This is a private reference site, not a jail, court, bond office, or records counter. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull official booking records. Use the official office that controls the record or facility.
Official Custody Contacts
The San Diego County Sheriff's Office operates the county detention system and uses one custody information line for Sheriff's jail facilities. Records & ID handles report copies and local criminal-history requests at the Ridgehaven office during posted weekday counter hours.
San Diego County Sheriff's Office
John F. Duffy Administrative Center
9621 Ridgehaven Ct.
San Diego, CA 92123
Main: 858-974-2222
Non-emergency: 858-868-3200
Custody information: (619) 409-5000
Records & ID counter: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; closed 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., weekends, and holidays.
Use the route that matches the record or custody system involved:
- For someone in a county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the custody information line if status or release timing must be confirmed.
- For booking-photo questions, review jail roster mugshots and use the Sheriff's report or public-records request channels when a photo is not online.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the San Diego Superior Court case index.
- For a specific jail, prison, federal facility, or ICE facility, use the facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced California prisoner, use CDCR CIRIS rather than the county jail roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.