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Tehama County Jail Inmate Overview

Tehama County Sheriff's Office Custody Division identifies the Main Jail as the central county detention facility in Red Bluff. It is operated by the Tehama County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Dave Kain, and it receives people who are arrested by the sheriff, Red Bluff Police Department, Corning Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and other agencies that book through the county system. The jail holds sentenced and pre-sentenced inmates, which means a Tehama County Jail record may reflect a new arrest, a court hold, a local sentence, or a person waiting for transfer.

The sheriff's custody page places the jail at the center of a larger division that includes the Main Jail, Courts, Transportation Unit, Medical Unit, and Food Services. That structure matters for inmate lookup work because the public roster is only one access point. A person may also appear in booking logs kept by the sheriff's Records Division, in court records after arraignment, or in CDCR records after a state-prison sentence. The current inmate channel is linked from the sheriff's inmate information page, but research found the linked roster host was not displaying live roster rows on May 31, 2026.

The Custody Division page shows the jail overview, capacity, and command information used for local jail context.

Use the official sheriff page for facility identity and capacity, then use the separate inmate information and records channels for custody status.

Tehama County Jail Inmate Capacity

The official rated capacity for Tehama County Jail is 227 inmates. The jail was built in 1974, with additions completed in 1994. The sheriff's 2025 annual report says the existing jail was nearing functional capacity and that an expansion project was underway, with new bed space, updated medical areas, modern security systems, and improved housing units planned. The same report says jail staff booked and processed more than 2,506 people in 2025, which gives useful scale even though a current average daily population was not extracted from the official BSCC tools during research.

Housing information is published most clearly through the visitation schedule. The jail lists male protective custody PC-1 and PC-2, male mainline, female protective custody, female mainline, and administrative, disciplinary, or medical separation units. Those labels confirm that Tehama County Jail uses classification, which is the custody process for placing inmates in a housing group based on safety, medical, discipline, and management needs. They do not give a public count by unit.

Tehama County Jail Lookup Steps

Start a Tehama County Jail inmate lookup with the sheriff's official channels, then use the fallback chain if the roster is still unavailable. The public inmate information page links to the current inmates host, but that host showed a generic coming-soon page during research, with no visible inmate names, charges, mugshots, booking numbers, release dates, or search fields. Treat that as a roster access problem, not as proof that the person is not in custody.

1. Open the sheriff's Current Inmates page and try the official current-inmates link if it loads in the browser.
2. If no roster appears, call Tehama County Jail staff at (530) 529-7910 for current custody confirmation.
3. For booking logs, reports, or older booking information, use the Sheriff's Records Division by phone, fax, email, mail, or in person.
4. If the person may have been sentenced to state custody, search CDCR CIRIS instead of the county roster.
5. For notification rather than a full record, register through VINELink California.

A Tehama County Jail search should also account for federal and immigration systems when the facts point that way. The BOP locator covers sentenced federal inmates from 1982 to present, and ICE ODLS covers ICE detainees or people in CBP custody for more than 48 hours. Neither system replaces the county jail roster for a local Red Bluff booking. A person who has been sentenced to Ishi Conservation Camp #18 or another CDCR facility is in state custody, so CDCR CIRIS is the correct locator.

Tehama County Jail Custody Contact

Use the jail number for custody, visiting, and facility questions. Use Sheriff's Records for booking logs, reports, and California Public Records Act requests. The Records Division maintains calls for service, investigations, booking logs, contacts, and other transactions, and the sheriff's records page says requests for reports and information are processed through that unit. Records office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tehama County Jail Inmate Visits

Tehama County Jail visits are non-contact and use IC Solutions for video visitation. The official setup path is Friends & Family, then Video Visitation under Support, then selecting Tehama County Jail, CA as the agency. Each inmate receives one 30-minute visit twice weekly. Inmate workers may receive one 60-minute visit twice weekly if time and space allow. A visitation request must be submitted and pre-approved, received at least seven days before the requested date, and not sent more than 30 days in advance. Approved visitors are assigned a time slot and notified by email.

Legal and confidential visits are handled differently. Attorneys, probation or parole officers, medical or mental-health staff, and approved clergy may visit seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Approved clergy must work through the chaplain approval process, and the research notes that approval may take up to three weeks. Always confirm the housing group before requesting a visit because the Tehama County Jail visitation schedule is organized by housing status, not just by day.

Tehama County Jail Inmate Mail

Inmate mail goes to the jail's post office box, not to a public roster vendor. The required format is the inmate's name, Tehama County Jail, P.O. Box 490, Red Bluff, CA 96080. All correspondence must include a complete return name and address. Legal mail must also be mailed to the inmate at that address with "Legal Mail" on the front, because the jail no longer accepts legal-mail drop-offs at the window. Personal service at the jail is a separate option when a person comes to the jail and asks to see the inmate.

Mail rules are detailed. Prohibited items include drugs, weapons, hazardous materials, unknown substances, stationery, stamps, envelopes, paperclips, metal, plastic, balloons, jewelry, string, food, clothing, stickers, tape, glue, greeting cards, glitter, crayons, markers, children's drawings, three-way mail, Polaroids, photos larger than four by six inches, gang-related images, hardcover books, calendars, cash, checks, and money orders. Publications must come directly from a publisher or online service such as Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and inmates may possess no more than five books at a time.

Tehama County Jail Booking Intake

Booking is the administrative intake process after arrest. In Tehama County, the court and sheriff research supports a flow from arrest, to jail booking, to first court appearance, to charges filed through the District Attorney when a criminal case proceeds. Sheriff's Records maintains booking logs, while Tehama Superior Court keeps filings and dispositions once a court case is opened. The jail also has a Transportation Unit that moves inmates to court, medical appointments, prison, and back to Tehama County when a person wanted locally is arrested elsewhere in California.

Medical intake and ongoing care are part of jail operations. The jail has a medical unit with a nurse office and exam room. Inmates can submit a request slip for medical attention, and a Physician Assistant visits twice weekly when needed. Medication call occurs four times daily. Emergency cases are taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital. The 2025 annual report gives a strong sense of volume: 9,598 nurse visits, 877 doctor visits, 65 dental visits, and 508 off-site medical visits were reported for the year.

About Tehama County Jail

Tehama County Jail was built in 1974, with additions completed in 1994. It sits near the county government and court core in Red Bluff, which is the county seat. The Sheriff's Office describes Tehama County as a Northern California county about 120 miles north of Sacramento, covering about 3,300 square miles and serving about 65,000 permanent residents plus visitors who come for hunting, fishing, wilderness, and sporting events. That broad service area helps explain why the jail, courts, transport, medical, food service, and records functions are closely tied.

The jail also connects to work and alternative custody programs. The Sheriff's Office opened the AB109 Auto Shop in July 2012 as an alternative to incarceration and as a way to provide workforce skills to qualifying participants. Facility maintenance and work farm operations are also part of the jail-services picture. The 2025 annual report listed 369 alternative custody placements, with assignments at the animal shelter, Day Reporting Center, Fairgrounds, Auto Shop, Jail Farm, Jail Cleaning, and other local work sites. For state camp custody, use the separate Ishi Conservation Camp #18 page because that facility is a CDCR and CAL FIRE camp, not the county jail.