Grainger County Booking Releases
Grainger County booking releases are kept by the Sheriff's Department at the Justice Center in Rutledge, Tennessee. The detention facility there can hold up to 104 inmates, and the roster gets updated every 24 hours. Sheriff James Harville leads a team of 53 full-time staff who handle patrol, investigations, court security, and corrections across this northeast Tennessee county. You can search for booking releases by contacting the jail, checking online roster tools, or filing a public records request with Grainger County.
Grainger County Quick Facts
Grainger County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff James Harville is serving his second consecutive term leading the Grainger County Sheriff's Department. He has 28 years of law enforcement experience, including time with the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. The department operates out of the Justice Center at 270 Justice Center Drive in Rutledge.
The Grainger County Detention Facility was completed in 2005. It has a capacity of 104 beds and holds adults awaiting trial or serving sentences. The jail is a medium-security facility. When someone gets booked in, staff record the person's name, race, sex, date of birth, arrest date, charges, and bond information. The roster lists inmates alphabetically by last name and updates every 24 hours.
The department employs 53 full-time staff spread across eight divisions: Administrative, Patrol, Detective, Narcotic, School Resource Officers, Civil Process, Courtroom Security, and Corrections. They serve about 23,144 residents and patrol over 650 miles of roadways in the county.
Check the Grainger County Sheriff's Department website for more details on the office and jail operations.
The screenshot above shows the Grainger County Jail information page with details on the facility, contact numbers, and how to look up inmates.
| Sheriff |
Grainger County Sheriff's Department 270 Justice Center Dr, Suite 105, Rutledge, TN 37861 Phone: 865-828-3613 |
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| Hours | Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM |
| Dispatch | Non-Emergency: 865-828-3337 |
| Fax | 865-828-8802 |
Finding Grainger County Booking Releases
Grainger County does not run a live online booking portal, but the jail roster updates daily. The Grainger County Jail roster page shows current inmates listed alphabetically with their race, sex, date of birth, arrest date, charges, and bond details. This is the quickest online way to check for recent booking releases.
This screenshot shows the Grainger County Sheriff's Department page on the county government site. It includes background on the sheriff and links to department divisions.
For a direct answer, call the jail at 865-828-3613. Give them a name and date of birth, and they can tell you if someone is in custody. The staff can also share charge and bond data over the phone. Visitation is available onsite Monday through Friday from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM on a first-come, first-served basis. Online video visits are offered through City TeleCoin.
Mail for Grainger County inmates goes to: Inmate Name, Inmate Number, PO Box 65, Rutledge, TN 37861. All mail gets opened and checked for contraband except legal documents. Commissary money can be added by phone at 1-866-394-0490, online through Smart Deposit, or at the kiosk in the jail lobby.
Grainger County Public Records
The Grainger County Public Records Coordinator is Angie Lamb, who serves as County Clerk. Her office is at 8095 Rutledge Pike, Suite 103, Rutledge, TN 37861. Phone: 865-828-3511. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. You can also send mail to PO Box 116, Rutledge, TN 37861.
Under T.C.A. § 10-7-503, Tennessee citizens have the right to inspect public records held by the county. Booking releases are public records. Your request must be submitted in writing, either in person or by mail. Bring a Tennessee state-issued ID. The county has seven business days to respond.
Looking at records in person costs nothing. If you need copies, the fee is typically $0.15 per page for standard printouts. You do not have to say why you want the records.
How Arrests Work in Grainger County
Grainger County has five municipalities: Rutledge, Blaine, Bean Station, Washburn, and Thorn Hill. Arrests in any of these towns go through the Grainger County Detention Facility. The sheriff's department patrols the entire county and works with local law enforcement on joint operations, especially in narcotics enforcement.
When someone is arrested, they are brought to the Justice Center for booking. Staff photograph the person, record all charges, and set bond amounts. The booking release is created at this point. It stays in the system even after the person leaves. The 2018 violent crime rate for Grainger County was 36 under the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program. That is quite low, but the county still processes a steady flow of arrests for drug offenses, DUI, probation violations, and domestic cases.
For court outcomes, the Tennessee Courts website has a case search that covers Grainger County. The Tennessee Department of Corrections Felony Offender Lookup works for people sent to state prison.
Erasing a Grainger County Arrest Record
If your charges in Grainger County were dropped or you were found not guilty, you may be able to get the booking record erased. T.C.A. § 40-32-101 allows expungement of certain arrest records. File a petition with the court in Grainger County. The judge reviews it and decides whether to grant the request.
Once expunged, the booking release is removed from public access at the Sheriff's Department. It will not show up in future searches. The process involves a filing fee and can take a few weeks to complete. Juvenile records are already sealed under T.C.A. § 37-1-154 and are not part of the public booking data.
Cities in Grainger County
Grainger County has five cities: Rutledge, Blaine, Bean Station, Washburn, and Thorn Hill. None of these meets the population threshold for a separate booking releases page. All arrests flow through the Grainger County Detention Facility in Rutledge. County Mayor Mike Byrd oversees county government operations from Rutledge.
Nearby Counties
Grainger County is part of the Morristown Metropolitan Statistical Area along with Hamblen and Jefferson counties. If you think an arrest may have happened in a nearby county, check the links below.