• Camp Verde Detention Center (2830 North Commonwealth Drive, Suite 105, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, 928-567-7734), on Commonwealth Drive in Camp Verde, which holds most people for longer stays
• Prescott Detention Center (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260), on East Gurley Street near the downtown courthouse (120 South Cortez Street, Prescott, AZ 86303, 928-771-3312) in Prescott

People booked there are often moved over the mountain to Camp Verde, roughly an hour's drive. The roster shows which site has them.

Type the name into Yavapai County Inmate Search. Write down the booking number, since both jails use it for money and mail.

The Prescott Detention Center can be reached on 928-771-3260, and its address is 1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301.

Mountain roads mean long drives from places like Bagdad, Black Canyon City or Sedona. Then booking adds more hours. Call 928-771-3260 (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301) with their legal name and date of birth. If the name is absent, ask the officer's department whether they were cited and sent home.

Arizona allows release with a notice to appear for misdemeanors and petty offenses. Prescott and Verde Valley officers often settle shoplifting or trespass that way, handing over a slip with the hearing date. Domestic violence arrests, though, go to jail.

The deadline is 24 hours after arrest under Arizona's court rules; past that, release is required. Yavapai judges hold initial appearances daily, usually by video from the jail (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260). At that video hearing the person learns the accusations, the lawyer question is settled, and terms are set.

Yavapai judges start from release on a signed pledge. If more is needed, they may add a cash or secured bond, check-ins, a monitor, or no-contact orders. For the most serious felonies, prosecutors can ask for a detention hearing. See our Yavapai bail guide.

Phone 928-771-3260 (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301) to learn the amount and which jail will take payment. Hiring a bondsman costs a fee the agent keeps. Another agency's hold keeps the person in custody.

Felonies go to Yavapai County Superior Court (120 South Cortez Street, Prescott, AZ 86303, 928-771-3312), with courtrooms in Prescott and Camp Verde. Misdemeanors are heard by justice courts or city courts such as those in Prescott, Prescott Valley, Cottonwood and Sedona. Check dates on the state courts' public case search. See the Yavapai court steps.

The county public defender takes appointed cases when a judge finds the person lacks the funds to pay. They should ask for one at the initial appearance. Jail calls are recorded, so case talk should wait for the lawyer.

Call before posting bond. Ask the sheriff's office (255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301) at 928-771-3260 about other agencies' holds. The DPS warrant search is a free statewide check; the Public Access lookup reveals cases in Maricopa, Coconino or elsewhere. A lawyer can have the issuing court set bond for one-step release. The Superior Court clerk answers at 928-771-3312 (120 South Cortez Street, Prescott, AZ 86303). Turn yourself in at the detention center, 1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301 (928-771-3260), with bond money; staff there can confirm details.

Visits are mostly by video, from home through an online account or from a lobby station. Register before the first visit. Schedules depend on housing and staffing, so check online or call the jail (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260). See Yavapai visitation and remote video visits.

Set up a prepaid phone account to take calls. Add money for the store online or at a kiosk. Our guides: Yavapai jail calls (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260), messaging, tablets, deposits, Yavapai commissary.

Mail for people in both jails goes to the Camp Verde address on Commonwealth Drive, with the person's name. The sheriff turns away postcards, Polaroids, stickers, glitter, gel ink and colored or scented paper. Check Yavapai inmate mail before sending anything.

Call 928-771-3260 (255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301) and ask to have a message passed to jail medical. List the medicines and the doctor. Jail medical staff decide on care. Speak up right away about any suicide risk.

Calls to the Prescott Detention Center go to 928-771-3260; letters and visits to 1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301.

The juvenile court runs a detention center in Prescott, phone 928-771-3156 (1100 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301). Youth records stay off the public adult roster, and a juvenile judge looks at each detention quickly. See our Yavapai juvenile page.

The Yavapai-Apache Nation near Camp Verde and the Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe have their own police and tribal courts. A person held by tribal police is in a separate tribal system and stays off the county roster.

Strangers wanting gift cards or wires for a release are lying. Use only the jail (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260), the court, or a bail agent you found. Hang up and call the sheriff.

Call the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office (255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301) at 928-771-3260 and ask which site has your relative, plus the booking number and bond figure.

The number for the Prescott Detention Center is 928-771-3260, and the office sits at 1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301.

Federal arrests start with the DEA, the IRS, the Postal Inspection Service, and the Marshals Service (401 West Washington Street, Suite 270, Phoenix, AZ 85003, 602-382-8768). Camp Verde is part of Arizona's federal district, Prescott Division; court dates are held at the courthouse (120 South Cortez Street, Prescott, AZ 86303, 928-771-3312) in Flagstaff, 123 North San Francisco Street, Suite 200, Flagstaff, AZ 86001. The Flagstaff clerk takes calls at 928-774-2566, but papers are filed in Phoenix or Tucson. An initial hearing comes fast, before a magistrate judge. In federal court, bail is set case by case. Applying the federal Bail Reform Act, a judge runs a bail hearing then rules on what conditions apply. Plan on an interview with a pretrial services officer; the judge sees the answers.

Look them up on the county roster. Until sentencing, the Marshals may keep the person in a county jail. Then try the Marshals office for Arizona at 928-213-0135 (123 North San Francisco Street, Suite 101, Flagstaff, AZ 86001). A conviction with prison time sends the person from the county jail (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260) to the BOP (320 First Street NW, Washington, DC 20534, 202-307-3198). Use the BOP locator for their facility.

• Immigration officers learn about the arrest from the prints staff take. ICE can then issue a detainer.
• Under a detainer, ICE requests that the Camp Verde jail (2830 North Commonwealth Drive, Suite 105, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, 928-567-7734) hold the person up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
• The detainer stays in place after bail is paid; the 48 hours just begin then.
• Officers from ICE often pick them up at the Camp Verde jail inside that 48-hour window. If the window passes, the sheriff should release them on the local case.
• Questions about the hold go to the Phoenix ICE office: 2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 602-257-5900.
• Relatives can follow them online at the Online Detainee Locator System, using an A-number and birth country. Anyone lacking the A-number can type in the person's legal name, native country, and birth date.
• Only ICE chooses the detention center.

Arizona's prison system, the ADCRR (701 East Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 602-542-5497), takes those given a felony prison term. Until then, they stay in the Camp Verde jail (2830 North Commonwealth Drive, Suite 105, Camp Verde, AZ 86322, 928-567-7734) while the ADCRR has a bed ready. Their first ADCRR stop is an intake center. Workers there review everyone based on gang ties, physical and emotional health, and custody level. Finally, they go to a unit that matches their needs.

For their unit, open the state inmate search. For prison details, open our Arizona prison guide.

The sheriff's office (255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301), 928-771-3260 (1200 Prescott Lakes Parkway, Prescott, AZ 86301), handles press requests for booking photos. Federal mugshots are not made public. Exceptions are few. The Marshals can publish a booking photo for a wanted fugitive, when release could help find them or warn people or if it's needed at once for community safety. Immigration photos become available only via an ICE records request, if ICE agrees.

Prescott Police handle walk-ins at 222 South Marina Street, Prescott, AZ 86303 and calls on 928-445-3131. Prescott Valley officers work from 7601 East Skoog Boulevard, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314, phone 928-772-9267, and Chino Valley Police sit at 220 North State Route 89, Chino Valley, AZ 86323 (928-636-4223). Cottonwood's station is 199 South 6th Street, Cottonwood, AZ 86326, with dispatch on 928-649-1397. Sedona Police are based at 102 Roadrunner Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336 (928-282-3100); Clarkdale officers are at 49 North 9th Street, Clarkdale, AZ 86324 (928-634-2921); and the Camp Verde Marshal's Office is at 646 South 1st Street, Camp Verde, AZ 86322 (928-554-8300). Deputies answer to the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office at 255 East Gurley Street, Prescott, AZ 86301, 928-771-3260.

Places like Dewey-Humboldt, Black Canyon City, Mayer, Paulden, Cornville and Bagdad rely on sheriff's deputies. The Arizona Highway Patrol covers I-17 and Highway 69.