This website is a private reference site, not a Summit County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, change a jail account, or pull official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that created or maintains the record.
Where to Ask for Summit County Records
Use the contact path that matches the type of information needed. Jail custody, court cases, prosecutor files, state prison custody, federal custody, and immigration custody are handled by different systems.
Summit County Jail
205 E. Crosier Street
Akron, OH 44311
Corrections automated main line: (330) 643-2171
Inmate Services: (330) 643-2177
Registrar: (330) 643-2200
Medical: (330) 643-2139
Behavioral Health: (330) 643-5372
Inmate Accounts: (330) 643-8213
Summit County Sheriff's Office
53 University Avenue
Akron, OH 44308
Main phone: (330) 643-2154
Sheriff: Kandy Fatheree
Sheriff Records & ID Bureau
Located at the Summit County Jail
205 E. Crosier Street, Akron, OH 44311
Phone: (330) 643-2176
Hours: weekdays, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Mail report requests to: Summit County Sheriff, 205 E. Crosier St., Akron, OH 44311, ATTN: Records & ID Bureau. Mailed report requests are listed at $1.50, copies at $0.10 per page, and photo costs require calling the bureau.
- For a person believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then use the jail or Records & ID contacts above for official confirmation.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the Sheriff's Records & ID Bureau when a formal request is needed.
- For charges and case filings after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Clerk Criminal Division at 205 S. High St., 1st Floor, Akron, OH 44308. Clerk public-records requests are handled at clerkweb.summitoh.net/public-records-requests; certified copies are listed at $1 per page and regular copies at $0.10 per page.
- For prosecutor-held records, contact the Summit County Prosecutor at 53 University Ave, 6th Floor, Akron, OH 44308, (330) 643-2800, or use prosecutor.summitoh.net/request-public-records. Open criminal case files may not be complete until the case closes.
- For facility-specific addresses and visitation context, use the detention facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Ohio prisoner, use the ODRC Offender Search at appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator at bop.gov/inmateloc. For immigration custody, use ICE Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov/odls.
- For custody notifications, check VINELink at vinelink.com.