This is a private reference site, not a Franklin County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or pull an official booking record. Use the official office or locator that controls the record you need.
Where to Ask for Jail or Record Help
For Franklin County sheriff custody, start with the sheriff's inmate information line or the public-records office. The sheriff's main office is at 373 South High St., Columbus, OH 43215, with main phone (614) 525-3333. Jail Administration is listed at 2551 Fisher Rd., Columbus, OH 43204. The inmate-information phone for both the James A. Karnes Corrections Center and Franklin County Corrections Center II is (614) 525-3368.
For sheriff public-records requests, use fcsopublicrecords@franklincountyohio.gov, phone (614) 525-6096, or fax (614) 525-5730. The sheriff's public-records process says inspection is available during regular business hours except published holidays, with prompt inspection and copies within a reasonable time based on volume, storage location, and legal review. Published copy costs include 5 cents per paper page, $4 for accident reports, $1 per CD, and postage when needed.
- For a person currently in the county jail, use jail inmate records and the Franklin County Sheriff Booking Find search.
- For a booking photo or image request, review jail roster mugshots and use the sheriff public-records contacts if the photo is not shown online.
- For charges, case numbers, bond entries, and hearings after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and verify bond through the Clerk of Courts rather than the jail roster alone.
- For a facility address or facility-specific phone number, use the detention facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Offender Search at https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
- For federal sentenced custody or immigration detention, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ or ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/odls/.