The Franklin County Inmate Population
The Franklin County inmate population is reported through sheriff and state oversight sources rather than a public local roster. The local facility is the Franklin County Sheriff's Office Jail and House of Correction in Greenfield. It holds male and female offenders awaiting trial and people serving Massachusetts house-of-correction sentences of 2.5 years or less. That local sentence limit is important. A person serving a longer state-prison sentence is not counted the same way and should be searched through the Massachusetts Department of Correction route.
The Franklin County Jail and House of Correction is operated by the Franklin County Sheriff's Office. Official records describe the facility as the jail and house of correction for the county, with housing for pretrial, sentenced, minimum-security, and pre-release populations. Kimball House / Pre-Release is treated in official capacity reports as a distinct minimum-security component, but it is still part of the sheriff-operated local custody system. No Massachusetts Department of Correction prison, Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, or current ICE detention facility page was located in Franklin County.
Several events can change the count from day to day. Local arrests, bail decisions, arraignments, new mittimuses, warrants, court releases, sentence completions, and transfers all affect the Franklin County inmate population. A new arrest may be lodged at the county jail before court. A sentenced person may stay in the house of correction if the sentence fits the local range. A person moved to state prison, federal custody, or immigration custody will not be found through the same local channel.
Franklin County Inmate Population Statistics
The clearest current count comes from Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association operational capacity reporting. The July 1 through December 31, 2025 operational capacity report lists Franklin County with a design capacity of 326 and an average population count of 186. That places the Franklin County inmate population below design capacity during that period. The 2025 report also places Franklin beside statewide sheriff data, which helps show that the county count is small in absolute terms but meaningful when measured against county population.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin average population count | 186 | Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association OCR, July-Dec. 2025 |
| Franklin design capacity | 326 | Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association OCR, July-Dec. 2025 |
| Franklin occupancy | 57.1% | Calculated from 186 / 326 using 2025 H2 OCR |
| Statewide sheriff average population count | 7,467 | Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association OCR, July-Dec. 2025 |
| Franklin County population estimate | 70,698 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2025 estimate |
| Crude Franklin jail ADP per 100,000 residents | About 263 | Calculated from 186 ADP / 70,698 residents |
Franklin County Inmate Population Trends
Recent half-year reports show a modest shift rather than an overcrowding surge. Franklin County averaged about 177 people in 2023, about 166.5 people in 2024, and about 182.5 people in 2025 when the half-year reports are averaged. The 2025 H2 count of 186 was higher than the first half of 2025 and higher than the 2024 average, but still below the 326 design capacity reported for the same period. The Franklin County inmate population therefore needs to be read by date, not as a single permanent figure.
| Period | Franklin Average Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan-Jun 2023 | Approx. 172 | Design capacity 330; Kimball House average 12 |
| Jul-Dec 2023 | Approx. 182 | Design capacity 330 |
| Jan-Jun 2024 | Approx. 168 | Design capacity 330; Unit E average 1 |
| Jul-Dec 2024 | Approx. 165 | Design capacity 330 |
| Jan-Jun 2025 | 179 | Design capacity 326 |
| Jul-Dec 2025 | 186 | Design capacity 326 |
Inspection counts are separate snapshots. DPH inspection material reported 168 inmates in June 2024, 163 in January 2025, and 125 in May 2025. Those figures are useful for conditions and health-inspection context, but they are not a substitute for average population reporting. The 2025 State Auditor audit also reported 1,592 inmates in custody during the July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 audit period. That audit-period number is not annual bookings.
Who Makes Up the Franklin County Inmate Population
Recent official capacity and inspection records do not publish a full race or ethnicity table for the Franklin County inmate population. The available data is more limited. Vera county data for 2025 lists a total jail population of 186.33, with 162.67 male, 23.67 female, and 9 federal holders. Vera 2024 lists a total of 170, with 143.5 male, 27.75 female, and 2.5 federal holders. The research file does not support a current charge-level split or a current public pretrial-versus-sentenced percentage.
- Local jail and house-of-correction custody: Franklin County holds pretrial detainees and local sentences of 2.5 years or less.
- Female housing: Official capacity descriptions identify Pod B as female sentenced and pretrial treatment housing.
- Minimum security: Minimum Security and Kimball House / Pre-Release house sentenced men classified for lower-security or transition placement.
- Federal holders: Historical and Vera data show federal or immigration holder counts, but no current ICE facility page was found for Franklin County.
Franklin County Jail Capacity
Franklin County was below design capacity in the recent operational-capacity sources reviewed. The 2025 H2 occupancy calculation is 57.1%, based on 186 average population and 326 design capacity. The 2025 H1 occupancy calculation is about 54.9%, based on 179 and 326. The 2024 average occupancy is about 50.5%, using an approximate 166.5 average count and 330 design capacity. No current overcrowding consent decree or capacity-release order was located in the official or high-authority sources reviewed.
Capacity is not only a total bed number. Official reports break the jail into Pods A through D, Unit E, Minimum Security, and Kimball House / Pre-Release. The 2025 H1 unit averages included Pod D at 58, Pod C at 48, Pod A at 38, Pod B at 19, Minimum Security at 13, Kimball House / Pre-Release at 3, and Unit E at 0. Those unit averages help explain why a facility can be below total design capacity while still managing specific housing, classification, medical, or program needs.
Laws Governing Franklin County Inmate Population
Massachusetts law controls both local custody and access to records. M.G.L. c.126 section 16 gives sheriffs custody and control of county jails and prisoners committed there. M.G.L. c.126 section 40 requires quarterly jail and house-of-correction population reports from each sheriff to state and legislative officials. Those reports are part of the public framework behind Franklin County inmate population counts.
Key access rules:
M.G.L. c.66 section 10 sets the Massachusetts Public Records Law request process and the general 10-business-day response rule, subject to exemptions and fee rules.
M.G.L. c.6 section 172 governs CORI dissemination, so criminal-history information is not the same as a free public roster.
105 CMR 451.000 sets health and sanitation standards used in DPH correctional inspections.
Franklin County and State Prison
No Massachusetts Department of Correction prison was located in Franklin County. The Massachusetts Department of Correction manages the state prison system separately from the sheriff's county jail. A person sentenced to state prison after a Franklin County case should be searched through the Mass.gov inmate lookup instructions, which route users to VINELink or phone assistance for DOC facilities.
Mass.gov notes an important limit: Massachusetts VINE participation covers the Department of Correction and Essex County, so VINE should not be treated as a complete Franklin County jail roster. It is still useful for sentenced DOC custody and notification features where the agency participates. If a person was recently at the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction and then no longer appears through local phone or records channels, ask whether a transfer occurred and then check DOC/VINE.
Search Franklin County Inmate Population
No official Franklin County online jail roster was located on the Franklin County Sheriff's Office website. The inmate information pages cover visiting, contact, funds, property, and PREA, but not a public current-inmate search. That changes the lookup order. A same-day Franklin County inmate search should start with the jail main number and the sheriff records process, then move to MassCourts, DOC/VINE, BOP, or ICE depending on the custody type.
The Franklin County Sheriff's Office homepage lists the jail and house of correction main number as 413-774-4014. When calling, provide the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arresting agency if known, and approximate date and time of arrest. Ask whether the person is currently lodged at the Franklin County Jail and House of Correction, whether the person is pretrial or serving a local sentence, and whether court or bail information is available.
- Decide whether the person is a new county arrest, a sentenced state-prison inmate, a federal inmate, or an immigration detainee.
- For a new Franklin County arrest, call 413-774-4014 because no official public online county roster was found.
- For sheriff-held booking, admission, release, or custody records, use the FCSO records request route.
- For charges after arraignment, use MassCourts by docket number or contact the correct court clerk.
- For state, federal, or immigration custody, use DOC/VINE, the BOP locator, or ICE ODLS.
Current Franklin County Inmate Lookup
Because there is no official Franklin County jail roster search form, the local search-field table has only one reliable entry: no public form was located. That is a finding, not a missing step. Search results from unofficial jail roster sites should not replace the sheriff, court, or state channels. For a current county custody check, the official fallback is the jail main number and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office records access process.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available | No official online jail roster located | N/A | FCSO public pages reviewed did not provide a current-inmate search form. |
The FCSO records access page gives the public-records route for sheriff-held records. Requests may be emailed to records@fcso-ma.us or mailed or hand delivered to Franklin County Sheriff's Office, ATTN: Records/Capt. Jason Yuryan, 160 Elm Street, Greenfield, MA 01301. The phone contact is 413-774-4014 ext. 2191, and telephone requests may be accepted at FCSO discretion.
The official FCSO records page is the best match for a Franklin County custody-record screenshot. It lists the records contact and explains how requests can be made.
Open the Franklin County Sheriff's Office records access page before sending a request so the office, contact name, and available request methods are current.
That records route matters more in Franklin County than in counties with a live public roster, because it is the official way to ask for sheriff-held booking, admission, release, or custody records.
Past Franklin County Inmate Records
A released or past Franklin County inmate record may require a public-records request because no official archive or released-inmate roster was located. Ask for the specific record type, such as booking/admission records, jail custody records, release reports, or related sheriff-held records. The request should identify the person, date of arrest or custody, arresting agency if known, and the time period being searched. FCSO may route police reports to the arresting city or town police department and court charges to the court.
Past custody is different from past criminal history. Massachusetts CORI rules limit broad criminal-history dissemination, while MassCourts provides court case access with remote-access limits for criminal cases. A former county inmate may also have moved to DOC custody, federal custody, or immigration custody. For that reason, a past Franklin County inmate search should use the custody timeline first: jail booking, arraignment, case disposition, local sentence, state-prison transfer, release, or hold by another agency.
Franklin County Inmate Record Fields
No public Franklin County roster profile was available for field-by-field inspection. The official field inventory is therefore based on FCSO Records unit descriptions, not a public screen. The records unit maintains committed-offender records, mittimuses, writs, inmate files, police and probation reports, incident and disciplinary reports, CORI-A information, classification information, DNA database information, sex offender registry information, victim notification, sentence computations, warrants, summonses, and admission or release reports.
| Field / Record Type | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mittimus | Court commitment or custody order information for a person committed to jail. |
| Inmate file | Central sheriff-held custody file for the jail stay. |
| Classification information | Housing, security, supervision, and program placement information. |
| Incident or disciplinary report | Jail conduct or event records maintained by FCSO Records. |
| Sentence computation | Sentence and good-time calculations for sentenced local inmates. |
| Admission or release report | Records related to custody start, release, or transfer. |
County Jail vs State Prison
Franklin County jail custody and Massachusetts state-prison custody are often confused. The county jail and house of correction is for pretrial detention and local sentences. The Massachusetts Department of Correction is for state-prison custody. Federal and immigration custody have separate federal tools. A search that starts in the wrong system may look like a dead end even when the person is in custody somewhere else.
| County Jail | State Prison | Federal / Immigration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial detainees and local HOC sentences | Sentenced state-prison inmates | Federal sentenced, federal pretrial, or immigration detainees |
| Run by | Franklin County Sheriff's Office | Massachusetts Department of Correction | BOP, USMS, ICE, or federal court process |
| Where to look | Call jail or use FCSO records request | DOC/VINE route | BOP locator, federal court/counsel/USMS, or ICE ODLS |
| Main limit | No official online Franklin roster located | Does not cover ordinary county jail custody | Does not replace local jail or court records |
State Federal ICE Search
For Massachusetts state-prison custody, use the Mass.gov instructions for finding an inmate in a Massachusetts prison and the Massachusetts VINELink portal. For federal sentenced custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. For immigration detention, use ICE ODLS with an A-number and country of birth or exact biographical details.
Federal pretrial custody is different. The U.S. Marshals Service handles federal prisoners from court-ordered custody until acquittal or delivery to BOP, but no public USMS locator comparable to BOP or ICE was located. If a Franklin County arrest becomes a federal case, court filings, counsel, and federal custody contacts may be more useful than a county roster. Historical Franklin County materials mention ICE, U.S. Marshal, and Vermont DOC cases, but current ICE facility lists did not show Franklin as a current ICE detention facility page.
Franklin County Detention Facilities
Franklin County's local detention map has two build-relevant facilities, both connected to the sheriff operation in Greenfield. The primary facility is the jail and house of correction. Kimball House / Pre-Release is a smaller minimum-security or transition component for sentenced men classified to that level. Facility links should be used for location, visitation, custody role, and local rules, but inmate lookup still depends on phone, records, court, and state or federal channels.
- Franklin County Jail and House of Correction - the primary county jail and HOC for male and female pretrial detainees and local sentences of 2.5 years or less.
- Kimball House / Pre-Release - a minimum-security and pre-release component for sentenced men classified for transition custody.
Franklin County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Franklin County inmate population?
The July through December 2025 Massachusetts Sheriffs' Association operational capacity report lists Franklin County with an average population count of 186 and design capacity of 326. Inspection snapshots differ by date, including 168 in June 2024, 163 in January 2025, and 125 in May 2025.
Is there a Franklin County online jail roster?
No official Franklin County public online jail roster was located on the FCSO site. For a new county arrest, call 413-774-4014. For sheriff-held custody records, use the FCSO public-records process through records@fcso-ma.us or Captain Jason Yuryan.
Where are Franklin County charges found?
Charges and court proceedings are court records, not jail records. Use MassCourts by docket number where available, or contact Franklin County Superior Court, Greenfield District Court, or Orange District Court based on where the case was filed.
Does VINE cover Franklin County jail inmates?
Mass.gov routes state-prison lookups to VINELink, but the research found a caveat that Massachusetts VINE participation covers DOC and Essex County. Use VINE for sentenced DOC custody and notifications where supported, not as a guaranteed Franklin County jail roster.