Greenlee County Inmate Population Overview
The Greenlee County inmate population is centered on one confirmed local detention site: the Greenlee County Detention Facility, operated by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office. Research did not confirm a separate city jail, a state prison, a BOP facility, or an ICE detention center inside Greenlee County. That makes the local jail the first place to check for pretrial detainees, misdemeanor commitments, court-ordered jail terms, outside-agency holds, and approved work-release participants.
The county does not publish a modern live inmate roster in the official pages reviewed. Instead, the Sheriff's Office publishes monthly GCSO Jail Logs. Those PDFs are useful for past booking research, but they are not a live count of who is in custody today. Current custody questions should go through the detention phone line, while older booking records and copies should go through the sheriff records process. Once a person is sentenced to Arizona prison, the lookup shifts to the statewide ADCRR locator, not the county jail log.
Greenlee County Inmate Population Statistics
Greenlee County is one of Arizona's smallest counties, so inmate population data must be read at the right scale. U.S. Census QuickFacts lists a 2025 county population estimate of 9,312, a 2024 estimate of 9,410, and a 2020 Census population of 9,563. The same Census source lists 1,842.14 square miles of land area and a 2020 density of 5.2 people per square mile. Those numbers explain why a few dozen monthly jail-log rows can represent a meaningful local custody workload.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| County population estimate | 9,312 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2025 estimate |
| Land area | 1,842.14 sq. mi. | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2020 |
| Current jail rated capacity | Not published in located official county pages | Greenlee jail pages reviewed May 28, 2026 |
| Current jail average daily population | Not published in located official county pages | Greenlee jail pages reviewed May 28, 2026 |
| Historical rated capacity | 34-41 | Vera county data, 2009-2013 |
| Historical total jail population | 26-31 | Vera county data, 2009-2013 |
Greenlee County Jail Trends
Historical Vera data shows a small jail population across the 2009 through 2013 span, with total jail population values in the high 20s to low 30s. The current official county web sources reviewed did not publish a newer average daily population, bed count, housing-unit breakdown, or population dashboard. That gap matters. A monthly booking log row is not the same thing as a person housed every day, and it should not be converted into average daily population.
| Year | Vera Total Jail Population | Jail Admits | Rated Capacity | Pretrial / Sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 28 | 91.25 | 41 | 10.77 / 17.23 |
| 2010 | 31 | 121 | 39.25 | 11.92 / 19.08 |
| 2011 | 27 | 150.5 | 37.5 | 10.38 / 16.62 |
| 2012 | 30 | 77.25 | 35.75 | 11.54 / 18.46 |
| 2013 | 26 | 126.5 | 34 | 10 / 16 |
The visible 2024 GCSO Jail Logs show monthly rows ranging from about 25 to 42 for January through June. Those rows include arrests, commitments, warrants, DOC holds, probation holds, courtesy holds, and outside-agency bookings. They are best used as booking-volume context, not as a daily headcount.
Greenlee County Custody Makeup
The local Greenlee County inmate population can include people booked after local arrests, people serving short jail commitments, defendants held for court, people held for another agency, and people approved for work release. The county housing-fee page documents non-resident commitments, outside-agency holds, and work-release fees, which confirms that the jail handles more than one type of custody. The public jail-log samples also show the "Agency Booked For" field, with entries tied to Greenlee County, Clifton Police, Arizona DPS, Graham County, and court or justice-court sources.
- Pretrial jail custody: people held before a case is resolved or before release conditions are met.
- Sentenced jail custody: short jail terms or court commitments that stay under local jail control.
- Outside-agency holds: custody tied to another agency or court, which may block release.
- Work release: approved sentenced inmates who leave for work under jail and court rules.
- State prison custody: sentenced felony prisoners who move to ADCRR after conviction and sentencing.
County demographics are better documented than jail demographics. Census QuickFacts reports Hispanic or Latino residents at 47.1 percent and White alone not Hispanic or Latino residents at 43.9 percent, but Greenlee's official jail pages reviewed did not publish a current jail breakdown by age, race, sex, or charge class. The page therefore should not imply a demographic split that the county did not publish.
Greenlee County Jail Record Laws
Arizona public-record law is the main access frame for Greenlee County inmate population records. A.R.S. 39-121 says public records in the custody of public officers are open to inspection during office hours. A.R.S. 39-121.01 covers public bodies' duty to maintain records and provide copies, printouts, photographs, or other reproductions subject to lawful limits and fees. Greenlee's sheriff records form also asks requesters to address A.R.S. 39-121.03 when a request has a commercial purpose.
Key Greenlee record rules: the public jail logs are monthly historic PDFs, not a live roster; current custody should be confirmed with the jail; records not posted online can be requested from the Sheriff's Office; and sentenced state-prison records move to ADCRR under separate prisoner-record rules in A.R.S. 31-221.
Booking-photo rules have their own Arizona context. A.R.S. 44-7901 defines booking photograph and criminal-justice record for mugshot-publication issues, while A.R.S. 44-7902 restricts operators that solicit payment to remove or revise criminal-justice records. Greenlee's online jail logs reviewed do not display mugshots, so booking-photo access usually means a sheriff records request rather than a roster image.
Search Greenlee County Inmates
A current Greenlee County inmate search should not start with an assumption that a live roster exists. The official county site provides a GCSO Jail Logs archive for past monthly booking research, but no live searchable roster was located in the reviewed county pages. For current custody, call the Greenlee County Detention Facility at 928-865-4159. For a copy of a booking record, jail log, or booking photo not online, use the Sheriff's records request form or the county's public-records contact list.
- Start with the GCSO Jail Logs when the question is about a past booking from the available monthly PDFs.
- Open the year and month closest to the arrest or booking date.
- Use browser or PDF find for the last name, first name, or Arizona charge number.
- Read the row for name, date, ARS or charge text, release date, and agency booked for.
- For current custody, call the detention facility instead of treating the monthly log as live status.
- For state prison after a Greenlee case, search the ADCRR Inmate Data Search.
The official GCSO Jail Logs page shows the county's month-by-month archive rather than a search box. The screenshot below reflects that official index.
That index is the strongest online county source for historical Greenlee jail bookings, but it should be paired with phone or records contact for real-time custody questions.
Greenlee County Jail Log Fields
The Greenlee County inmate population records posted online are thinner than a full roster profile. A jail-log row can help identify a booking, but it does not show a photo, bond amount, booking number, full court schedule, housing unit, or full custody status in the reviewed samples. That difference is important for readers who expect a large-county style roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year section | Page heading/link group | n/a | 2018-2024 visible; 2024 linked through June only when reviewed |
| Month PDF link | Hyperlink | n/a | Monthly PDFs such as GCSO-Jail-Log-2024-02.pdf |
| Browser/PDF find | Text search | No | Use for name or ARS charge once a PDF is open |
| Last / First / Middle | PDF table fields | n/a | Name fields for the booked person |
| Date | PDF table field | n/a | Booking or log date |
| ARS/Charges | PDF table field | n/a | Arizona statute or charge description |
| Agency Booked For | PDF table field | n/a | Agency or court tied to the booking |
Note: A release-date field may appear in the log, but the log is still not a live custody roster.
Greenlee County Jail vs Prison
Greenlee County jail records and Arizona prison records answer different questions. The county jail handles local booking and short-term custody. The ADCRR Inmate Data Search covers sentenced state-prison custody after a felony sentence. Federal and immigration searches are separate again. A person may pass through the Greenlee jail first and then appear later in a court, prison, federal, or immigration system.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| Greenlee County jail | Pretrial detainees, jail commitments, local holds, work release | GCSO jail logs, jail phone line, sheriff records request |
| Arizona state prison | Sentenced state prisoners after transfer to ADCRR | ADCRR Inmate Data Search and ADCRR public records |
| Federal prison | BOP inmates from 1982 to present | BOP Inmate Locator |
| Immigration detention | People in ICE custody or CBP custody more than 48 hours | ICE Online Detainee Locator |
| Victim notification | Custody-status notification where agency coverage applies | VINELink and ADCRR Victim Services |
State and Federal Lookup
The statewide ADCRR locator is the main custody search after a Greenlee County defendant is sentenced to Arizona prison. The locator can search by ADCRR number or by name, with options such as first initial, gender, and current status. ADCRR printable profiles can show a prisoner number, custody class, admission date, projected release date, complex, unit, sentence details, classification, discipline, work program, and detainer or notification sections where applicable.
Federal custody does not use Greenlee County jail logs as the main public record. The BOP locator searches federal inmates by register number or name and returns fields such as name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE ODLS searches by A-number and country of birth or by exact biographical data. It does not search minors under 18. These tools locate custody; they are not county mugshot galleries.
Greenlee County Detention Facilities
Only one detention facility was confirmed as physically serving the Greenlee County inmate population in the official sources reviewed. The Facility Map did not confirm a separate municipal jail in Clifton, Duncan, Morenci, or elsewhere in the county. It also did not confirm an ADCRR prison, BOP prison, ICE facility, or separate annex inside Greenlee County.
- Greenlee County Detention Facility - the county jail operated by the Greenlee County Sheriff's Office for local pretrial detainees, misdemeanor commitments, Greenlee court commitments, outside-agency holds, and approved work-release participants.
The nearest state-prison context found in official ADCRR pages is ASPC-Safford in Graham County. ADCRR says Safford work crews serve surrounding communities including Greenlee County, but that does not make ASPC-Safford a Greenlee County detention facility.
Greenlee County Custody Terms
Several jail and court terms appear across Greenlee County inmate population records. These terms affect where to search and whether a person can be released.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest or commitment, when the jail creates the custody record.
- Jail log
- Greenlee's monthly public PDF record of booking or log entries.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release.
- Work release
- Court-approved jail time served partly through employment release under jail rules.
- Disposition
- The outcome or status of a court charge, which may differ from the booking charge.
Greenlee County Inmate Population FAQ
Does Greenlee County have a live inmate roster?
No live searchable county roster was located in the official Greenlee County pages reviewed. The county posts monthly GCSO Jail Logs for historical booking research. Call the detention facility for current custody.
How large is the Greenlee County inmate population?
Current official ADP was not published in the located county jail pages. Historical Vera data for 2009 through 2013 listed total jail population values from 26 to 31 and rated capacity values from 34 to 41.
Do the Greenlee jail logs prove a person is still in custody?
No. The logs are monthly historic PDFs. A row can identify a past booking, charge text, date, release date if listed, and agency booked for, but it should not be treated as live custody status.
Where do sentenced Arizona prisoners appear?
After a felony sentence and transfer to state prison, the main custody source is the ADCRR Inmate Data Search. Greenlee County jail logs are no longer the primary source after that transfer.
Is there a Greenlee sheriff mobile app?
No official Greenlee County Sheriff's Office app-only inmate roster, warrant search, most-wanted tool, records portal, or tip feature was found in the reviewed sources.
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