Santa Barbara County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visits, pull official booking records, or change court records. For those actions, contact the sheriff, jail, court, corrections department, or federal agency that controls the record.
Official Custody Contacts
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office is the main local source for county jail custody. The jail information lines are the practical fallback when the online roster is unclear, a new arrest has not appeared yet, or a caller needs to know whether the person is at the south or north county jail.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office
4434 Calle Real
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(805) 681-4100
Non-emergency dispatch: (805) 683-2724
Records Bureau and CPRA
4434 Calle Real, ATTN: CPRA
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(805) 681-4180
records@sbsheriff.org; CPRARequests@sbsheriff.org
Main Jail
4436 Calle Real
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
(805) 681-4260
Use for south county custody questions.
Northern Branch Jail
2301 Black Road
Santa Maria, CA 93455
(805) 554-3100
Use for north county custody questions.
Sheriff report and CPRA requests may be submitted through the county portal, by email, by mail, in person, by fax at 805-681-5346, or by telephone. The Records Bureau notes that reports can take 7 to 10 days to be finalized and may take up to 10 more days for release review.
- For someone in county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the Main Jail or Northern Branch Jail if needed.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff Records Bureau or CPRA process.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Santa Barbara Superior Court records offices.
- For a specific jail, police holding area, or federal prison, use the facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation CIRIS locator.
- For a federal prisoner or immigration detainee, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.