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Colusa County Inmate Population

The Colusa County inmate population is housed locally at Colusa County Jail, operated by the Colusa County Sheriff's Department. The official jail page says the current jail was constructed in 1962, occupied in 1963, and can house up to 92 incarcerated persons. It holds people awaiting trial and people serving local sentences. The county also states that an incarcerated person can serve up to a year in the facility for each felony conviction.

Available population figures are dated rather than live dashboard counts. The 2023-2024 Colusa County Civil Grand Jury reported 52 inmates during a December 14, 2023 pre-inspection interview and 58 inmates during its March 20, 2024 jail inspection. Vera's 2021 Colusa County fact sheet reported a 2021 average daily jail population of 54. These figures show the Colusa County inmate population in the low-to-high 50s across the located sources, not a current real-time daily count.

Colusa County Inmate Population Statistics

Colusa County population data comes from the sheriff's jail page, the Civil Grand Jury inspection, and Vera's county fact sheet. The jail page supplies capacity and local facility facts. The Grand Jury supplies point-in-time jail counts and facility-condition context. Vera supplies 2021 average daily population, admissions, pretrial share, mental-health-needs share, arrests, and people from Colusa County in state prison.

The 2021 admissions figure should not be called the current booking count. The Grand Jury's 58-person figure is a point-in-time count, not an annual average. The four federal inmates counted in 2024 show that some federal detainees were present that day, but they do not prove a permanent federal detention contract or average daily federal population.

Colusa County Jail Population Trends

The visible trend is stable when limited to located figures. Vera reported 54 people in county jail on an average day in 2021. The Grand Jury recorded 52 inmates at a December 2023 pre-inspection interview and 58 during the March 2024 physical inspection. That is not a full multi-year BSCC trend table, but it is enough to show that the documented Colusa County inmate population was near the 50s across the available sources.

Capacity use was below the 92-bed maximum in each dated source. The March 2024 inspection count was about 63 percent of rated capacity. The December 2023 count was about 57 percent. Vera's 2021 ADP was about 59 percent. The Grand Jury did not describe an active overcrowding crisis; it focused on the age, layout, and safety limits of the building.

Colusa Jail Capacity and Construction

The current jail's capacity is 92 incarcerated persons, and the planned new jail behind the current jail is designed for 96. That four-bed difference is important. The Grand Jury framed the project as modernization and safety work more than a major expansion of the Colusa County inmate population. The current jail's layout and infrastructure were described as outdated and not up to modern detention facility standards, even though jail administration and staff were described as professional and efficient.

The Grand Jury reported that the new jail design was 90 percent complete and submitted to the State Fire Marshal as of the inspection. Construction was projected to start in late spring 2024 and take 15 to 18 months. The latest estimate in that report was about $35 million, with increases tied to delays, building-supply market conditions, and inflation. The current jail was expected to stop housing inmates after the new jail opened, then shift to other jail-related operations.

The official Colusa County Jail page is the local source for the jail's capacity, staff, and custody description.

The jail page connects the Colusa County inmate population to one physical local facility, which is why capacity and lookup guidance belong together.

Who Makes Up Colusa Inmate Population

The Colusa County inmate population includes pretrial detainees, county-sentenced incarcerated persons, and some people held for other authorities. Vera reported that 64 percent of the 2021 jail population was pretrial and that 21 percent had mental-health needs. The Grand Jury's March 2024 count included 12 female incarcerated persons and 4 federal inmates. The gathered sources did not provide a current race or ethnicity breakdown, current felony and misdemeanor custody split, or average length of stay.

Pretrial

A person held before final case disposition, often before trial, plea, dismissal, or sentencing.

County sentenced

A person serving a local jail sentence instead of state prison custody.

Federal detainee

A person in federal custody or held for a federal authority, which is separate from county criminal custody.

Classification

The jail's process for housing and supervision decisions based on safety, health, vulnerability, charges, and behavior.

Colusa Inmate Population Laws

Several California rules shape the Colusa County inmate population and public access to jail data. They do not create a single public roster, but they explain why some records are public, why some records are withheld, and why jail population figures are tracked.

The custody manual also says population reports are created daily and distributed to the Sheriff and Jail Commander, and that the Jail Commander provides BSCC with demographic information described in the Jail Profile Survey. Those internal reports help explain why population categories can be tracked even when not every current figure is published on a public web page.

Search Colusa County Inmate Population

A Colusa County inmate population search starts with the current custody question. No official public Colusa County jail roster was located in the sheriff site research, so the strongest online custody channel is VINE. The county says VINE receives updates from the Colusa County Jail booking system every 15 minutes and can provide custody status, location, and offender number when searched by name.

1. Search VINELink or use the California VINE phone channel with the person's name or alias.
2. Use date of birth, arrest date, middle initial, or offender ID if VINE needs help distinguishing similar names.
3. Call Colusa County Jail at (530) 458-0205 when VINE does not return a recent arrest or when operational confirmation is needed.
4. Contact the sheriff Records Unit/front counter for booking records or report copies not visible online.
5. Search CDCR, BOP, or ICE when the person is in state prison, federal prison, or immigration custody.

Colusa County Inmate Search Fields

The Colusa County inmate population lookup uses VINE fields rather than a verified county roster form. That difference should be clear to users. VINE is a current custody and notification channel. It is not a comprehensive court-charge database, booking-photo gallery, or archive of every old booking.

Colusa County Inmate Records

A current custody record and a historical booking record are not the same. A current custody result may show status and location. A booking record request may seek a booking sheet, custody log entry, booking photo, arrest report, release date, charge list, or bail amount. The sheriff Records Unit page describes crime report and citation processing, DOJ files, local data files, UCR reporting, and public counter help. It did not expose a specific online booking-record form in the research file.

For a written request, include the person's full name, aliases, date of birth if known, arrest date, booking date, arresting agency, case number, specific records sought, preferred delivery method, and willingness to pay lawful copy fees or receive an estimate. Active investigations, juvenile matters, sealed records, victim and witness data, medical and mental-health records, and criminal-history dissemination rules may limit release.

County Jail Versus Prison Lookup

Colusa County Jail covers pretrial detainees and local jail sentences. Sentenced state prisoners move to CDCR systems. Federal prisoners use BOP after federal designation. Immigration detainees use ICE. Confusing these systems is the fastest way to miss a person connected to a Colusa County case.

Vera reported 60 people from Colusa County in the state prison system in 2021, while also listing no state prison physically located inside the county. That means CDCR custody is relevant to Colusa cases even though the person may be housed elsewhere in California.

Colusa County Detention Facilities

Colusa County's detention map is compact. The Facility Map lists one local detention facility: Colusa County Jail. No CDCR adult prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center was located in Colusa County. Federal or immigration custody may still touch a Colusa case, but the public search path moves to federal systems once that custody changes.

• Colusa County Jail holds pretrial detainees, county-sentenced incarcerated persons, and, on the March 2024 inspection date, some federal inmates.

The jail is operated by the Colusa County Sheriff's Department at the Bridge Street sheriff and jail campus.

Colusa Jail Programs and Conditions

Programs and conditions matter because the Colusa County inmate population is not just a number. The official programs page lists library access, Alcoholics Anonymous in English and Spanish, church services in English and Spanish, dental care, hair care, medical services, mental health services, school or literacy programs, work furlough, MRT through probation, and other services. The custody manual says programs remain subject to resources, security, classification, and approval.

The Grand Jury inspected food service, medical space, recreation, education, and commissary areas. It reported that onsite medical care was provided by Wellpath under county contract, with one full-time RN, one part-time LVN, on-call doctor support, local hospital transport, higher-level emergency transport when needed, and psychological services through Colusa County Behavioral Health Services as needed. The current medical space was described as very small, and the new jail was expected to improve medical and recreation areas.

Colusa County Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Colusa County inmate population?

Available dated figures place the jail count in the 50s. Vera reported a 2021 average daily jail population of 54. The Grand Jury reported 52 inmates during a December 14, 2023 pre-inspection interview and 58 inmates during its March 20, 2024 inspection.

Does Colusa County have a public jail roster?

The research did not locate an official public current-inmate roster on the sheriff site. Current custody searches should start with VINE, then the jail phone or sheriff Records Unit when needed.

Are Colusa County jail mugshots online?

No official jail mugshot gallery or recent-bookings photo page was located. Booking photo requests should use the sheriff records route and may be limited by California law.

Where do sentenced Colusa prisoners appear?

After state-prison commitment, the person should be searched through CDCR CIRIS rather than the county jail. Colusa County has no state prison inside the county.

What is the main Colusa jail facility?

Colusa County Jail is the only facility in the local Facility Map. It is operated by the Colusa County Sheriff's Department and is the county's local jail for pretrial and local-sentence custody.