Jefferson County Jail Roster
The official online custody source is the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office Jail Viewer. It is the public roster for people booked into the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office jail, and search results display as the user types. The roster is the best first stop for current local custody, not for old court case records, state prison custody, or federal custody.
The jail is operated by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Jason Pollock's office serves about 22,000 residents across 1,721 square miles, with summer population increases connected to recreation near Lake Billy Chinook and the Crooked, Deschutes, and Metolius Rivers. Those local facts matter because bookings may involve sheriff calls, Madras police matters, traffic violations, boating cases, fish and wildlife violations, and other public-safety events that later appear in court records.
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office navigation page is the official local hub for jail and sheriff records links.
That sheriff source is the local hub for jail, records, civil, public services, and court-information links used with inmate lookup questions.
Use Jefferson County Inmate Search
Start with the Jail Viewer when the question is whether a person is in the Jefferson County jail now or was recently released. Use the jail phone number when a court date, custody status, or roster detail is unclear. Use Oregon DOC only when the person may be serving a state prison sentence rather than being held in the county jail.
- Open the official Jail Viewer at jailviewer.jcso.law.
- Type the person's name into the roster search field and watch for matching results.
- Review the visible booking details, charges, and custody status shown by the roster.
- Call the jail control room at 541-475-2869 if the roster result is unclear or the court date is needed.
- Check the Oregon DOC offender search only for sentenced state-prison custody.
For court dates, the sheriff court information page gives two paths. Call the jail at 541-475-2869 for an in-custody inmate. Call Jefferson County Circuit Court at 541-475-3317 for an out-of-custody person's court date.
Jefferson County Inmate Search Fields
The public Jail Viewer was available only as a partial field capture during source review. The sheriff's inmate-search wording says users can search a specific inmate by name and view recently released inmates. Because the roster displays results as the user types, a partial name may help when spelling is uncertain.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name search | Text | Optional search input | Use first or last name; results update as typed in the public viewer. |
| Current inmates | Roster view | No | Shows people currently booked into the local Jefferson County jail. |
| Recently released inmates | Roster view | No | Sheriff wording says recently released inmates can be viewed separately. |
| Booking detail link | Profile/result control | No | Use when available to see more detail tied to a booking record. |
Note: A stable static inmate profile was not available from the public text source, so expanded profile fields should be verified in the live viewer.
Jefferson County Inmate Details
The Jail Viewer public interface is expected to show in-custody name, booking date and time, current charges, and added booking details where available. Treat the charge information as jail booking information. Filed charges, amendments, pleas, and final outcomes belong in the court case record.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The in-custody or recently released person returned by the roster search. |
| Booking date and time | When the jail recorded the booking into local custody. |
| Current charges | Booking or custody charge labels shown by the jail viewer. |
| Booking details | Additional public detail when the viewer exposes a profile or expanded result. |
| Release status | Whether the roster places the person in current custody or recently released status. |
| Court date path | The jail phone number for in-custody court-date questions. |
Booking charges can differ from filed court charges. The arrest-to-court path is covered in Jefferson County arrest records and court charges.
Jefferson County Jail Facility
The local jail is the Jefferson County Adult Correctional Facility, also called the Jefferson County Jail. It is co-located with the Sheriff's Office at 675 NW Cherry Lane, Madras, OR 97741. The jail was built in 2000 and opened for holding inmates in November 2001, replacing the former courthouse jail facility. The official jail history notes that 25 inmates were moved from the courthouse building to Cherry Lane in 2001.
The jail has 150 beds, an average daily population of about 70, and about 130 bookings per month by local law enforcement. Posted staffing includes 12 corrections deputies, 2 court security deputies, 4 corporals, 1 sergeant, 1 jail commander, and 2 nurses, with normally 3 to 4 corrections deputies on duty at a time, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Jefferson County Adult Correctional Facility
675 NW Cherry Lane
Madras, OR 97741
Jail control room: 541-475-2869
Sheriff business number: 541-475-6520
The official Jefferson County Jail page supplies the local facility history, staffing, bed count, and booking volume.
That jail source supplies the local bed count, booking volume, history, staffing, and program details used for custody context.
Jefferson County Booking Records
A Jefferson County booking record starts at the jail, not at the circuit court. Local law enforcement books a person into the Jefferson County jail, the jail records custody details, and the roster may show the public-facing booking information. If charges are later filed in Jefferson County Circuit Court, the court record becomes the source for filed charges, pleas, motions, judgments, fines, restitution, probation, and warrants.
Custody and court records often overlap, but they are not the same file. The jail can answer in-custody questions and court-date questions for people who are already in custody. The circuit court handles out-of-custody court-date questions and the public case file. Oregon State Police criminal history checks, the state sex offender registry, and Oregon DOC offender search are separate systems with different purposes.
Jefferson County Inmate Visitation
The sheriff navigation includes a visitation page, but no published schedule was available from the captured text source. Because no exact visiting days or times were confirmed in official source text, no schedule should be inferred. Call the jail control room at 541-475-2869 before planning a visit or relying on third-party visiting information.
| Visitation Item | Confirmed Status | Source-Based Action |
|---|---|---|
| Published visiting schedule | Not available from captured official text | Call the jail before visiting. |
| Visitor ID rules | Not available from captured official text | Ask jail staff what ID is required. |
| Dress code | Not available from captured official text | Confirm current jail rules by phone. |
| Video visitation | Not confirmed in official source text | Do not assume availability without jail confirmation. |
Note: Only the visitation schedule was unavailable from captured official text; sheriff pages document mail, money, phone, and property rules.
Jefferson County Inmate Mail
Official jail mail rules require U.S. Postal Service delivery. Hand delivery, courier delivery, and postage-due mail are not accepted. Mail must include the inmate's complete name, Jefferson County Adult Jail, 675 NW Cherry Lane, Madras, Oregon 97741. A complete return name and address are required, and the page says a handwritten return address is preferred because adhesive labels are removed.
Allowed mail can include written correspondence, legal or personal-business documents, postcards, greeting cards, photos, handmade drawings, photocopied clippings, photocopies or printed text, pamphlets, paperback books from approved sources, periodicals from a publisher or bookstore, and approved money instruments. The jail limits photos to five per letter, with photos up to 4 by 6 inches or printed and photocopied images up to 8.5 by 11 inches. Paperback books are limited to three per day and must come direct from a publisher, book club, or bookstore.
The official inmate mail page explains the jail's mailing rules and address format.
That page is the source for the mail address, allowed items, prohibited examples, inspection rule, and mail question phone number.
Jefferson County Inmate Phones
The sheriff inmate telephone page names Securus as the phone provider and lists the jail phone number for local questions. Phone access is separate from court records and separate from the jail roster. Families and other contacts should use the official jail phone page before setting up accounts or assuming calling rules.
The official inmate telephone services page links phone questions to the sheriff's jail information.
That source connects inmate phone questions to the official sheriff information rather than a third-party phone listing.
Jefferson County Inmate Money
Inmates may use account money for hygiene items, writing supplies, snacks, and fees. Deposits must be made by Monday before 12:00 p.m. for use in that week's commissary order. The lobby kiosk is available at the Sheriff's Office jail during normal business hours, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday except holidays. After hours, the source says to use the intercom and a corrections deputy may buzz the front door.
Online deposits use Access Corrections. Fees apply. The online system has a $300 per transaction limit and allows only three transactions per day. Mailed money must be in the form of cashier's checks, U.S. postal money orders, or government checks payable to the inmate only. Cash is not recommended, and payroll, personal, business, and two-party checks are not accepted.
The official inmate money and property page lists deposit methods, limits, and property release rules.
That source also explains property release rules, including the inmate's required property release form and the rule that a recipient must be at least 18.
Jefferson County Custody Limits
The jail roster does not replace other public-record systems. Use OJD court search for the filed court case, the register of actions, and warrants. Use Oregon DOC search for sentenced state-prison custody. Use Oregon State Police systems for criminal history checks or sex offender registry information. Use the sheriff records process for sheriff reports and local background check questions that are not answered by the roster.
No official Jefferson County, Oregon sheriff or Madras Police mobile app was found in official app-store and agency-source checks. The sheriff promotes Frontier Regional Alerts and emergency notifications, but no app-only inmate lookup or app-only warrant search was identified in official Oregon sources.