Yes. The sheriff posts a current inmates list with last name, first name, booking date, and inmate ID. It leaves off photos, charges, and bail amounts. For more details, call intake at 207-623-2270, ext. 1111. Call the jail for more information about release dates.

The Kennebec jail's list covers people at 115 State St. The list is sorted by name, so scroll to the last name. Hyphenated or double last names may be listed under either part. Write down the inmate ID; staff and deposit services ask for it. If someone was booked in the last few hours, the list may not show them yet.

Booking photos belong to the sheriff; media and others should ask the Sheriff's Office at 207-623-3614. For a person held by ICE, use the ICE FOIA request page. Federal prisoner photos are not public, except those the U.S. Marshals Service chooses to release.

Officers from Augusta, Waterville, Gardiner, and other towns bring arrests to 115 State St. Staff take prints and a photo, store property, check for warrants, and do a health screen. Then a bail commissioner may be called. Expect a few hours before full details are ready.

Bail for the Augusta jail is posted at 115 State St. Nights and weekends, a bail commissioner usually sets release terms; on court days a judge may. Under 15 M.R.S. §1023, the commissioner's fee tops out at $60. Maine's 15 M.R.S. §1026 tells judges to try personal recognizance first. The full steps for posting are on our bail page.

Few minor cases end with cash paid at Augusta. For most Class E crimes, Maine law generally does not allow cash bail. Plenty of low-level arrests end with a signed pledge and a same-night exit. Domestic violence charges, some sex offenses, bail violations, and past missed court dates are exceptions.

A judge. Some Augusta bookings must wait for a judge at 1 Court St. Murder charges, probation holds, and some arrests for breaking release conditions go straight to court. Until the hearing, nobody can post money for that person. The Augusta clerk at 207-213-2800 can share the date.

Yes, by phoning the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office in Augusta at 207-623-3614, whose deputies serve the county's warrants, or the police department that filed the complaint. Maine does not publish warrants for public search; court dockets can be read after registering through the electronic court records page. To clear a warrant, plan a surrender with a lawyer at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility, 115 State St., or ask the clerk at 1 Court St., Augusta (207-213-2800), or 18 Colby St., Waterville (207-873-2103), whether a new date is possible.

• Capital Judicial Center, 1 Court St., Suite 101, Augusta (Superior Court and Augusta District Court): 207-213-2800
• Waterville District Court, 18 Colby St., Waterville: 207-873-2103

Waterville-area cases usually start on Colby Street; most others start in Augusta.

Releases from the Augusta jail appear in VINE. Search the person on VINELink. Pick the right match and register a phone number or email. You will get a message if the person leaves State Street or moves to a different facility.

The Augusta jail sets its own visiting rules; call 207-623-2270. Check the visitation rules before you go by calling the facility. Bring photo ID. See our visitation page.

Money for someone at the Augusta jail goes into an account. Staff can explain current deposit options. Keep the inmate ID handy. See our money page, commissary page, and phone page.

Address mail with the full name and 115 State St., Augusta, ME 04330. Add a return address, and leave out cash, stamps, and stickers. See our mail page and email page.

The sheriff runs the Maine Diversionary Sentencing Program out of this facility. It is for people who have been sentenced, not for people waiting on bail. A judge decides who goes into it. Ask the person's lawyer whether it fits the case.

At the first appearance in Augusta or Waterville, a person who cannot pay may request appointed counsel. The Maine Commission on Public Defense Services provides those lawyers. Family can collect proof of a job, home, or school to help with a release request.

From the jail on State Street in Augusta. The person gets back booking property and any account balance. Check the release paper for the next court date and any no-contact or other conditions.

The Augusta jail allows calls. Yes, once booking is finished. Outgoing calls use the jail's phone system, paid by a prepaid account or collect. Tablet messages are handled in a similar way. Keep talk about the case off those lines, since they can be monitored. Setup help is on our phone page and email page.

The State Street list leaves charges off. Intake can read the booking charge by phone. The district attorney's filing, which may differ, appears in the court record on re:SearchMaine or from the clerk on Court Street or Colby Street.

Release from Augusta always comes with conditions. Every Maine release order bars new crimes. Kennebec orders often pile on extras: keep away from the alleged victim, skip drinking, be home by a set hour, or avoid a certain address. Breaking any of them is its own crime under 15 M.R.S. §1092, and it often means going back to jail.

Victims can follow Augusta custody changes. Register on VINELink for custody alerts. The district attorney's office has victim advocates who can explain court dates and bail terms, such as no-contact orders. If the person breaks a no-contact order, call 911 or the local police line listed below.

Augusta arraignments happen at 1 Court St., often by video. At that hearing the charge is read aloud, rights are explained, and counsel is sorted out. Release terms can be reviewed then, and the defense can ask for lower bail. People held at State Street may appear by video from the jail. Courtrooms are open, so relatives may sit in the gallery in Augusta or Waterville and show support. Arrive early, pass through security, and silence phones.

No. It only shows who is in the Augusta jail today. For a full Maine record, Augusta families can ask the State Police's identification bureau (SBI). Court case files are on re:SearchMaine.

Minors are held at the Long Creek Youth Development Center, 675 Westbrook St., South Portland, ME 04106; 207-822-2600.

Long Kennebec sentences are served outside Augusta. Search the Maine Department of Corrections list. Our Maine state prisons page lists each facility.

Kennebec federal cases skip the Augusta and Waterville courts. Federal defendants are held for the U.S. Marshals Service before sentencing. Their Maine headquarters is at 156 Federal St., Suite 124, Portland, ME 04101; 207-780-3355. The Bangor office is at 202 Harlow St., Suite 321; 207-945-0416. Federal court clerks for the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine answer in Portland at 207-780-3356 and Bangor at 207-945-0575. Afterward, check the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

Detainers from ICE can reach 115 State St. in Augusta. ICE's Form I-247A requests a hold up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)). Augusta jailers cannot keep someone for that reason alone under 5 M.R.S. §4763 and §4764, which also call for giving the person a copy. Try the ICE detainee locator.

Augusta, Waterville, Gardiner, Winslow, and other towns run departments, and deputies and troopers patrol the rest. The jail can name the arresting agency, which keeps the report.

Quite possibly. Officers often write summonses on lower-level charges instead of driving people to Augusta, and no jail record follows.

No. The Augusta jail at 207-623-2270 can confirm real bail. Scammers often demand gift cards or wires and insist on secrecy. Genuine bail changes hands at the jail or a courthouse counter, with a receipt.

Release papers list it. The Capital Judicial Center and the Waterville clerk can confirm; our court guide lists both.

The Augusta jail has medical staff. Health questions start at intake, and medical staff handle care afterward. Relatives can voice concerns by phone, but nothing is disclosed without a signed release. Medicine must stay in its pharmacy bottle.

The Augusta list sometimes has no match. Legal names and spellings matter. A person may also be out already, summonsed, or held in another county. Call with a birth date.

• Androscoggin County: Androscoggin County Jail, 40 Pleasant St., Auburn, ME 04210; 207-753-2500, ext. 1992
• Franklin County: Franklin County Detention Center, 121 County Way, Farmington, ME 04938; 207-778-3032
• Lincoln County: Two Bridges Regional Jail, 522 Bath Rd., Wiscasset, ME 04578; 207-882-4268
• Sagadahoc County: Two Bridges Regional Jail, 522 Bath Rd., Wiscasset, ME 04578; 207-882-4268
• Somerset County: Somerset County Jail, 131 E. Madison Rd., Madison, ME 04950; 207-474-7409
• Waldo County: Waldo County Jail, 10 Public Safety Way, Belfast, ME 04915; 207-338-1080

• Augusta Police Department: 207-626-2370
• Waterville Police Department, through the regional communications center: 207-680-4700
• Gardiner Police Department: 207-582-5150
• Hallowell Police Department: 207-622-9710
• Winslow Police Department: 207-872-5215
• Winthrop Police Department: 207-377-7226
• Monmouth Police Department: 207-481-9402
• Clinton Police Department: 207-426-9192
• Oakland Police Department: 207-465-2202
• Kennebec County Sheriff's Office, 73 Winthrop St., Augusta: 207-623-3614

Kennebec towns without a department rely on deputies, with troopers as backup. The State Police Central Field Troop in Augusta answers at 207-624-7076.

Emergency: 911.