR bond
- Release on a promise to appear and follow conditions, without posting cash first.
- Classification
- Jail process used to assign housing, custody level, and restrictions.
- UDC
- Utah Department of Corrections, the state agency for prison custody and supervision.
Uintah County Jail Source Pages
The official jail source is short, but it is the correct starting point for the local custody path. The Uintah County Jail page identifies the jail, phone, Public Safety Complex address, and vendor links.
The lack of a visible roster on that official page is part of the researched result. It supports the phone and GRAMA fallback rather than a generic roster workflow.
Uintah County Detention Facilities
The adult facility map resolves to one local detention facility. No separate county annex, city jail, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or state adult prison physically located in Uintah County was found in official sources. Vernal and Naples have police departments, but no official municipal inmate roster or city jail page was located.
- Uintah County Jail - local pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, and state-sentenced male inmates placed under UDC contract housing.
State and Federal Inmate Search
The UDC locator is not a county jail roster. UDC states that its search is for people currently incarcerated by or on probation or parole with UDC. People awaiting trial or not yet sentenced in county jail facilities will not be listed there. That distinction is vital in Uintah County because the county jail can hold state contract prisoners while also serving as the local jail.
Federal and immigration channels are separate again. BOP covers federal sentenced prisoners. USMS may house pretrial federal prisoners in federal, state, local, or private jails, but its public site is not a complete district roster. ICE ODLS is a detainee locator, not a criminal court search or mugshot tool. Historical Vera data listed federal-authority holds in 2019, but the research did not locate a current official federal or ICE hold count for Uintah County Jail.
Uintah County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Uintah County inmate population?
The current jail population was not published in the official county sources reviewed. The best local capacity figure is 384 total jail beds from the FY24 Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet. Vera's historical county data lists a 2019 jail population or ADP of 218, but that is not a live count.
Is there a public Uintah County jail roster?
No official public Uintah County, Utah jail roster was located in the research. The county jail page gives the jail phone, address, Securus link, and Inmate Canteen link. For current custody, call the jail before relying on any third-party result.
Where do sentenced state prisoners appear?
Sentenced Utah prisoners and people on UDC supervision belong in UDC Offender Search. A state inmate can be physically housed at Uintah County Jail under contract, but the state locator may be the right search path once UDC has custody.
Can a past booking be requested?
Past booking records, jail logs, incident reports, and legally releasable booking photos should be requested through Uintah County's GRAMA process. The sheriff forms page says the office has 10 business days to reply and that costs depend on preparation time.