Search the Nevada Inmate Population

The Nevada Inmate Population

Nevada's inmate population is not held by one office or searched through one database. County sheriffs and city corrections departments handle most recent bookings, first appearances, pretrial detention, misdemeanor custody, and short local sentences. The Nevada Department of Corrections, officially abbreviated NDOC, handles sentenced state-prison custody after a court commits a person to prison. Federal prisoners, federal pretrial detainees, and immigration detainees may pass through facilities in Nevada but are searched through BOP, U.S. Marshals, ICE, or contractor channels depending on custody status.

NDOC reported 10,587 in-house offenders on December 31, 2025, in its monthly in-house custody distribution. The same series listed 10,537 on December 31, 2024, so the latest year-end in-house count was up by 50 people. That number is the cleanest statewide prison count because it is tied to NDOC's in-house custody series. It does not mean every person in a Nevada jail, city detention center, federal hold, or ICE-listed bed is included in NDOC data.

The Nevada Department of Corrections home page identifies NDOC as the statewide prison agency and links users into the prison system.

That statewide agency layer is why a county jail search and an NDOC inmate search answer different parts of the same custody question.

Nevada Inmate Population Statistics

The statewide figures in the research are strongest for NDOC because the agency publishes monthly, quarterly, in-house, annual, older-offender, veteran, mortality, and forecast statistics. The December 2025 monthly in-house custody distribution reported 10,587 offenders in-house on December 31, 2025. NDOC's Quarter II FY 2026 statistical summary reported 10,922 offenders in broader quarterly offender tables and 10,593 in a race/location in-house table. Those figures are close, but they are not identical because the reports count different slices of the prison system.

The NDOC statistics hub is the agency's public index for statistical reports, monthly distributions, quarterly summaries, and related population material.

For statewide prison population figures, that statistics hub is more reliable than a roster search result because it is built for aggregate reporting.

Nevada Inmate Population Trends

The latest NDOC in-house series shows gradual growth after 2023 rather than a sharp one-year change. The research records 10,181 in-house offenders on December 31, 2023, 10,469 on June 30, 2024, 10,537 on December 31, 2024, 10,570 on June 30, 2025, and 10,587 on December 31, 2025. The one-year rise from the end of 2024 to the end of 2025 was 50 people, about one-half of one percent. Medium custody was the largest class on December 31, 2025.

The monthly in-house custody distribution index points to the source series used for the trend table.

Those monthly reports are useful when a reader needs prison-population movement rather than one person's custody status.

Who Makes Up Nevada Custody

NDOC's December 31, 2025 in-house population was classified as 291 community trustee, 1,135 minimum custody, 6,947 medium custody, 1,791 close custody, and 423 maximum custody. Medium custody made up the largest share of the prison count. Those classes are not the same thing as facility names. A single NDOC institution may include intake, medical, mental-health, close-custody, protective, or work-program functions, and a person can move as classification, health, sentence status, or program needs change.

• County jail custody covers recent arrests, pretrial detention, local holds, misdemeanors, and short local sentences.
• NDOC custody covers sentenced Nevada state-prison offenders, conservation camp placements, intake, medical units, and reentry housing.
• Federal custody may involve U.S. Marshals pretrial detention, federal contract beds, or BOP custody after sentence.
• Immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS, even when the person is physically held at a local Nevada facility.

The statewide directory includes county jails, city detention centers, NDOC institutions, conservation camps, transitional housing, ICE-listed local facilities, and Nevada Southern Detention Center. That mix is the reason the Nevada inmate population should be searched by custody authority first and geography second.

Laws Governing Nevada Inmate Records

Nevada public access starts with NRS Chapter 239. NRS 239.010 generally opens public books and records of governmental entities for inspection and copying unless another law makes a record confidential. The same chapter requires agencies to separate or redact confidential parts when nonconfidential parts can still be released. NRS 239.0107 requires a response within five business days by allowing access, providing a copy, identifying the proper custodian, giving a written delay notice, or denying access with a legal citation.

Public-record law does not make every record public. Juvenile files, sealed cases, medical and mental-health material, victim and witness information, security-sensitive facility records, presentence investigation reports, and certain criminal-history repository records may be limited. A practical request goes to the agency that made or controls the record: NDOC for prison records, the sheriff or city corrections department for jail records, a court clerk for case records, and a federal agency for federal or immigration custody.

How to Search Nevada Inmates

A good Nevada inmate search starts with one question: what kind of custody is most likely? A person arrested hours ago in Las Vegas, Reno, Yerington, Ely, Fallon, or another Nevada community usually starts on a county or city jail roster. A person serving a Nevada felony prison sentence belongs in NDOC data. A person sentenced in federal court belongs with BOP after designation. A person in immigration detention is searched through ICE ODLS. Custody notification is a separate need and is served by Nevada S.A.V.E. or VINELink where the agency participates.

1. Search the NDOC offender search when the person is serving a Nevada state-prison sentence.
2. Use the Nevada County Directory when the person was recently arrested or may still be in local jail custody.
3. Check BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal custody.
4. Use ICE ODLS when immigration detention is possible.
5. Register through Nevada S.A.V.E. or Nevada VINELink for custody notifications where available.

The NDOC offender search form accepts an offender ID or first and last name, including the percent wildcard for uncertain spellings.

The locator is useful for sentenced state-prison custody, but no result should be read as proof that the person is not held somewhere else.

Nevada Jail vs. Prison Lookup

County jail and state prison are often confused because both involve custody. In Nevada, they are separate systems. County and city jails handle the front end of the arrest process and local detention. NDOC handles the state-prison system after sentence and commitment. Court records sit in a third layer because charges, hearings, dispositions, sentencing, sealing, and appeals are court records, not jail roster records.

The NDOC inmate population page focuses on state prison, while county pages handle local roster details.

State, Federal, and Notifications

BOP, ICE, S.A.V.E., and VINELink each answer a narrower question. The BOP inmate locator searches federal prisoners incarcerated from 1982 to the present by number or name. The number search options include BOP Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, and INS Number. A Nevada federal defendant may be housed outside Nevada after sentence, and a person arrested by federal authorities may be in U.S. Marshals pretrial custody before BOP designation.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is a national search tool for federal custody, not a Nevada county jail roster.

That federal split matters in Nevada because Nevada Southern Detention Center and some local facilities can be tied to federal or ICE custody without becoming NDOC facilities.

Nevada S.A.V.E. and VINELink are notification channels. They help with release alerts, custody status notifications, and victim notification where agencies participate. They are not certified court dockets, not sentence calculators, and not replacements for jail, prison, federal, or immigration locator searches.

The statewide Nevada S.A.V.E. portal is a key notification fallback because some local research points users there during roster transitions.

S.A.V.E. is best used with direct custody checks, since notification tools depend on the data that participating agencies send.

Nevada Court Records Layer

Arrest and custody records do not replace court records. Nevada's trial courts are independent courts using different case-management systems, and the state-supported CourtView system is used by 33 Nevada courts. The Nevada Court System Online Payment and Case Inquiry System serves participating courts, while Clark, Washoe, Douglas, Esmeralda, Storey, and other localities may have separate portals or clerk procedures. ACIS is for Nevada Supreme Court and Court of Appeals cases, not every local trial-court criminal case.

The Nevada Judiciary's trial-court technology overview explains why trial-court records are distributed across systems.

For a current arrest, the jail roster may show custody and booking, but the court or clerk shows filed charges, hearings, dispositions, sentencing, and sealing status.

Nevada Detention Facilities

The facility map includes county jails, municipal detention centers, active NDOC prisons, conservation camps, transitional housing, ICE-listed local facilities, and Nevada Southern Detention Center. Clark County has the densest set: Clark County Detention Center, City of Las Vegas Detention Center, Henderson Detention Center, North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center, High Desert State Prison, Southern Desert Correctional Center, Florence McClure Women's Correctional Center, and Casa Grande Transitional Housing. Rural counties may have one jail, app-based access, Citizen RIMS, CrimeGraphics, Tyler Corrections Records Search, Power BI, or phone-based fallback.

The official NDOC facilities page lists state prisons, camps, and related agency facility links.

State prisons appear beside local jails in the statewide directory, but the search path changes by facility type.

Browse the full Nevada Facility Directory →

Nevada Inmate Records Requests

NDOC publishes two records paths. Offender information requests go to omdrecords@doc.nv.gov or to the Offender Management Division, Nevada Department of Corrections, P.O. Box 7011, Carson City, Nevada 89702. Public records requests use publicrecords@doc.nv.gov and the Public Information Office. NDOC's public-record fees page ties its process to NRS Chapter 239 and says the Department will comply with inspection requests within five business days of receiving a written request, consistent with Nevada law.

The NDOC records and information page gives the offender-record request route for prison records.

For jail records, the request should go to the sheriff, city corrections department, or police/public-safety agency that operates the jail.

Nevada Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Nevada inmate population?

For state prison, NDOC reported 10,587 in-house offenders on December 31, 2025. That count is the state-prison slice, not every jail, city detention, federal, or immigration detention bed in Nevada.

Where should a recent arrest be searched?

A recent arrest usually starts with the county or city jail roster for the place that booked the person. Use the county directory when the holding locality is known or likely.

Does NDOC cover county jail inmates?

No. NDOC covers sentenced state-prison custody and related prison records. County jail custody, municipal detention, federal custody, ICE custody, and court records use separate systems.