Phone: 858-694-4500
Physical Address:
2801 Meadow Lark Drive
San Diego, CA 92123
Mailing Address (personal mail):
Juvenile's first and last name
Kearny Mesa Detention Facility
2801 Meadow Lark Drive
San Diego, CA 92123
Other Jails and Prisons
To search for an inmate in the San Diego Youth Transition Campus, review their criminal charges, the amount of their bond, when they can get visits, or even view their mugshot, go to the Official Jail Inmate Roster, or call the jail at 858-694-4500 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up a list of criminal courts for San Diego County and every other county in California. The San Diego County District Attorney also has a helpful website where you can look up an offender's criminal court case online.
The San Diego County Sheriff provides a resource for looking up Active Arrest Warrants for this county.
San Diego Youth Transition Campus Inmate Search
This is a link to all of the city and county jails, and juvenile detention facilities in San Diego County.
The San Diego Youth Transition Campus maintains an average of 359 offenders in custody on any given day. The San Diego Youth Transition Campus has a monthly turnover of 40% of their inmate population, another 30% turnover every 90 days, another 20% every six months, and approximately 10% stay incarcerated between six and twelve months. Every year San Diego County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 128,820 offenders.
The following charts of San Diego County inmate population demographics are updated daily. The information shown is for today. For research purposes we have broken down the inmates by sex, age, ethnicity, and criminal charges.
The information is compiled from the San Diego County Corrections Department, the state of California Department of Corrections, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records. It represents every person in custody in San Diego County.
For complete information on how to get directions, bond, visit, mail, send and receive email and texts, receive phone calls, and send money or commissary to an inmate, find arrest information for San Diego County and other counties surrounding this one, scroll down this page. We have a section for each.
We also provide photos of the jail that we have collected over the years.
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After arrest, individuals are processed at San Diego Youth Transition Campus, where they undergo a series of steps that determine their charges and whether they’ll be released on their own recognizance, allowed to post bail, or held until their court date.
The first rule for anyone arrested is to remain silent. Anything they say can be used in court, so it’s best to speak only to an attorney about the incident.
Here are the typical stages of the booking process at San Diego Youth Transition Campus:
If you need details about an offender’s bail or bond, contact the facility at 858-694-4500.
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This facility, known as "San Diego Youth Transition Campus" is also known as San Diego County-Kearny Mesa.
