Search Sheriff's Detention Center - West Inmates

Sheriff's Detention Center - West Jail Role

Sheriff's Detention Center - West is operated by the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Office at the county detention campus in Modesto. The official page lists Facility Commander Lieutenant Kjellberg. SDC-West opened in 1992 and is described by the Sheriff's Office as a direct-observation, pod-style county jail facility. That design places incarcerated persons in housing units where staff can observe activity more directly than in older linear jail layouts.

The Sheriff's narrative says SDC-West houses both male and female incarcerated persons. It is not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. People held here are searched through the county jail roster, and the booking profile should be checked for the facility field, charges, bail, court date, release date, and arresting agency. If the person has been sentenced to state prison, the lookup moves to CDCR CIRIS instead of the Sheriff's roster.

SDC-West shares an address and phone line with SDC-East, but the two buildings serve different roles. SDC-East is the main booking and releasing building. SDC-West is the older direct-observation housing facility, and its visiting rules include both video availability and scheduled non-contact in-person visiting through glass.

Sheriff's Detention Center - West Capacity

The Sheriff's official facility page lists SDC-West at a rated capacity of 510. The research did not locate a separate current daily count for SDC-West alone. The broader Adult Detention Division states that the Sheriff's system cares for more than 1,400 pre-trial, sentenced, and out-of-custody incarcerated persons at any given time across its facilities and programs.

Because the roster is person-based, not a public capacity dashboard, it should be used to confirm whether a named person is assigned to SDC-West. Capacity figures should come from the Sheriff's facility page or other official population reports, not from manual roster counting.

Find SDC-West Jail Records

Use the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Who's in Jail roster to find a person at SDC-West. The roster has search paths for name, date of birth, and seven-digit booking number, plus a facility filter. The full booking details can show name, booking number, DOB, place of birth, arresting agency, arresting time, facility, booking date, release date, charge rows, case number, bail, and court date.

1. Open the county Who's in Jail search.
2. Search with the best identifier: booking number first, then date of birth or name.
3. Select the facility filter if SDC-West is already known.
4. Open the booking detail and confirm that Sheriff's Detention Center - West is listed.
5. Save the booking number before arranging mail, deposits, or visit scheduling.

Sheriff's Detention Center - West Contact

SDC-West uses the same public address and main detention contact number as SDC-East. Call the facility number for custody and visiting questions tied to the building. If the question concerns a formal record, arrest letter, or incarceration letter, the Sheriff's Records Division may be the correct office, but the facility can help confirm current custody routing first.

Sheriff's Detention Center - West Visiting

SDC-West has video visiting available through JailATM, but the Sheriff's SDC-West page states that public video visits are not scheduled. In-person non-contact visits for SDC-West are scheduled through ICSolutions. Visitors with an existing phone account can log in and register for visitation. Others must create an ICSolutions account. Accounts are reviewed and approved before scheduling.

Public visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. The visit is face-to-face through glass, not a contact visit. General Sheriff's rules still apply: visitor forms must be complete, visitors need valid government ID, minors must be listed and accompanied by an approved parent or guardian, and a visitor may visit only one incarcerated person per day.

Sheriff's Detention Center - West Mail and Money

Mail and money rules are systemwide for Stanislaus County detention unless a facility gives a separate direction. Personal mail now routes through JailATM central processing. The envelope must include the incarcerated person's name and booking number. Legal mail, books, Medi-Cal cards, and welfare cards are exceptions and go to the Sheriff's Detention Center street address.

Funds can be deposited through TouchPay using the Stanislaus County facility locator number. The Sheriff's notice says the county is transitioning to Access Corrections, so the vendor should be confirmed before payment. Commissary access includes hygiene items, food, recreational supplies, and phone time, with weekly limits set by Sheriff's Support Services.

Sheriff's Detention Center - West Classification

People normally enter the county system through booking and release functions at SDC-East before housing decisions are made. Once the booking record is created, classification can route the person to the building that fits security, program, medical, gender, and housing needs. SDC-West's direct-observation design is part of that classification picture.

A roster result can change after classification or transfer. If a person appears at SDC-West one day and another Stanislaus County facility later, that movement may reflect housing reassignment rather than release. If the roster no longer shows the person, check release date, court status, CDCR, BOP, ICE, or VINELink as appropriate.

Sheriff's Detention Center - West History

SDC-West opened in 1992 and represented a newer adult-detention concept for Stanislaus County because of its direct-observation, pod-style layout. The building remains part of a larger campus that includes SDC-East, the Minimum Housing Units, Support Services, and nearby REACT. The Sheriff's Adult Detention Division provides programs across the system, including education, counseling, religious services, vocational and skills workshops, recreation, and jail alternatives.

Support Services is also part of the local operating picture. The Sheriff's materials describe a central kitchen using a Cook/Chill system, about 5,000 meals per day for adult detention facilities, laundry processing of close to 3,500 pounds daily, and commissary services. Those services support SDC-West along with the other county facilities.