Harrison County Jail Overview
Harrison County Jail is operated by the Harrison County Sheriff's Office. The current inmate report identifies Harrison County Jail at 978 East Market St., Cadiz, OH 43907, and names Sheriff Mark A. Touville, Jail Commander Tommy Smith, and Jail Administrator Mark Smith. The sheriff contact page still lists Harrison County Jail at 114 Court St., Cadiz, OH 43907. That address conflict is important for visitors, mail, and records routing.
The facility is a county jail and local detention point, not a state prison. It holds people with current charges, warrants, probation violations, short county sentences, and pending court action. People sentenced to Ohio prison move out of this facility and into the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction system.
The Harrison County Jail Division page describes the older jail as a five-day holding facility that was later changed to a twelve-day holding facility, creating a burden for the county. Newer facility context explains why older capacity references and current roster counts do not match neatly.
Harrison County Jail Population
The inspected public inmate report was dated June 22, 2026, and listed 21 people. Older jail capacity figures were much smaller. County history describes the old jail as having a maximum of eight inmates, and ODRC inspection-result text for 2023 listed general housing capacity as 10. Official post-opening rated capacity was not located in county or ODRC pages reviewed.
Local news reported larger bed counts for the newer jail, but official sources reviewed did not confirm a final rated capacity. For that reason, the public report total and older official capacity references are the safest sourced figures.
Look Up Harrison County Jail Inmates
Use the Harrison County Current Inmates page and its linked inmate report PDF for current county jail custody. There are no roster search boxes, facility dropdowns, or profile buttons in the inspected official source. Searchers should use the PDF find function and confirm details with the jail when the record is unclear.
- Open the county Current Inmates page.
- Select the inmate report PDF.
- Use PDF find for the last name, then confirm the first name and arrest date.
- Read the charge, court, case number, bond, and sentence or release notes.
- If the person is missing, check court records, ODRC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink based on the custody type.
The county's jail division page links readers toward current inmate information. The screenshot below comes from the Harrison County Jail Division page.
The jail division page is useful because it places the inmate report in the sheriff's official jail context.
Harrison County Jail Address
The current inmate report uses 978 East Market St. for Harrison County Jail and the sheriff complex. The sheriff contact page still carries 114 Court St. for the jail, so users should call before traveling, mailing, or trying to report to the facility. The same phone number appears as the main jail and sheriff contact line.
Harrison County Jail
978 East Market St.
Cadiz, OH 43907
(740) 942-2197
Jail fax: (740) 942-3295
Sheriff's Office
978 East Market St.
Cadiz, OH 43907
Sheriff@harrisoncountyohio.gov
Admin/dispatch fax: (740) 942-4159
Harrison County Jail Report Fields
The inmate report is a roster-style PDF. It is useful for current custody, but it does not publish every booking detail. The fields below are the ones most relevant to confirming a current Harrison County Jail inmate and understanding the court path.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Current person listed in jail custody. |
| Arrest Date | Date tied to the custody event. |
| Charge | Charge, ORC section, warrant text, probation issue, or sentence note. |
| Court | County, Common Pleas, or Juvenile/Magistrate route when shown. |
| Court Case Number | Bridge to CaseLook or clerk records when listed. |
| Bond | Bond type, amount, no-bond status, or set-by-judge language. |
| Total | Report total count on the report date. |
Visiting Harrison County Jail
Official Harrison County Jail visitation hours were not located in the jail pages reviewed. No official video visitation vendor, on-site visit schedule, dress-code list, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit schedule, or holiday schedule was found. The practical rule is to call the jail before traveling and ask which address and entrance are in use.
| Visitation Item | Official Finding |
|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not located in official pages reviewed. |
| Video visits | Not located. |
| Visitor ID | Not located; bring government photo ID unless told otherwise. |
| Parking and entrance | Not published; confirm because address references conflict. |
| Prohibited items | Not published; avoid bags, weapons, tobacco, and recording devices unless approved. |
Mail and Money at Harrison County Jail
The official mail-scanning notice says personal mail from family and friends, such as letters, pictures, and drawings, will be digitally delivered by tablet. Packages and legal mail should still be sent to the facility. Mail must include the full facility name and state, the inmate's unique identifier, and the sender's full name and physical address in the top-left corner.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Digital delivery by tablet under the mail-scanning notice. |
| Packages | Send to the facility after confirming the correct address. |
| Legal mail | Send to the facility after confirming current routing. |
| Phone or video vendor | Not located in official pages reviewed. |
| Money deposits | No official vendor, kiosk, online deposit page, or fee table located. |
Harrison County Jail Records Requests
The sheriff's FAQ is the main records-process source. It says written report requests take seven to ten business days. Requesters should provide the report date, report number, or deputy who took the report when available. Emailed report requests can be provided at no charge when available.
Copy fees listed in the FAQ include $0.10 per black-and-white single-sided page, $0.20 per color single-sided page, and $1 per CD or DVD, plus actual costs for reviewing, blurring, redacting, uploading, or producing video records. Video-related staff and overhead costs are capped at $75 per hour and $750 total, with an automatic $50 charge for up to one hour spent preparing video records. Mailed requests incur postage.
Booking at Harrison County Jail
Harrison County does not publish a detailed booking manual in the jail pages reviewed. The jail report and Ohio full-service jail standards supply the best local picture. Intake can include identity confirmation, property inventory, search, medical and mental-health screening, fingerprinting, photo for law-enforcement records, charge or hold entry, bond or no-bond status, court routing, and housing assignment.
The public report shows the result of that process through fields such as arrest date, offense date, court, case number, bond terms, judge-set language, first-appearance deadline, and sentence or release notes. It also shows that the jail population includes more than new arrests.
About Harrison County Jail
The jail's recent story is the change from a historically small Court Street facility to newer sheriff and jail operations at East Market Street. The old jail began as a five-day holding facility with a maximum of eight inmates and later became a twelve-day facility. That created a burden for the county because the jail could not handle the full modern custody load.
Official county pages reviewed did not publish a current program list, commissary vendor, medical request process, grievance process, GED schedule, substance-abuse program, or religious-service schedule. The new jail project has been reported as adding more modern space and infrastructure, but those reports should not be treated as a promise of current programs unless the jail confirms them.
Note: Confirm custody status, visit rules, mail routing, and the public entrance with Harrison County Jail before traveling or sending anything.