The Beaver County Inmate Population
The Beaver County inmate population is centered at the Beaver County Correctional Facility, operated by the Beaver County Sheriff's Office. County materials describe the jail as the place for people awaiting trial, serving county jail sentences of one year or less, waiting for transfer to the Utah Department of Corrections, or held as contract-service populations for other agencies. That mix makes Beaver County different from a small jail that holds only local arrests.
The Beaver County Corrections page screenshot in the project image set shows the county's own jail overview and contact block.
That local source is why the Beaver County inmate population is described as both a county jail population and a state-contract housing population.
Utah's Inmate Placement Program is the reason the Beaver County inmate population is so large compared with the county's resident base. UDC uses county jail contracts for state inmates after screening security level, medical and mental-health needs, programming needs, conviction history, gang concerns, and other placement factors. A person in the Beaver facility may be a new local arrestee, but may also be a state inmate placed there for programming, work, or housing.
Beaver County Inmate Population Statistics
The best sourced population figures come from three places: Beaver County's own facility pages, the Utah DOC FY24 Jail Programs booklet, and Vera's compiled county jail dataset. The sources do not measure the exact same thing, so the safest reading is that Beaver County operates a jail of about 390 to 400 beds, with a 2023 jail population near 349 in the Vera data and a large share held from state prison.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Public Safety Facility capacity | 400 beds | Beaver County employment page, inspected July 1, 2026 |
| Total jail beds | 390 | Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet, FY24 / April 2025 |
| Contracted beds | 365 | Utah DOC Jail Programs booklet, FY24 / April 2025 |
| Total jail population | 349 | Vera county CSV, 2023 |
| Sentenced custody | 336 | Vera county CSV, 2023 |
| Pretrial custody | 13 | Vera county CSV, 2023 |
| Held from state prison | 332 | Vera county CSV, 2023 |
Beaver County Inmate Population Trends
From 2018 through 2023, Vera's Beaver County rows show a jail population range from 335 to 369. The count was below rated capacity in 2023 by 41 beds using Vera's population and capacity fields. The trend is steady rather than volatile, but the composition is unusual: sentenced custody and held-from-state-prison fields dominate each year, while pretrial custody remains small.
| Year | Total Jail Population | Rated Capacity | Pretrial Custody | Sentenced Custody |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 349 | 390 | 13 | 336 |
| 2022 | 362 | 404 | 7 | 355 |
| 2021 | 335 | 404 | 10 | 325 |
| 2020 | 353.25 | 384.5 | 9.6875 | 343.5625 |
| 2019 | 361 | 380 | 12 | 349 |
| 2018 | 369 | 404 | 5 | 364 |
One caution matters for the Beaver County inmate population: the 2019 Vera row has a category inconsistency where held-from-state-prison exceeds total jail population. The table is still useful for trend context, but the state-placement fields should be read as dataset categories rather than a live county dashboard.
Who Is in Beaver County Jail
The 2023 Vera demographic fields show a facility population that is mostly male and mostly sentenced or state-placement custody. UDC's FY24 contract table lists Beaver as male housing for Corrections, while Vera still shows a small female count. That difference is best explained by source scope: UDC is describing its contract housing role, while Vera is compiling jail population fields.
| Category | 2023 Figure |
|---|---|
| Total jail population | 349 |
| Male | 342 |
| Female | 7 |
| White | 208 |
| Latinx | 90 |
| Native | 21 |
| AAPI | 18 |
| Black | 10 |
Beaver County Jail Capacity
Using Vera's 2023 figure of 349 people against a rated capacity of 390, the jail was about 41 beds below rated capacity. Using the Utah DOC FY24 booklet, 365 of 390 total beds were contracted beds, and 355 were available for Corrections housing. Those figures show that Beaver County's facility was designed around state-contract custody as much as local jail demand.
No recent official Beaver County overcrowding order, Department of Justice investigation, consent decree, or active capacity litigation was found in the reviewed sources. The more important population issue is not documented overcrowding. It is the way state placements can make Beaver County's per-resident incarceration rate look very high when the jail holds many people sentenced from outside local Beaver County cases.
Laws for Beaver County Jail Data
Utah public-record and jail statutes control how Beaver County inmate population records are requested, classified, and released. The county records page directs requesters to written or online GRAMA requests, and the online form includes a "Jail Records" checkbox. Jail population reporting and capacity rules sit in a different part of Utah law from court case records, which are governed by Utah judicial-branch access rules.
Key Statutes:
Utah Code § 63G-2-201 gives a person the right to inspect and obtain copies of public records, subject to legal limits.
Utah Code § 63G-2-204 requires records requests to go to the governmental entity that keeps the record and to reasonably identify the record.
Utah Code § 17-72-402 covers jail facility classification, maximum operating capacity, and transfer or release status records.
Utah Code § 17-72-408 includes jail reporting rules and limited public reports after a death in custody.
Beaver County State Inmates
The Utah Department of Corrections offender search covers people incarcerated by UDC or supervised on probation or parole. UDC says people awaiting trial or not yet sentenced in a county jail are not listed. That distinction matters in Beaver County because the same building can hold a new local detainee and a sentenced state inmate, but the search channel is not the same for both.
State inmates in Beaver County are part of the Inmate Placement Program. UDC says county contracts help Utah manage prison capacity, keep some inmates closer to local ties, fund county jail systems, and provide work and programming. Beaver County's FY24 UDC details include Beaver Residential Treatment, high school completion through Beaver School District Adult Education, Moral Reconation Therapy outcomes, and inmate jobs.
Search the Beaver County Inmate Population
The official Beaver County web channel is the Recent Bookings page. It is not a full name-search roster. It displays recent booking entries for the past 30 days through an embedded feed and states that mugshot images have been removed in compliance with HB 228. For current custody status, Beaver County research points readers to VINELink and the jail or dispatch phone line.
The Recent Bookings screenshot captures the county's 30-day feed notice and its mugshot-removal statement.
The image is useful because it shows why a Beaver County inmate search needs VINELink, phone confirmation, and records-request fallbacks.
- Open Beaver County Recent Bookings and check whether the arrest appears in the 30-day feed.
- Capture the name, number, arrest date, agency, court, charge, and any visible "IN CUSTODY" marker.
- Use Utah VINELink when custody status or release notification is the real need.
- Call dispatch at (435) 438-2862 or the jail at (435) 438-6497 before posting bond, scheduling a visit, or traveling.
- Use a sheriff GRAMA request for jail records not published online.
- Use the UDC, BOP, or ICE locators when custody has moved outside the county jail system.
Beaver County Current Inmate Lookup
Beaver County's booking feed gives current-looking clues, but it should not be treated as a guaranteed live roster. A visible "IN CUSTODY" marker can change quickly after release, transfer, bail, or court order. VINELink is the better status-notification tool, while the jail phone line is the better route before any action that depends on live custody, bond, or court jurisdiction.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search form | n/a | n/a | No local search box was found in the static official page text. |
| Recent booking entry | Feed/list item | n/a | Entries display bookings for the past 30 days. |
| Name | Displayed text | n/a | Name appears in the entry, but should be verified for spelling. |
| Number | Displayed text | n/a | Booking or inmate number can help jail records identify the person. |
| Arrest Date | Date/time | n/a | Useful for GRAMA and Xchange searches. |
| Agency | Displayed text | n/a | Observed agencies include the sheriff's office and Utah Highway Patrol. |
| Court | Displayed text | n/a | Routes the user toward District Court, Beaver Justice Court, or Milford Justice Court. |
Past Beaver County Inmate Records
Past or released Beaver County inmate records usually require a records request rather than a public roster search. The county booking page is limited to recent bookings for the past 30 days. If the person is no longer in that feed, use the sheriff's Records page or the online GRAMA form and ask for a specific jail record, booking sheet, release record, or incident report.
The request should identify the person, approximate arrest date, agency if known, court if shown, booking number if known, and the exact record sought. The GRAMA form asks requesters to describe subjects involved, location, incident date, and the nature of the requested incident. Beaver County says a fee is charged to cover expenses, so a records request should not be described as automatically free.
Beaver County Inmate Record Fields
The Beaver County public booking entry is thinner than a full jail file. It can be enough to route a court search, call the jail, or draft a GRAMA request, but it does not show every custody detail. Housing unit, physical description, full release detail, and bond fields were not confirmed in the public feed capture.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The person listed in the recent-booking feed. |
| Mugshot / photo | Removed from the county page under HB 228. |
| Number | Booking or inmate number field. |
| Arrest Date | Date and time associated with the booking. |
| Agency | The arresting or booking agency. |
| Custody status | Labels such as "IN CUSTODY" may appear. |
| Charges | Preliminary charge titles that may change after prosecutor review. |
| Court | The court tied to the charge or booking route. |
Beaver County Jail vs UDC
County jail custody and state prison custody overlap physically in Beaver County because of contract housing, but the records systems remain separate. The county recent-bookings feed is useful for recent local arrest events. The UDC offender search is used once a person is under UDC supervision, including some state inmates housed in county facilities. Federal and immigration custody use still different systems.
| County Jail | State Prison / UDC | Federal / ICE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who Is Covered | Recent local bookings, pretrial detainees, short county sentences | Sentenced prisoners, probation, parole, UDC placements | Federal sentenced inmates or immigration detainees |
| Where to Look | Beaver Recent Bookings, VINELink, jail phone, GRAMA | UDC offender search and VINE | BOP locator, ICE ODLS, USMS/federal court |
| What It Shows | Recent arrest facts and preliminary charge fields | Offender number, location, release date/type, housing facility | Federal register/location fields or ICE custody match |
State and Federal Inmate Search
For a Beaver County case that has moved into state prison custody, search the UDC offender locator by name or offender number. For federal sentenced custody, use the Federal BOP inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS and, when needed, the ICE Salt Lake City Field Office.
Utah VINE can also be used for custody notification in Utah prisons and jails. UDC says VINE is available by phone at 1-877-884-8463, can search by inmate name or offender number, and sends notices for release, transfer, escape, return from escape, death, and some parole or placement events. UDC cautions users not to rely only on VINE for personal safety.
Beaver County Detention Facilities
Official research located one Beaver County detention facility for this site. Milford contracts with the Beaver County Sheriff's Office for law enforcement, so Milford arrests route into the county jail system rather than a separate Milford jail page. No local state prison, federal BOP institution, or ICE detention facility was found inside Beaver County.
- Beaver County Correctional Facility - the sheriff-run county jail and Public Safety Facility for recent local bookings, county sentences, people awaiting UDC transfer, and a major state-contract inmate population.
Beaver County Custody Terms
Several terms appear across jail, court, and corrections records. Reading them in context helps prevent a common error: treating a booking charge, court charge, conviction, jail hold, and UDC sentence as the same record.
- Booking
- The jail intake event that creates the local jail record after arrest.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before conviction or sentencing.
- State inmate
- A person under UDC authority, sometimes housed in Beaver County through a contract.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency, such as UDC, another county, federal authorities, or immigration.
- GRAMA
- Utah's Government Records Access and Management Act, used for sheriff and jail records requests.
Beaver County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Beaver County inmate population?
Vera's 2023 county jail data lists 349 people in Beaver County's jail population against a rated capacity of 390. The county employment page describes a 400-bed Public Safety Facility, and the Utah DOC FY24 booklet lists 390 total beds. These figures differ by source and purpose, so describe the facility as about 390 to 400 beds.
Why is Beaver County's jail population so high?
Beaver County houses a large number of state inmates under Utah's Inmate Placement Program. Vera's 2023 row lists 332 held from state prison and only 13 pretrial custody. That means the population is a facility population, not just local Beaver County residents arrested by local deputies.
Where should a recent arrest be searched?
Start with Beaver County Recent Bookings for the past 30 days, then use VINELink or the jail phone line for live custody status. If the person has been sentenced or moved under UDC authority, the UDC offender search is the better source.
Does Beaver County show mugshots?
No. The county Recent Bookings page states that mugshot images have been removed in compliance with HB 228. The booking feed may still show name, number, arrest date, agency, charge, court, and custody status fields.