Oxford County Jail Inmate Search. Confirm Custody Status

No. The Sheriff's Office publishes no roster, so confirming custody with the county means calling Corrections at (207) 743-9554 ext. 2003 with the person's full legal name.

The Sheriff's Office states on its own website that this has operated as a 72-hour holding facility for the past decade, a much shorter window than most Maine county jails, which hold people through pretrial detention or a full sentence. A large share of people booked here move on within days. If it's been more than a few days since the arrest, don't assume South Paris.

Ask Corrections at (207) 743-9554 ext. 2003 for the name of the receiving facility. None of this is published online, so the call is the way to get it. Once you have a name, that facility becomes the place to check for custody status, visiting rules, phone accounts, and mail from then on.

Not while they're held on county charges. The MDOC search at apps1.web.maine.gov/online/correctionssearch belongs to the state system: prisons plus probation and parole. County jails sit outside it. After a sentence to a longer term, though, a person can land in MDOC custody, and at that point the state search is the one that finds them.

The Sheriff's Office publishes no bed count of its own, describing the jail as a 72-hour holding facility rather than a full-service one. Lewiston Sun Journal reporting from June 2026 puts the capacity at 47, with 13 people boarded out to other facilities.

A transfer to another county jail is the likeliest answer here, given the 72-hour model. Beyond that: a booking too recent to be processed, a release or posted bail, a move into MDOC custody after sentencing, or an arrest in another county, which would put them in that county's jail instead. Double-check the full legal name before calling.

26 Western Avenue, South Paris, ME 04281. The Corrections line is (207) 743-9554 ext. 2003.

Check first. Visiting hours and deposit methods aren't fully published by the Sheriff's Office, and given the jail's 72-hour model, confirm your family member is still physically there before making plans. See the visitation and send-money guides for what's confirmed.