Search Riverside County Inmates

Riverside County Jail Roster Overview

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office runs Corrections Operations and posts the live jail roster through JIMS at jimspub.riversidesheriff.org. The Sheriff's main office sits at 4095 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92501, phone 951-955-2400. The JIMS form opens with a disclaimer that the data should not be used for legal action. The roster is a public lookup, not a certified record.

The Riverside County inmate search does not show every person held in the county. It leaves out federal detainees, state prisoners moved to CDCR, juvenile holds, and sealed bookings. CDCR cases show at CIRIS. Federal cases show through the BOP locator. The Sheriff's inmate information hub links booking lookups, property, mail, money, and voting rights.

A lead-in to the Sheriff inmate page: view the Riverside County Sheriff inmate information landing page.

The same page links a separate booking number search.

How to Search Riverside County Inmates

JIMS is built for a fast last-name lookup. Last Name is the only field marked mandatory. First Name, Date of Birth, and Gender help narrow a common name but are not required. The Sheriff asks searchers to enter as much detail as they can. The full Riverside County inmate search flow uses these steps:

1. Open the JIMS form at jimspub.riversidesheriff.org.
2. Enter the inmate's last name. Spell it as it appears on legal ID.
3. Add a first name and date of birth if you have them. DOB format is mm/dd/yyyy, e.g., 10/25/1980.
4. Pick a gender if the result list is long. Default is Male.
5. Click Search. The row shows booking number, name, DOB, sex, and an in-custody Y/N flag.
6. Click the booking number to open the public profile and see facility, next court date, and arrest data.

If the lookup returns no rows, the person may be out of custody, held under a sealed booking, in CDCR, in federal custody, or housed outside the five Riverside jails. The Corrections Operations site is at riversidesheriff.org/183.

JIMS Search Field Table

The roster form is short. Each field has a specific role. The table below lists every input on the public JIMS page along with its type, whether it is required, and the format the Sheriff expects. A view of the live form helps. View the Riverside County JIMS inmate search form.

The screen above mirrors the field set used in production. Use the table below to plan your inputs before you load the page.

The result grid uses five columns: Booking No., Name, D.O.B., Sex, and Incustody. An instruction line under the grid tells users to click the booking number to open the detail page.

Sample Inmate Profile Field Inventory

Once a booking number is clicked, JIMS opens a public profile. The Sheriff does not push a mugshot. Charge text and bond amount are not shown in the inspected sample. The list below captures what the live booking page does show.

Profiles do not show SSN, home address, phone, medical flags, protective custody status, or housing pod detail. For underlying case data, the court records portal is the next stop.

Note: JIMS data may lag a few minutes behind the booking system, and a stale profile can still appear after release.

Riverside County Jail Facilities

The Sheriff runs five adult jails with a total rated capacity of 3,629 beds under the state Board of State and Community Corrections count. Blythe is a small lockup in the far east. Cois M. Byrd, also called Southwest Detention Center, serves Murrieta. John J. Benoit, also called Indio Jail, serves the Coachella Valley. Larry D. Smith in Banning is the largest. Robert Presley sits next to the downtown courthouse. A lead-in to the overview: view the Riverside County correctional facilities summary.

The summary above lists each jail with the population housed and the medical or mental-health profile.

The Larry D. Smith site hosts the biggest set of programs in the county system. The Sheriff's Inmate Training and Education Bureau, called SITE-B, runs out of Smith. SITE-B details sit at riversidesheriff.org/755.

Visitation Hours and Rules

Visiting at the Riverside County jails is set by Corrections Operations. Each jail has its own visiting line, so visitors must call the number on that facility's page. The visiting line runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visits are scheduled at least one day ahead. Inmates may receive up to two visits per week, each about 45 minutes. Visitors must be 18 or older or come with a parent or legal guardian. Picture ID is required. Bags, cameras, and food are barred from the lobby. Clothing must cover the upper torso. Dresses, skirts, shorts, and slits cannot go more than two inches above the knee.

Violations can lead to the loss of visiting rights. Contraband on jail property can lead to arrest under the Sheriff's rules.

Inmate Mail and Money

All regular mail letters to a Riverside County jail inmate go to a central scanning vendor. Books, periodicals, legal mail, and special correspondence still go to the facility. The Sheriff posts the central address and the rules at riversidesheriff.org/215 and /221. A lead-in to the mail page: view the Riverside County inmate mail page.

The page lists the central address and the items rejected on intake.

Regular mail address: Jailhouse Mail, ATTN Riverside County, 370 S 500 E #201, Clearfield, UT 84015. Every envelope must include the sender's full name and full return address. The inmate's first name, last name, and booking number must appear on the envelope. Nicknames, AKAs, and stick-on labels are not allowed. Banned items include greeting cards, candy, food, postcards, gel ink, glue, glitter, more than ten photos, Polaroids, and hardback books. Legal mail must be marked Legal Mail and list the law firm name, attorney full name, and address. Facility addresses sit at /224.

For inmate money, the Sheriff uses Access Corrections at riversidesheriff.org/227. Online deposits run through Access Corrections. Phone deposits go through 1-866-345-1884, open 24 hours. Jail lobby kiosks accept cash or credit card at any of the five jails. The kiosk cannot make change and does not accept bills smaller than $5. Kiosk cash fees run $1 to $3. Online and phone deposits run $2.95 to $8.95. A lead-in to the money page: view the Riverside County inmate money page.

Money orders also work, mailed with the inmate name and booking number on the front.

Booking and Custody Process

A Riverside County jail booking starts with an arrest by a police, sheriff, or California Highway Patrol officer. The arresting agency transports the person to intake. Deputies confirm identity, pull warrants, take a photo, log property, and run a brief medical and mental-health screen. The system issues a booking number, which is the lookup key on JIMS. Classification staff assign housing by charge, sex, medical needs, and safety.

The next step is court production. A first appearance must happen within a set time under California criminal procedure. The exact day depends on arrest time, weekends, holidays, charge type, and the Superior Court calendar. Sentenced people may be moved to a programmatic bed at Larry D. Smith. The Sheriff lists Supervised Electronic Confinement, Work Release, and Residential Substance Abuse Treatment. Release happens through bail, citation release, own-recognizance release, court order, dismissal, or transfer.

Federal Custody and CDCR Transfers

JIMS only covers the five Riverside County jails. A federal hold, an immigration hold, or a state prison commitment will not show up the same way. Federal inmates from 1982 to today are searchable through the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator. The BOP warns that release dates may not be current because of First Step Act sentence reviews.

Once a person is sentenced to state prison, the case moves to CDCR. The CDCR public locator is CIRIS. CIRIS shows name, CDCR number, age, current location, commitment counties, admission date, and Board of Parole Hearing dates. For people who are out, the released inmates page maps state and federal routes end to end.

Restrictions on Public Access

JIMS data is public but limited by law and policy. Juvenile records are not on the adult roster. Welfare and Institutions Code §827 keeps juvenile case files confidential. Sealed records, protective custody placements, and certain medical or housing details are kept off the public profile. California Code of Regulations Title 15 sets jail standards. The JIMS disclaimer warns the data should not be used for legal action.

Background checks need a certified source. The Department of Justice runs the state criminal history system under Penal Code §13300, which limits who can request a local summary record. For active warrants, the warrant records page covers the route through the court clerk and the Sheriff bench warrant page.

Related Searches

For people recently released, see released inmates. For broader population data, see inmate population. For active warrants, see warrant records. For the underlying case files, see criminal records. The Superior Court and the Clerk of the Superior Court handle certified case copies.