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Richland County Jail Overview

Richland County Jail is operated by the Richland County Sheriff's Office as the county's full-service local jail. The facility receives adults arrested in Richland County and Mansfield, including many people waiting for arraignment, trial, bond decisions, transfer, or a short local sentence. The county states that Mansfield houses its inmates through the Richland County Jail, so a Mansfield city arrest usually points to this jail and the county roster instead of a separate city jail roster.

The current jail opened in 2008 and was built under Ohio Minimum Jail Standards. The county jail page states a 266-bed facility capacity. The 2025 ODRC full-service jail inspection uses a more technical standards number, listing 234 actual and recommended general housing capacity. Both figures matter because one is the county's public bed statement and the other is the state standards measure used during inspection.

The county's official jail overview is the best source for policies on deposits, mail, medication, and the main phone line. The Who's in Jail page is the roster access point. It embeds the public roster PDF, which shows current roster rows rather than an interactive name-search form.

The official jail page is shown in the screenshot captured from the Richland County Jail page.

Use that county page for jail-specific rules, then use the roster PDF or the jail phone line for current custody information.

Richland County Jail Capacity

The Richland County Jail population must be read with labels. The county jail page states 266 beds. The ODRC 2025 inspection, conducted November 13, 2025 and signed November 17, 2025, lists 234 actual general housing capacity and 234 recommended housing capacity based on living space and other standards. On the inspection date, ODRC counted 213 people incarcerated at the jail.

The same inspection found the jail compliant with 181 inspected standards, including 54 Essential and 127 Important standards, with no noncompliant standards listed. Those standards covered reception and release, classification, security, housing, sanitation, communication, visitation, medical and mental-health services, food, recreation, discipline, grievance, staffing, and training.

Look Up Richland County Jail Inmates

Current Richland County Jail inmates are found through the county Who's in Jail roster page. The access point is unusual because the county page embeds a Google Drive roster PDF rather than offering a live web form with last-name and first-name boxes. The roster PDF inspected in the research showed booking date, inmate name, DOB, location, SO number, charge offense description, court, charge disposition, bond amount, and a mugshot.

1. Open the official Who's in Jail page and wait for the embedded roster PDF to load.
2. If the preview is slow, open the Roster.pdf preview directly from the official embedded file.
3. Use the browser or PDF find command to search a last name because the county page does not provide a roster form.
4. Confirm identity with DOB, booking date, SO number, listed court, charge description, and location.
5. If the person is not listed, call the jail auto attendant at 419-774-5678 for active inmate and release information.
6. If the person was sentenced to an Ohio prison, use ODRC Offender Search instead of the county roster.

For a deeper field-by-field roster walkthrough, the Richland County jail inmate records page explains how the PDF row fields relate to custody, court, bond, and release status.

Richland County Jail Contact

Use the jail number for current custody, release, visitation, and jail operations questions. Use the sheriff records route for older arrest information, reports, copies, or public-records requests that are not answered by the current roster PDF. Sheriff headquarters and records are separate from the jail building.

The sheriff records page says arrestee information is entered into a computer and is permanent except court expungement orders. It also says public copies of reports or arrest information are provided upon request. For public-records questions, the research identifies Major James Sweat at 419-774-3552 and Records Supervisor Alisa Finley at 419-774-3558.

Richland County Jail Visitation

Richland County Jail visitation uses secure video visiting areas. The official page says visits are monitored and recorded for safety and security. Visitors enter through the Visitation Lobby at the southwest corner of the building, and adult visitors must have valid photo ID. The jail bans contraband, weapons, purses, bags, coats, tools, food, drink, cellphones, electronic devices, and similar items in the lobby area.

Visits are scheduled through ICSolutions for the Richland County Sheriff's Office or at the visitor registration station in the lobby vestibule. Visits last 20 minutes, can be scheduled up to two weeks ahead, and must be scheduled at least 24 hours before the visit. The county documents one free 20-minute off-site visit per week, with additional off-site-only visits available at $5.00 per 20-minute visit.

The county visitation rules are shown in the screenshot from the official jail visitation page.

Check the official page before scheduling because visitor privilege limits, clothing rules, and cancellation rules affect whether a planned video visit can go forward.

Richland County Jail Mail

The current jail page says physical mail addressed to incarcerated people at Richland County Jail is scanned and delivered digitally on inmate terminals and tablets. The sender must include the full facility name and state, the inmate's name, and the unique Jail ID number. The sender's full name and physical address must appear clearly on the top-left corner of the envelope. Privileged legal mail from legal or governmental institutions is treated as an exception.

The jail states that personal checks and money orders are not accepted for inmate account deposits. Credit cards are accepted at the visitation lobby kiosk. No official commissary item list, purchase limit, or order schedule was located in the research, so those details should be confirmed with the jail before sending funds for a specific purpose.

Richland County Jail Intake

Richland County did not publish a full current booking desk procedure in the accessible official sources reviewed, but the local facts are clear enough to describe the custody path. A person arrested by the sheriff, Mansfield police, or another local agency may be transported to the county jail if accepted for booking. The public roster then may show booking date, name, DOB, Main Jail location, SO number, charge description, court, disposition, bond amount, and mugshot.

The sheriff records page says all arrestee information is entered into a computer and is permanent except expungement orders from courts. The ODRC inspection confirms that the jail was reviewed for reception and release, classification, housing, communication, medical and mental-health services, discipline, grievance, staffing, and related standards. Classification means jail staff decide safe housing and supervision needs after intake.

Booking

The intake record created after arrest or court commitment.

SO Number

The local sheriff identifier shown on the Richland County roster PDF.

Detainer

A hold request from another agency that can delay release.

Classification

A jail assessment used for housing, security, and program placement.

Richland County Jail Services

Medical coverage at the jail is provided by Southern Health Partners and is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Medical Services can respond to onsite emergencies, triage medical concerns, and order medications through staff nurses. The current jail page says the jail will not accept medications, though a nurse may review current medications to verify the doctor and pharmacy.

The jail food services page names Summit Food Service, LLC as the food-service contractor and states that inmates receive three meals per day. The PREA page states a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse and says reports may be made to staff verbally or in writing. The research also identifies a PREA voicemail line at 419-774-3300 and the Jail Administrator as the PREA point person.

Directions are simple at a high level: from I-71, use State Route 13 north toward downtown Mansfield, then follow downtown routing toward East 2nd Street and the courthouse and county administration area. Visitor entry for visitation is at the southwest-corner Visitation Lobby. Official pages did not publish visitor parking rates, a named visitor lot, bus route, or ADA entrance description, so those details should be checked with the jail before travel.