Arrests inside Yosemite National Park are often made by park rangers and may go to federal court in the park. Arrests by Sheriff's deputies or the CHP go to the Mariposa County Adult Detention Facility.

Mariposa County Inmate Search shows the few dozen people held on Highway 49. The jail desk at 209-966-3616 can confirm a recent booking.

The historic courthouse at 5088 Bullion Street holds the first hearing within the state's two-court-day limit. Its clerk takes calls at 209-966-2005 on weekday mornings and early afternoons. Read Mariposa court steps.

Scheduled bail can be paid at the Highway 49 desk, either the full amount or through a bondsman. Mariposa's judge looks at that sum at arraignment, considering whether the person can afford it. See the Mariposa bail guide.

A contract public defender is appointed by the judge at arraignment for people who qualify.

Call 209-966-3616 to set up a visit. The facility is small, so visit times are limited. Bring photo ID. See Mariposa visits and video visiting.

Letters go to 5379 Highway 49 North, Mariposa, CA 95338, with the name and booking number. Mariposa pages explain letters, trust deposits, commissary, phones, messages, tablets.

Mariposa holds youths short-term, up to 96 hours, in a special-purpose juvenile hall. Longer detention is at the regional juvenile facility in Sonora (209-536-6700). Probation is at 209-742-1282.

Mariposa deputies never ask families to pay bail by phone, gift card or wire. Call 209-966-3616 to check with the jail directly.

Federal arrests come from the DEA, the IRS and the Marshals Service, at times with city police. Arrests in Yosemite National Park may be heard by the federal magistrate in Yosemite, 9004 Castle Cliff Court, Yosemite, CA 95389 (209-372-0320). Court dates in these cases happen in the federal courthouse in Fresno, 2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, CA 93721, part of the Eastern District of California's Fresno Division. The clerk there takes calls at 559-499-5600. Before that hearing, a pretrial services officer checks their job, family and record. Usually by the next court day, the inmate sees a magistrate judge. Cash is not the main question on federal charges. A judge considers safety and the risk they'll flee at a short hearing applying federal bail law.

Search the sheriff's roster; there U.S. Marshals custody might appear. Meanwhile, the Marshals Service can hold them in local jails. The district's Marshals staff in Fresno can tell you where they are: 559-442-2858, 2500 Tulare Street, Suite 3501, Fresno, CA 93721. With a federal prison sentence, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) assigns a facility. Find them with the BOP's inmate locator.

• Immigration officers learn about the arrest through the prints staff send. ICE can then lodge a detainer.
• Rather than leaving, the person can be held up to 48 more hours for ICE. It keeps running on holidays and weekends.
• A posted bond doesn't lift an ICE hold.
• Officers from ICE can pick them up at the Mariposa jail before the 48 hours end. If the pickup doesn't happen, that means your loved one goes free once the time is up.
• Loved ones can follow them on the web through the ICE online locator, which asks for the A-number and their native country. The locator has a search by full name when the number is unknown, which needs the full legal name with birth date and country of birth.
• ICE manages this county's cases out of its San Francisco office, at 630 Sansome Street, Room 590, San Francisco, CA 94111; call 415-365-8800.
• Where they're sent is ICE's call.

A state prison sentence is handled by California's prison agency (CDCR). First, most people stay in the Mariposa jail until the CDCR has room, which can take weeks. Reception comes first; paperwork, photos and tests. CDCR staff sort new arrivals by medical and mental care, gang connections and security level. The final step is a facility that suits their needs.

To find their unit, check the CDCR online locator. For each unit, open California state prisons.

Check the Mariposa jail search for the person; Mariposa may not post mugshots there.

Section 13665 sets the state rule. It is about social media only. Most nonviolent arrests fall under it. Agencies may not post those photos there. Photos posted there expire after 14 days. Fugitives and threats are the exceptions. Jail websites are outside this law. Still, most California rosters show no photos.

To ask for a booking picture that isn't public, journalists should reach sheriff's staff, 209-966-3615. Federal booking photos aren't shared with reporters or the community. There must be a clear reason. The Marshals put one out only for an escaped prisoner or fugitive, when there's an immediate safety need, or when publishing it aids the search or a warning to residents. ICE pictures are released just through ICE's online public records request, if the agency agrees.

• Mariposa County Sheriff's Office: 209-966-3615
• Mariposa County Sheriff's dispatch: 209-966-3614

There are no city police departments in Mariposa County.