Clearlake and Lakeport police and Sheriff's deputies bring adults to the Lake County Correctional Facility in Lakeport, the county's only adult jail.

Use Lake County Inmate Search for current bookings and bail. The jail at 707-262-4240 can help with recent arrests.

Arraignment is within 48 hours, not counting Sundays or holidays. The main court is at 675 Lakeport Boulevard (clerk 707-263-2374), with a branch in Clearlake at 7000-A South Center Drive (707-994-6598). Read Lake court steps.

In Lakeport, the scheduled sum is paid at the jail window, or relatives work with a bail agent licensed by the state. Lakeport judges revisit that figure at the first hearing and must weigh the person's budget. See the Lake bail guide.

The Lake County Public Defender is at 255 North Forbes Street, Lakeport (707-263-0133).

Helbush Drive visits are booked ahead, and each adult must show photo ID at the lobby window. See Lake visiting and remote visits.

Letters go to 4913 Helbush Drive, Lakeport, CA 95453, with the name and booking number. See mail, deposits, commissary, phones, messaging and tablets.

The county sends detained youths to Mendocino County Juvenile Hall, 585 Low Gap Road, Ukiah (707-234-6682). Lake Probation is at 707-262-4285.

It can't. Lake County bail goes through the jail or a licensed agent only. Hang up and dial 707-262-4240 to hear the truth from the jail itself.

Agents from the FBI or the IRS handle federal arrests. The case goes to the Northern District of California in the U.S. courthouse: 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94102. The clerk's line: 415-522-2000. An initial court date comes soon with a magistrate judge. Money is not how it works on federal charges. The judge considers danger and flight risk during a detention hearing per the 1984 Bail Reform Act. The court also reads a report from a pretrial services officer about work, family and record.

Start on the sheriff's roster first. While it's open, U.S. Marshals in most cases keep the person in a county jail. The Marshals Service office for the Northern District of California is at 450 Golden Gate Avenue, 20th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102. Phone 415-436-7677 to find a federal prisoner. Prison time in a federal case moves the person out of the local jail to the BOP. The BOP locator for the prison once they arrive.

• Right after arrest, prints taken at the jail are checked by federal databases. Then ICE might send a detainer.
• Posting bail does not erase it.
• Under a detainer, ICE requests that the sheriff put off release by up to two days. The count includes weekends and holidays.
• ICE officers can collect them in person while held. If the window passes, staff should let them go on the local case.
• Find the person at the locator after the pickup, using the person's A-number with birth country. If the person's A-number is unknown, use the full legal name plus birth date and birth country.
• The final stop is ICE's call and may change.
• If the jail can't answer, try ICE's San Francisco office at 415-365-8800; it is located at 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111.

Once a judge orders a prison term, the person becomes a CDCR inmate under California's corrections department. For now, most people stay in the Lakeport jail until the CDCR finds a bed. The trip ends at reception, where they're booked into the system. During classification, officers look up custody level, medical and mental care, and gang links. The last stop is a prison that is right for them.

Use the CDCR online locator for their unit. Our California prison guide has prison addresses.

Try the Lake jail search first. It lists Lake inmates but no mugshots.

California's rule is Penal Code 13665. Social media is what it covers. Nonviolent arrests are the main target. Sheriffs and police can't share them there. Posts must come down within 14 days. Exceptions exist for fugitives and public threats. Jail websites are outside this law. Even so, many sheriffs leave photos off.

When a jail photo hasn't been posted, press questions go to the sheriff's office at 707-263-2690. Federal mugshots are kept private. A booking picture from a federal arrest gets out only through the Marshals Service, for an escaped inmate or fugitive, for urgent community safety or when posting it helps find them or warn the public. For an immigration mugshot, submit ICE's online public records request; approval is up to ICE.

• Clearlake Police: 707-994-8251
• Lakeport Police: 707-263-5491
• Lake County Sheriff's Office non-emergency: 707-263-2690

The Sheriff covers Middletown, Kelseyville, Lucerne and other unincorporated towns.