Southern California counties
Choose a county to see its jail system, every facility we cover and how to use the official inmate search.
Los Angeles County jails
Los Angeles County runs the largest local jail system in the United States. Most people arrested anywhere in the county end up being processed in downtown Los Angeles.
Orange County jails
Orange County's jails are centered in the Santa Ana civic center. They are run by the Orange County Sheriff's Department, which also processes arrests from most of the county's cities.
Riverside County jails
Riverside County stretches from the Inland Empire to the Colorado River. Its five Sheriff's jails are spread across the county, so the location you need depends a lot on where the arrest happened.
San Bernardino County jails
San Bernardino is the largest county in the contiguous United States by land area. Its Sheriff's Department runs jails in the valley and the high desert.
San Diego County jails
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office runs all of the county's adult jails, from downtown San Diego to Vista in North County and Otay Mesa near the border.
Ventura County jails
Ventura County has a small, centralized jail system run by the Sheriff's Office, with one main jail in Ventura and a second in Santa Paula.
Santa Barbara County jails
Santa Barbara County has jails in two very different parts of the county: the South Coast around Santa Barbara and the North County around Santa Maria.
Kern County jails
Kern County sits at the northern edge of Southern California. Most of its jail operations are in and around Bakersfield.
Imperial County jails
Imperial County lies along the Mexican border in California's southeastern desert. Its county jail is in El Centro.
San Luis Obispo County jails
San Luis Obispo County, on the Central Coast at the northern edge of the Southern California region, has one main county jail run by the Sheriff's Office.