Victorville Inmate Lookup

Victorville inmate population records are managed by the San Bernardino County Sheriff. The city does not run its own jail. All arrests made by the Victorville station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff go through the county booking system. Victorville sits in the High Desert region of San Bernardino County, which is the largest county by land area in the entire United States. The county sheriff operates several jail facilities and maintains an online booking search that covers Victorville and every other city in the county. This page shows you how to find someone in custody after a Victorville arrest and what tools are available for searching inmate records.

San Bernardino County Jail

San Bernardino County runs the jail system that holds Victorville inmates. The county operates several facilities. The West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga is the largest. The High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto is closer to Victorville and handles many local bookings from the High Desert region. The Central Detention Center in San Bernardino and the Glen Helen Rehabilitation Center in Devore are also part of the system. People arrested in Victorville usually go to the High Desert Detention Center first since it is right there in the area.

The sheriff's booking search at jimsnetil.shr.sbcounty.gov lets you look up anyone in San Bernardino County custody. Enter a name and search. Results show the booking date, charges, bail amount, and which facility the person is in. The tool covers all county jail sites including those that hold Victorville inmates. It is free to use. You do not need to create an account. The data updates regularly throughout the day as new bookings come in and as inmates move between facilities or get released.

Below is the San Bernardino County Sheriff's booking search tool used for Victorville and all other county inmate population lookups.

Note: The High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto is the closest county facility to Victorville. Most local arrests end up there first.

Victorville Law Enforcement

Victorville does not have its own police department. The San Bernardino County Sheriff provides law enforcement services through a contract. The Victorville station on Hesperia Road handles day-to-day policing for the city. Deputies who work this station patrol Victorville streets, respond to calls, and make arrests. When they book someone, that person goes straight into the county jail system. There is no city holding facility to check. The county system is the only place to look for Victorville inmate population data.

The Victorville sheriff station phone number is (760) 241-2911. You can call and ask about recent arrests. Staff may be able to tell you where a person was taken after booking. The Victorville station page on the sheriff's website has hours and contact details. Since Victorville contracts with the county for police services, all arrest records route through the county system. This makes searching simpler in one way. You only need to check one jail system for Victorville inmates, not two like you would in cities that run their own jails.

The California Highway Patrol also makes arrests in the Victorville area, especially on Interstate 15 and along Highway 395. CHP bookings for Victorville go into the same San Bernardino County jail system. Other agencies like the San Bernardino County Probation Department may also bring people in from Victorville. All of them use the county booking system.

Statewide Inmate Search

The county jail is not the only place a Victorville person might end up. The federal government runs a prison in Victorville too. USP Victorville and the adjacent camp are federal Bureau of Prisons facilities. Those are completely separate from the county system and hold people convicted of federal crimes. Search for federal inmates at the BOP website. State prisons are another option. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation operates CIRIS, a free tool that covers all 34 state prisons. If someone from Victorville was sentenced to state prison, they show up in CIRIS.

VINELink works across all 58 California counties and is useful for Victorville searches when you are not sure where someone is being held. Call 1-877-411-5588 or search the website. VINE sends alerts when an inmate's status changes. It covers county jails statewide. You can also use the BSCC Jail Profile Survey to pull San Bernardino County jail population statistics that include Victorville inmate data.

Victorville Records Access Laws

Booking data from Victorville arrests is public. Under Government Code 6254(f), the name, charges, bail amount, and booking date are all available to anyone who asks. That law is the reason the San Bernardino County Sheriff can post the online booking search that shows Victorville inmate population data. You do not need a reason to look someone up. The information is open.

Criminal history records are different. Penal Code 11105 restricts full criminal records in California. The Department of Justice keeps these files and only shares them with authorized parties. Law enforcement gets access. Certain employers and licensing boards do too. Regular people can check their own record by submitting fingerprints and paying $25 through the DOJ. In the Victorville area, Live Scan fingerprinting is available at several private locations and at some government offices in the High Desert.

San Bernardino County also complies with the California Public Records Act for other types of documents. You can request incident reports and booking logs from the sheriff. Requests go through the Records Division. Response times vary. Simple requests might come back in a few days. More involved requests can take weeks.

Nearby City Inmate Records

These cities are near Victorville in San Bernardino County. All use the same county jail system for inmate population records.

For full county jail details, see the San Bernardino County inmate population page.