Tehama County Inmate Population Overview
The local custody map is small but split across two very different systems. The Tehama County Sheriff's Office Custody Division runs the Tehama County Jail in Red Bluff. That jail is the local booking and housing point for sentenced and pre-sentenced inmates held in county custody. The state facility in the county is Ishi Conservation Camp #18, a CDCR and CAL FIRE conservation camp for sentenced state prisoners who qualify for fire crew and conservation work.
The Tehama County inmate population changes when people are arrested, released on bail or other terms, sentenced locally, transferred to state prison, returned on warrants, or moved for medical and court transport. The sheriff's 2025 annual report says jail staff booked and processed over 2,506 people that year. It also says the existing jail was nearing functional capacity while a jail expansion was being prepared for staffing and opening. That makes the official capacity, annual booking count, and lookup channel just as important as any single daily head count.
Tehama County Inmate Population Statistics
Published local figures give a clear base for the Tehama County inmate population, even though an exact average daily population was not extracted from the BSCC data tools during research. The sheriff's custody page lists the county jail capacity as 227 inmates, and the 2025 annual report gives operational counts for bookings, alternative custody, transport, medical visits, jail meals, and warrants maintained by dispatch. For monthly or quarterly jail population data, the statewide source is the BSCC Jail Profile Survey.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tehama County Jail rated capacity | 227 inmates | Sheriff Custody Division page, inspected 2026 |
| People booked and processed | Over 2,506 | Tehama County Sheriff's Office 2025 Annual Report |
| Alternative custody placements | 369 people | Tehama County Sheriff's Office 2025 Annual Report |
| Meals served by jail kitchen | About 126,204 through late November | Tehama County Sheriff's Office 2025 Annual Report |
| Official ADP source | BSCC JPS query and dashboard | BSCC Jail Profile Survey resources |
The sheriff annual reports page is useful for local operations, while BSCC is the official statewide jail population channel. BSCC states that its jail profile survey has collected local jail data since the mid-1970s and that county-reported data can be revised. Use that caveat when comparing Tehama County jail population rows across months or years.
Tehama County Jail Population Trends
The strongest local trend in the research is not a multi-year ADP table. It is the sheriff's statement that the jail was nearing functional capacity and that the expansion was expected to add needed bed space, modern security systems, updated medical facilities, and improved housing units. The annual report also says new digital tools were added for population management, including electronic tracking systems and improved communication platforms.
The statewide BSCC tools remain the best source for extracting Tehama County monthly population rows by year. The research identified the BSCC legacy query, the current query tool, and the rated-capacity resource, but exact Tehama ADP rows were not extracted. A careful reader should treat the 227-bed capacity and the 2025 booking count as sourced local figures, then use BSCC for deeper year-over-year jail population trend work.
| Trend Item | Published Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity pressure | Existing jail nearing functional capacity | 2025 Sheriff Annual Report |
| Expansion timing | Construction underway, expected completion in early 2026 | 2025 Sheriff Annual Report |
| Data system | Electronic tracking and improved communication platforms | 2025 Sheriff Annual Report |
| Longitudinal data | County-reported JPS/JDS data through official query tools | BSCC Jail Profile Survey |
Tehama County Inmate Population Makeup
The sheriff publishes categories that show how the Tehama County inmate population is separated for housing and visits, even though no official local table was located for race, age, felony level, or sentenced versus non-sentenced counts. The visitation schedule names male protective custody PC-1 and PC-2, male mainline, female protective custody, female mainline, and administrative, disciplinary, or medical separation housing for both men and women. Those terms are housing categories, not public demographic totals.
- Pre-sentenced inmate
- A person held in the county jail before final case disposition, often after arrest, while charges, bail, or court appearances are pending.
- Sentenced inmate
- A person serving a jail sentence locally or awaiting transfer after a court sentence.
- Classification
- The jail process used to assign housing and supervision based on safety, conduct, medical needs, separation rules, and case status.
- CDCR custody
- State prison custody under the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, searched through CIRIS rather than the county jail roster.
Ishi Conservation Camp is part of the state prison side of the Tehama County inmate population. It holds sentenced CDCR incarcerated persons assigned to fire crews and conservation or community-service projects, not new county jail bookings.
Tehama County Jail Capacity
The Tehama County Jail was built in 1974, with additions completed in 1994. The sheriff's custody page lists capacity at 227 inmates and describes the Jail Division as the largest division of the Sheriff's Office. The 2025 annual report adds that jail expansion construction was underway and was being prepared for staffing and opening. It describes the expansion as adding bed space and modernizing security and medical areas.
Those details matter for inmate population searches because a capacity-stressed jail may use transfers, alternative custody, and state-prison movement to manage the count. The same annual report says 369 people were placed in alternative custody programs in 2025, with assignments to the Animal Shelter, Day Reporting Center, Fairgrounds, Auto Shop, Jail Farm, Jail Cleaning, and other work sites. Alternative custody is not the same as a public jail roster entry, so confirm a person's status with the jail or Records Division before assuming where the person is held.
Laws for Tehama County Custody Records
California law shapes what the public can see about the Tehama County inmate population. The California Public Records Act supports requests for local agency records, but law-enforcement files, juvenile records, sealed records, medical information, safety-sensitive data, and full criminal-history summaries can be withheld or redacted. The sheriff's Records Division is the local fallback for booking logs and report requests when an online roster does not provide the needed information.
Key Statutes:
California Government Code section 7920.000 starts the California Public Records Act framework for records held by state and local agencies.
California Government Code section 7923.600 protects many law-enforcement investigatory records from routine release.
California Penal Code section 6030 directs BSCC to establish minimum standards for local detention facilities.
California Penal Code section 13150 covers criminal justice reporting duties, including death-in-custody information.
Search Tehama County Current Custody
The official starting point is the sheriff's current inmates page. Research found that the linked host at inmates.tehamaso.org showed a placeholder page on May 31, 2026, rather than a working roster with search fields, profiles, charges, bond, or mugshots. That should be treated as an official-source gap, not proof that there are no inmates in custody.
- Start at the sheriff current-inmates page and try the View Current Inmates link.
- If the roster still does not load, call Tehama County Jail staff at (530) 529-7910 for current custody confirmation.
- For booking logs, reports, or older booking information, contact Sheriff Records at records@tehamaso.org or 530-529-7940.
- If the person may have been sentenced to state prison or a conservation camp, search CDCR CIRIS.
- For notification rather than a record copy, register through VINELink California.
Citizen RIMS is linked from the sheriff homepage as a crime-map tool, not as a jail roster or warrant search. No confirmed Tehama County sheriff mobile app with an inmate lookup feature was located.
Tehama County Roster Search Fields
Because the current-inmate host did not expose a public interface during research, the county roster search fields could not be verified. The table below preserves that limitation. It is better to say the field was not visible than to invent a last-name search, booking-number field, mugshot link, or release-date filter that the official page did not display.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not visible | Not visible | Not visible | The official roster host did not display a roster interface on May 31, 2026. |
The most practical fallback is the Records Division. Records maintains booking logs, calls for service, investigations, contacts, and other transactions. The office is at 22840 Antelope Boulevard in Red Bluff, with weekday hours listed as 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., phone 530-529-7940, fax 530-529-7933, and email records@tehamaso.org.
Tehama County Inmate Record Fields
A normal jail roster may show booking numbers, booking dates, names, charges, bond, housing, court dates, and release status. For Tehama County, the official roster host did not load a sample inmate profile during research, so those fields could not be confirmed from a live county record. The only housing details confirmed by official pages come from the visitation schedule.
| Field | What Research Confirmed |
|---|---|
| Inmate name | No live roster record was visible during inspection. |
| Booking number | Not visible on the roster host; booking numbers are part of California local summary criminal-history information. |
| Mugshot | No official Tehama booking photo was visible in the inspected roster channel. |
| Charges | Not visible on the roster host; filed charges are confirmed through court records. |
| Housing unit | Visitation categories confirm male, female, protective custody, mainline, separation, and medical housing groups. |
| Release status | Not visible on the inspected roster host; verify by jail phone, Records, or VINELink notification. |
Tehama County Jail vs CDCR
The county roster and CDCR CIRIS answer different questions. The Tehama County Jail handles arrests, local bookings, pretrial holds, short-sentence custody, court transport, medical services, food service, and jail visitation. CDCR holds sentenced state prisoners. Ishi Conservation Camp is physically in Tehama County, but it is not a county jail and should not be searched through the sheriff roster.
| County Jail | State Prison / Camp | |
|---|---|---|
| Run By | Tehama County Sheriff's Office | California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and CAL FIRE for Ishi |
| Who Is Held | Sentenced and pre-sentenced county jail inmates | Sentenced CDCR incarcerated persons |
| Search Tool | Sheriff current-inmates page, jail phone, Records Division | CDCR CIRIS and CDCR Identification Unit |
| Visits | IC Solutions and jail pre-approval by housing group | CDCR visitor approval and scheduling rules |
State Federal and ICE Searches
For sentenced California prisoners, use CDCR CIRIS. CDCR also provides Identification Unit help at (916) 445-6713 on weekdays, excluding holidays, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time. For federal sentenced prisoners, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, which searches current ICE custody and CBP custody after more than 48 hours, but not people under 18.
These tools do not replace the sheriff's custody confirmation. A person can move from arrest to jail, from jail to court, from jail to state prison, or from local custody to another agency. Search the system that matches the person's legal status.
Tehama County Detention Facilities
The two facility pages reflect the split between local custody and state correctional custody in Tehama County. The county jail is the primary point for arrests and local housing. Ishi Conservation Camp is a CDCR conservation camp with fire and community-service work.
- Tehama County Jail - the sheriff-operated Main Jail in Red Bluff for sentenced and pre-sentenced county inmates.
- Ishi Conservation Camp #18 - a CDCR and CAL FIRE camp in Paynes Creek for eligible sentenced state prisoners.
The sheriff's jail services page adds local context on transportation, medical care, food service, work farm, and the AB109 Auto Shop. Those programs help explain how the custody population is managed after booking.
Tehama County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Tehama County inmate population?
The sourced local capacity figure is 227 inmates at the Tehama County Jail. The sheriff's 2025 annual report says jail staff booked and processed over 2,506 people in 2025, but the research did not extract an exact current average daily population from BSCC.
How do I search the Tehama County inmate population?
Start with the sheriff current-inmates page. If the linked roster host is unavailable, call the jail at (530) 529-7910, then use Sheriff Records for booking logs. Search CDCR CIRIS for sentenced state custody and Ishi Conservation Camp.
Does Tehama County have a separate city jail?
No official separate city jail was located in the research. Red Bluff Police Department, Corning Police Department, CHP, sheriff arrests, and other local arrests route through the county jail and later court or agency records.