San Diego County jail inmate search

For everyone held in its facilities, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office provides the Who's In Jail lookup tool. This tool works on a phone or computer, so you can check whether someone is in custody. If the arrest happened very recently, you won't see the name yet, so call (619) 409-5000.

Anyone arrested in the county is booked into 1 of 6 other sheriff detention facilities or into San Diego Central Jail. A new booking may take time to appear on the San Diego Sheriff Who's In Jail page. You can call (619) 409-5000 and pick a facility option to ask about a recent arrest.

Dial (619) 409-5000 for the Custody Information line covering all sheriff detention facilities, and select your facility's option. You can also find this line for booking in-person visits at Visiting: San Diego County Sheriff. Visit calls are answered from Wednesday through Sunday, between 6:30 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening.

1173 Front Street, San Diego, CA 92101 is the address of the central jail, San Diego Central Jail. Another 6 locations appear on the Detention Facilities: San Diego County Sheriff page:

• Location: South Bay Detention Facility
• In Vista, CA 92081: Vista Detention Facility, 325 S. Melrose Dr., Suite 200.
• In Santee, CA 92071: Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility, at 451 Riverview Parkway.
• East Mesa Reentry Facility, 446 Alta Rd., Ste. 5200, San Diego, CA 92158
• George Bailey Detention Facility, 446 Alta Rd. Ste. 5300, San Diego, CA 92158
• Rock Mountain Detention Facility, 446 Alta Road, Ste. 5400, San Diego, CA 92158

The San Diego County Sheriff's Office keeps the online inmate roster and runs all 7 county detention facilities. The department's custody pages are reached through San Diego County Sheriff: Home.

Use the Visiting: San Diego County Sheriff page to book every visit at least 24 hours ahead. Rules to follow:

• Set up face to face visits online with the Who's in Jail eVisit tool.
• You can also call (619) 409-5000 from Wednesday through Sunday, starting at 6:30 am and ending at 6:00 pm.
• You must book a video visit online 1 day ahead, and it lasts 30 minutes.
• For video visits, you'll need a Smart Communications account.

People in custody use money from their account to buy items at Commissary, the jail store. San Diego Sheriff Commissary is the vendor. To deposit money online, use the e-commerce website at Commissary: San Diego County Sheriff. Commissary ordering is on hold for now because the system is having technical problems.

Calls from inside the detention facilities show up on caller ID as 727-349-1561. Some mobile carriers block this number as spam, so save 727-349-1561 in your contacts or ask your carrier to unblock it. This notice is posted on the Jail Information: San Diego County Sheriff page.

Inmate names, mugshots, and arrest records never appear on County Jail Lookup. To see the custody information the sheriff's office makes public, open the San Diego Sheriff Who's In Jail roster.

A bond is a financial guarantee the court receives, letting someone stay out of custody while the case moves forward. County judges set bail schedules in California, and the state allows commercial bail bonds. Release on own recognizance may also be granted by a judge: a written promise, without paying money, to come back to court. Bail bond agencies are listed by the sheriff in all facilities and at Jail Information: San Diego County Sheriff. No agency has the department's endorsement. You can read more about the bail bond process, or check the hub for California inmate searches.

No set release timeframe is published by the sheriff's office. Call the Custody Information line at (619) 409-5000 and select the facility option to ask about someone's release. Another page you can check is Jail Information: San Diego County Sheriff.