Apache County Sheriff's Office Updates Public Inmate Roster, CitizenRIMS Portal Access

The Apache County Sheriff's Office refreshed its publicly accessible inmate roster and CitizenRIMS portal on March 23, updating records to reflect recent bookings, bail statuses, and public access instructions for the St. Johns facility at 370 South Washington Street.

Apache County uses the CitizenRIMS system for its public inmate search, an online database where anyone can look up who is currently held in the county jail. The search is free to use from any device with internet access and returns basic inmate information including booking date and charges. The portal, branded under the "Incarcerated People" section at apachecounty.citizenrims.com, is maintained by the Sheriff's Office and reflects the same data jail staff work with internally.

Recent booking records on the portal show arrest charges, bond amounts, and booking dates for each person brought to the Apache County Jail. The CitizenRIMS search is limited to people currently in custody; once a person is released, they drop off the active list, and records of past bookings require a formal records request to the Sheriff's Office.

Searches can be conducted using a person's full name, booking number, or date of birth. Results display inmate details including booking number, charges, bond amount, and scheduled release date, if applicable. The facility, completed on July 7, 1991, includes separate minimum, medium, and maximum security housing areas for both male and female inmates. The jail houses about 150 inmates under the supervision of more than 82 staff members and processes roughly 4,618 bookings per year, averaging about six per day.

For anyone who cannot locate an inmate through the online portal, the Sheriff's Office can be reached directly. The office is located at 370 South Washington in St. Johns, AZ 85936, reachable at (928) 337-4321 for local calls or toll-free at 1 (800) 352-1850. Office hours run Monday through Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; the office is closed Fridays. The jail also observes a daily lockdown from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., during which no inmate inquiries are handled.

For inmates who have been transferred to a state facility, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry maintains a separate Inmate Datasearch covering people incarcerated in state prisons, including those originating from Apache County. Apache County booking records stay with the Sheriff's Office, so the CitizenRIMS search remains the appropriate tool for local jail data. The Apache County Superior Court Clerk's Office is an additional resource for court-related inmate records, such as case filings, dockets, and bail orders connected to active cases.

Apache County occupies 11,127 square miles in the northeast corner of Arizona, the third largest of the state's 15 counties, and Sheriff Joseph Dedman Jr. leads an office responsible for full-time law enforcement duties across its unincorporated towns and housing subdivisions. The Sheriff's Office houses all prisoners from the county courts as well as inmates from three incorporated city police departments. Historical or archived booking records not visible on the active CitizenRIMS roster can be requested in writing by contacting the Apache County Sheriff's Office Jail Records unit at the Washington Street address.