Lincoln County Inmate Population Overview
The Lincoln County inmate population is centered on one local detention site, the Lincoln County Jail in Davenport. The jail is run by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office rather than a separate county corrections department. It holds people arrested locally, people serving short local sentences, and people booked for agencies that use Lincoln County jail services by agreement. The county's Jail page links the official roster, visitation rules, warrants page, mailing rules, inmate phone accounts, and the sheriff app notice.
No Washington DOC prison, Bureau of Prisons facility, or ICE detention center was identified inside Lincoln County in the research sources. That matters for a Lincoln County inmate population search because the local count is not the same as the state prison count. A person may start in the county jail after arrest, then move to Washington DOC custody after felony sentencing. Federal and immigration custody have their own locators and should not be treated as Lincoln County Jail records.
The official Sheriff's Office overview says the sheriff operates the county jail, dispatches emergency services, investigates crimes, serves civil process, and enforces court orders and warrants. Sheriff Gabe Gants and Jail Superintendent Scott Blomgren are the named local officials in the research file. Those roles explain why a single custody event can touch patrol, booking, warrants, jail records, and court routing.
Lincoln County Inmate Population Statistics
The most concrete Lincoln County inmate population figures come from the WASPC JBRS/SAVIN jail statistics workbooks. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office row reported 24 facility beds in both calendar year 2024 and calendar year 2025. Average daily population was 12.58 in 2024 and 13.25 in 2025. That means the jail ran below reported bed capacity on a full-year average basis in both years, even though the daily jail roster can rise or fall with a few bookings in a small county.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 13.25 | WASPC JBRS/SAVIN, CY2025 |
| Reported facility beds | 24 | WASPC JBRS/SAVIN, CY2025 |
| Total admissions | 304 | WASPC JBRS/SAVIN, CY2025 |
| Average length of stay | 14.75 days | WASPC JBRS/SAVIN, CY2025 |
| Jurisdiction population base | 11,862 | WASPC JBRS/SAVIN, CY2025 |
The official jail page does not publish a live daily capacity dashboard. For that reason, the yearly WASPC figures are the safer population source, while the roster remains the source for current names and custody status.
Lincoln County Inmate Population Trends
Recent trend data show a small but useful pattern. The Lincoln County inmate population average rose from 12.58 in 2024 to 13.25 in 2025, while annual admissions fell from 389 to 304. Average length of stay moved only slightly, from 15 days to 14.75 days. In a jail with 24 reported beds, a change of one or two people can shift the annual average in a visible way.
| Year | ADP | Admissions | ALOS | Beds | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12.58 | 389 | 15 days | 24 | Under capacity by annual ADP; one in-custody death flag in the WASPC row. |
| 2025 | 13.25 | 304 | 14.75 days | 24 | Under capacity by annual ADP; no in-custody death flag in the WASPC row. |
The 2024 row included an outage flag, and WASPC cautions that jail data can be affected by interface outages and data-entry errors. The population numbers are still valuable because they are statewide jail statistics presented to agencies for review. They should not be stretched into claims about a specific hour, unit, or housing pod.
Lincoln County Inmate Population Makeup
The Lincoln County Jail population is local, small, and mixed by custody reason. It can include people arrested by the sheriff, Washington State Patrol, city or town police, or a contracting agency. The Sheriff's Office serves several rural towns, and official pages mention police-service contracts for communities such as Almira, Creston, Davenport, Harrington, Sprague, and Wilbur. That is why a town arrest may still lead to a county jail booking.
| Year | Male ADP | Female ADP | White ADP | Black ADP | AIAN ADP | Unknown Race ADP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.5 | 2 | 10.42 | 0 | 1.92 | 0.17 |
| 2025 | 10.5833 | 2.5833 | 11.6667 | 0.4167 | 0.5 | 0.4167 |
The research did not locate a county-published felony versus misdemeanor split, pretrial versus sentenced split, age-band table, or federal hold count for Lincoln County Jail. Those gaps should stay visible. A jail roster entry can show charges or a current disposition, but it is not the same as a full demographic report or a final court outcome.
Lincoln County Jail Capacity Rules
Lincoln County's recent ADP was below the 24-bed figure reported to WASPC. No official county jail construction project, closure, consent decree, or county-specific overcrowding litigation was found in the research. The jail's population should still be checked through current records because annual averages do not show a given day's bookings, releases, warrants, or transport holds.
Key Washington rules: RCW 70.48.100 requires a public jail register with confinement and discharge facts, while limiting broader jail records. RCW 42.56 governs Washington public records requests, though Lincoln County notes it does not cover court non-administrative documents. RCW 70.48 also covers local jail standards, regional jail authority, and unexpected fatality review duties.
Those laws shape both sides of a Lincoln County inmate population search. The jail register makes core custody facts public. At the same time, medical files, confidential jail records, court filings, and some historical booking-photo requests may require a different route, a court order, or a direct court request.
Lincoln County and State Prison
Washington DOC is the next lookup system after a Lincoln County defendant is sentenced to state prison. The Washington DOC incarcerated search is not a county jail roster. It covers current DOC custody and shows fields such as DOC Number, Name, Age, and Location. DOC's prison facilities page reported 10 prison facilities and a statewide population table totaling 14,137 incarcerated individuals by age as of December 31, 2025.
No DOC prison is in Lincoln County. Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane County was researched only as a nearby state-prison contrast, not as a Lincoln County facility page. A Lincoln County sentenced prisoner may move into DOC intake and classification, and once that happens the county roster may no longer be the best search path.
Search Lincoln County Jail Records
The local search path starts at the official county Jail page and its Inmate Roster link. The county describes the roster as a free service used to check the status of inmates in custody in the Lincoln County Jail. The linked roster is a modern Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker app, and search engines also expose a sheriff-branded roster hostname. Because the roster uses a JavaScript/WebAssembly app, older browsers and text-only tools may show only a loading or error shell.
- Open the official Lincoln County Jail page before using any private search result.
- Select the Inmate Roster link and use a modern browser if the app does not load.
- Search by last name first, then add a first name if the roster offers name fields.
- Review visible row fields such as JailId, Photo, Name, Charges, Current Disposition, and Total Bail.
- If the person is not listed, call 509-725-3501, check WA VINE, then search DOC, BOP, or ICE as the custody facts require.
For deeper custody instructions, the Lincoln County jail inmate records page separates the roster, phone, in-person, public-records, DOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, and app channels.
Lincoln County Roster Search Fields
The Lincoln County roster field inventory is partly based on public app strings and search-index snippets because the live app did not fully render in text inspection. The research still confirms enough to guide a current-custody search. The county page calls the roster free, and the public row snippet showed that results can include more than a name list.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Likely optional unless required by the live form | Use first for common search. App strings include lastNameSearchText. |
| First Name | Text | Likely optional | Use to narrow common last names. App strings include firstNameSearchText. |
| Search Type | Option control | Unspecified | The software contains SearchType controls, but live options were not readable in text mode. |
| Current inmates only | Toggle/filter | Unspecified | The county describes in-custody inmates; vendor strings support current/released logic. |
| Captcha code | Challenge field | Conditional | May appear before a search or after repeated searches. |
Lincoln County Inmate Record Fields
A Lincoln County jail record may be a roster row, a full booking profile, a public-records response, or a court file. The public roster snippet showed JailId, Photo, Name, Charges, Current Disposition, and Total Bail. The vendor software also supports fields such as arrest number, booking number, jacket number, facility, charge details, warrant number, bond amount, holds, cases, and release fields, but the public Lincoln County profile view was not fully confirmed during text inspection.
- Booking charge
- An allegation tied to jail intake. It may change when the prosecutor files formal court charges.
- Current disposition
- A public status field on the roster. It is not the same as a final conviction.
- Hold or detainer
- Another legal reason to keep someone in custody, such as a warrant, DOC matter, federal hold, or ICE matter.
- Total bail
- The roster-row bail total. Multiple cases or holds can affect whether posting money leads to release.
For booking photos, the Lincoln County jail mugshots page explains what the roster photo column does and does not prove.
Lincoln County Public Records Path
The official Lincoln County Public Records page explains the online and printable request options, while warning that court non-administrative documents do not go through the Public Records Act portal.
Use that channel for sheriff or jail records not visible on the roster, and use the Clerk or court portal for filed court documents.
Lincoln County Detention Facilities
The Facility Map resolves one detention facility for Lincoln County. The county jail handles local pretrial and short-sentence custody. State prison, federal custody, and immigration detention are search channels rather than local facility pages because no such facility was found inside the county.
- Lincoln County Jail - the county jail in Davenport for current local custody and short-sentence housing.
State and Federal Custody Search
Use the Washington DOC incarcerated search for sentenced state prisoners and DOC locations. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal prisoners from 1982 to present. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator for current ICE detainees or CBP custody older than 48 hours. Use Washington VINE when the goal is custody notification rather than a full jail record.
| Custody type | Best first source | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Current county jail | Lincoln County Jail roster | Shows current Lincoln County Jail custody. |
| Sentenced state prison | Washington DOC locator | County roster may stop listing a person after DOC transfer. |
| Federal prison | BOP locator | BOP custody is separate from county jail and state DOC custody. |
| Immigration detention | ICE locator | ICE locator is a custody-location tool, not a mugshot gallery. |
Lincoln County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Lincoln County inmate population?
WASPC reported a 2025 average daily population of 13.25 for the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office jail row, with 24 reported facility beds. The 2024 average daily population was 12.58. Those are annual averages, not a live head count.
Where do I search current Lincoln County inmates?
Start at the official Lincoln County Jail page and choose the Inmate Roster link. If the app does not load, use a modern browser or call the jail and sheriff non-emergency line at 509-725-3501.
Can I look up past jail bookings?
The county describes the roster as current custody. No fixed released-inmate retention period was found. For older sheriff or jail records, use Lincoln County's public records request process and include names, dates, and any known JailId or booking number.
Are court charges the same as roster charges?
No. Roster charges are booking or custody allegations. The prosecutor files formal court charges, and those charges can be amended, reduced, dismissed, or resolved later in District or Superior Court.
Does Lincoln County have a state prison?
No DOC prison was found inside Lincoln County. Sentenced felony prisoners from Lincoln County may later appear in the statewide Washington DOC incarcerated search.