Shelby County, Tennessee Jail Inmate Search

Shelby County, TN Jail Inmate Search

SHELBY COUNTY is located in Tennessee with an average daily population of 3260. The county has approximately 3291 confined in facilities with 2988 male and 284 female prisoners. That means that 91% of the confined population are male, and 9% are female.

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(Jails)

3291

(Prisoners)

3260

(Average Daily Population)

How Does Shelby County Inmate Search Work?

Inmate records for Shelby County are freely accessible. All detention facilities in Shelby County are governed by the Freedom of Information Act which provides publicly available information about inmates in the county.

Shelby County Parole and Probation

Shelby County Parole

If a prisoner has adhered to the regulations while serving their term, they may be granted parole and be released early. Who is granted parole and who is not is decided by a parole board. You may learn a lot about a parolee by looking through the Shelby County parole records. There may be information regarding their sentence and offences in the Shelby County parole files. You could also get to look through information regarding their detention location and parole conditions.

Shelby County Probation

You should also be able to access Shelby County probation records, which list men and women who were placed on probation rather than being imprisoned, in addition to those parolees who have already been freed. There are regulations that come with being on probation. In addition to adhering to other conditions, probationers are required to meet their probation officer once per week. Typically, Shelby County criminal records will list the inmate's offences, probationary term, and the specifics of the justice department that sentenced them. You may also be able to view photographs, fingerprints, the probationer's physical characteristics, and other information in addition to these facts.

Shelby County Booking

When researching statistics on whether or not a stranger has been arrested, Shelby County bookings can help. A perpetrator's Shelby County booking record is basically created when an officer arrests them, fills out the necessary papers, and places them in an imprisonment cell. It could also contain information such as fingerprints, photographs, physical characteristics, their name and address, the officer in charge, the specifics of the crime, the scene, and any trucks that were involved. The general public can access the copies of a person's Shelby County booking records without requiring any kind of authorization.

Shelby County Confined Population Statistics

In the past 6 years, the confined population in SHELBY COUNTY has dropped by 24.55% from 4362 each year to 3291 inmates. Men are still confined about 2988 per 100,000 U.S. residents annually in SHELBY COUNTY, despite the fact that women are the group confined at the fastest rate of growth.

Inmate Population in Shelby County, TN

SHELBY COUNTY has only 3291 of the 3291 inmates are actually put in jail; the other 0 are under supervision; they are not currently confined.

Shelby County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total Population	4362	4506	4759	n/a	3429	3291
Confined Population	4362	4506	4759	n/a	3429	3291
Non Confined Population	0	0	0	n/a	0	0

Shelby County Confined Population by Gender

In SHELBY COUNTY, there are 2988 confined male inmates for every 100,000 male U.S. residents, and 284 confined female inmates for every 100,000 female U.S. citizens. The confined population of male prisoners dropped by 24.41% between 2016 and 2021, while the confined population of female dropped by 27.37%.

Shelby County Female Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult Females	391	423	470	475	228	284
Females Under 18	0	0	0	1	0	0
Female ADP	421	408	444	n/a	321	235

Shelby County Male Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult Males	3953	4064	4270	4276	3165	2988
Males Under 18	18	19	19	24	36	19
Male ADP	4191	4003	4146	n/a	3668	3025

Breaking Down Shelby County Inmates By Race

In SHELBY COUNTY, the average confined population for White inmates is 430 per 100,000 white citizens, which is 146.60% lower than the confined population for Black or African American inmates. The number of Black or African American inmates who were confined went from 3677 to 2791 for every 100,000 black population of the United States between 2016 and 2021. The average Hispanic or Latino confined population in SHELBY COUNTY is 68 per 100,000 Hispanic Americans, while the average Asian confined population is 1 per 100,000 Asian Americans, accounting American Indian/Alaska Natives for just 0 residents of the county's confined population.

Shelby County Confined Population by Race, for 2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
White Inmates - Confined	647	785	862	n/a	452	430
Black or African American Inmates - Confined	3677	3704	3883	n/a	2958	2791
Hispanic or Latino Inmates - Confined	30	2	3	n/a	17	68
American Indian/Alaska Natives Inmates - Confined	1	2	1	n/a	1	0
Asian Inmates - Confined	6	8	6	n/a	1	1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Inmates - Confined	0	0	0	n/a	0	0
Two or more Races Inmates - Confined	0	0	0	n/a	0	0
Not Known (Race) Inmates - Confined	1	5	4	n/a	0	1