Franklin County Jail Inmates are housed in various county jails including Harding Inmate Search

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Search for an Inmate or Active Arrest Warrant in Franklin County

Locating a Franklin County Prisoner

  1. Call Hampton. The sheriff's office at 641-456-2731 tells you which partner jail is holding the person.
  2. Check that jail. Eldora, Allison, Clarion and Mason City each keep their own custody records; their JE pages are linked from the Franklin County main page.
  3. VINE notification. Register on VINELink or at 888-742-8463 to be told about a release or transfer.
  4. Charges and hearings. Pick Franklin County as the court location in Iowa Courts Online to pull up its criminal dockets.

After a prison sentence out of Hampton, look the person up by name in the state DOC offender search.

Franklin County Jail Inmates are housed in various county jails including Harding Inmate Services Information

Phone: 641-456-2731

Physical Address:
105 5th Street SW
Hampton, IA 50441

Every year Franklin County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain 5,761 offenders, and maintain an average of 288 inmates (county-wide) in their custody on any given day.

The weekly turnover rate of inmates is approximately 55%, meaning that every week more than half of these inmates are released and then replaced with new offenders being booked into jail.

The charts below break down the men, women, races, ethnicities and the types of crimes that people are arrested and incarcerated for in both Franklin County and state prisons throughout the country. This information is compiled from local police and the Franklin County Sheriff's Department, as well as the state of Iowa and the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau.

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Franklin County Inmate Race & Ethnicity - 10/19/2026

Race Inmates % Total
White 119 62.96%
Black 2 1.06%
Hispanic or Latino 60 31.75%
American Indian/Native Alaskan 2 1.06%
Asian 2 1.06%
Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian 2 1.06%
Other 2 1.06%
Total 189 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Franklin County Inmate Criminal Charges - 10/19/2026

(many inmates have multiple charges)

Charge Inmates % Total
Felony (3rd Degree) 48 25.40%
Felony (2rd Degree) 35 18.52%
Felony (1st Degree) 13 6.88%
State Jail Felony 13 6.88%
Felony (Uncategorized) 42 22.22%
Misdemeanor (Class A) 38 20.11%
Misdemeanor (Class C) 0 0.00%
Holds 0 0.00%
Uncategorized 0 0.00%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Franklin County Inmate Sex - 10/19/2026

Sex Inmates % Total
Male 158 83.60%
Female 31 16.40%
Total 189 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

Franklin County Inmate Age - 10/19/2026

Age Inmates % Total
Under 18 1 0.53%
18-20 10 5.29%
21-24 20 10.58%
25-30 40 21.16%
31-35 35 18.52%
36-40 25 13.23%
41-45 22 11.64%
46-50 13 6.88%
51-55 9 4.76%
56-60 8 4.23%
61-65 4 2.12%
66-75 1 0.53%
76-85 1 0.53%
Total 189 100.0%
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.
Demographic, Crime and Inmate data is compiled from public reports provided by the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department, Iowa Corrections, United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Census Bureau.

The Franklin County Jail Inmates are housed in various county jails including Harding serves the following cities and towns of Franklin County: Hampton and Sheffield.