The lookup runs on the Sheriff's jail records system. To use it:

1. Load the Sheriff's jail lookup.
2. Enter a last name, plus a first name if you have it. A booking number or subject number also works.
3. Use the In Custody filter to see only people held right now.
4. Narrow a common name with the booking date boxes.
5. Open the record and copy down the booking number and the court docket number.

The Sheriff's Office says it offers this tool "as is" and can't change how the site works. If a record looks wrong or out of date, phone the jail at 541-474-5140.

An empty search almost always has an ordinary reason:

• Still being booked. Staff take prints and pictures and enter forms before a record appears, so a fresh arrest may show up late.
• Released already. They may have gone home on a promise, with conditions or after a deposit. Turn off the In Custody filter to see earlier bookings.
• Out for a short time. A Temporary Out of Custody option covers people briefly away from the building.
• Spelling or name changes. Typing just part of the last name often catches spelling slips and older surnames.
• Another facility. The person might sit in a different county's jail, a federal hold or, for a teen, juvenile detention.

Jail staff at 541-474-5140 can settle it quickly. The Sheriff's Records Division takes weekday calls at 541-474-5123, option 3.

The county jail has 262 beds but is funded to house up to 185 people. It holds men and women. If the person isn't there, check these:

• Josephine County Juvenile Detention Center for anyone under 18. Reach it through Juvenile Justice, 301 NW F Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-474-5186.
• Jackson County Jail, 787 West Eighth Street, Medford, OR 97501, 541-774-6850, if the arrest happened in that county.
• Douglas County Jail, 1036 SE Douglas Avenue, Roseburg, OR 97470, 541-440-4450, for an arrest made there.
• FCI Sheridan, 27072 Ballston Road, Sheridan, OR 97378, 503-843-4442, for some people facing federal charges.

Someone sentenced to state prison shows up on the Oregon Offender Search instead. That search is covered further down this page.

No. Each record shows personal details, charges and bond amounts, but no mugshot. Oregon law (HB 3273, 2021) generally bars police agencies from releasing booking photos. Allowed uses include giving one to the person pictured, the victim, a party to the case or another police agency. Photos can also go public to help catch a wanted person, or once there is a conviction for that arrest.

• Pay-for-removal mugshot websites have 30 days to take a photo down after a request, and may charge $50 at most. For a dismissed or never-filed case, they get 7 days and may charge nothing.
• Ask the Sheriff's Records Division about a records request at 541-474-5123, option 3.
• Photos taken by ICE are requested on its immigration records request page.
• U.S. agencies keep their own arrest pictures out of public view. A wanted poster from the Marshals is the usual exception.

Yes. Oregon's free notice service is VISOR, run by the Department of Corrections. It works like VINE in other states, covering county jails and state prisons alike. Register by name or ID number, and VISOR will phone, email or text you if the person is let out, transferred, escapes or dies. Your sign-up is confidential and can be anonymous. Its line is open day and night at 855-691-6246.

For county news and services, the Sheriff's Office publishes a no-cost app for iPhone and Android. State officials warn not to rely on any alert as your only protection. In danger, call 911.

Oregon starts from release on a signed promise to return, and adds rules or a money deposit only when a judge sees a need (ORS 135.245). Lower-level charges may mean release from the jail under the court's standing order. Charges like domestic violence, sex crimes and Measure 11 crimes usually mean waiting for a judge.

• When security is set, families usually pay 10 percent of it (ORS 135.265).
• The court's cash window is on the second floor at 500 NW 6th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-476-2309.
• After hours there is a cash kiosk in the jail lobby, and the Sheriff also points to an online payment service.
• Oregon has no bail bond companies.

Our bail and release page lays out every step, fee and refund rule.

The jail record lists every charge. For each one it shows a short description, the offense date, the crime class (such as a Class A misdemeanor or Class C felony), whether it was an attempt, and later the outcome and any sentence.

The formal charges come from the District Attorney's Office, 500 NW 6th Street, Room 202, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-474-5200. They can change after arrest. To see what was filed, plug the docket number into the free state court records portal, or ask circuit court staff at 541-476-2309.

Yes, when they can't pay for one. They make the request to the judge at arraignment and complete a short money form. A $20 fee is usual, but it can be waived, and being broke never blocks a defender from being assigned. Defenders are in short supply in Oregon. If a week goes by after that hearing with no lawyer named, a federal court order generally forces release on conditions.

• Calls to lawyers are free and not recorded.
• Lawyers can visit at reasonable times, except 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• For a private lawyer, the Oregon State Bar's Lawyer Referral Service is at 800-452-7636.

All visits are by video. The jail allows no in-person visits.

• Lobby video visits: two free visits a week, 15 or 30 minutes, at one of two screens in the jail lobby. Reserve a slot between one day and seven days before you come.
• Booking: make an account on the jail's video company website. Visits can be set once the account is approved. Jail staff can't book visits for you.
• From home: remote video visits cost money, and only the person in jail can start one, using a prepaid account they set up.
• Days and times: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. No visits are booked on Thursday.
• Rules: visits are recorded. No revealing or tight clothes. Watch children in the lobby, and leave bags in your car.

Visit questions go to 541-474-5140, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Before a first visit, skim our video visit guide.

There are three ways to add money, and each needs the booking number from the lookup:

• Online through the commissary company's website.
• By phone at 715-386-5700.
• In cash at the kiosk in the jail lobby, where a fee may apply.

An account can hold up to $200. Medical bills and money owed from an earlier stay are taken out first. Never put cash, a check or a money order in an envelope, since the jail won't accept it. Family care packages are ordered online only, never through the kiosk or a deputy. We cover deposits in our money guide, and snacks and supplies in our commissary guide.

People in the jail can place calls but can't take incoming ones. Phones run from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and each call lasts up to 15 minutes. Calls go out collect, or with phone time bought at a kiosk. Staff won't pass along messages.

• All calls are recorded and monitored, except calls to lawyers.
• Calls to lawyers, consulates and free legal services cost nothing.
• To block calls to your number, call the phone company at 800-844-6591.
• A kiosk in each housing unit lets people email family and friends. Those messages are recorded too.

Save any talk about the arrest for the defense lawyer. For more, open our phone guide or the jail email guide.

Everyday letters travel to a Florida scanning company first, then show up on a housing unit screen. Address them to the person's name and Securus ID#, Josephine County Adult Jail, C/O Securus DMC, PO Box 20126, Tampa, FL 33622.

• Photos and drawings can be scanned. Paper bigger than 8.5 by 11 inches, packages, certified mail and non-paper items are sent back or not scanned.
• Include a stamped envelope addressed to yourself if you want items returned. Originals are destroyed 30 days after scanning.
• Legal mail goes to the person's name and ID#, Josephine County Adult Jail, 1901 NE F Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526. Print "Legal Mail" next to the address, and staff will open it with the person watching.
• Books must be new paperbacks shipped from Amazon, Barnes and Noble or a publisher, up to four at a time. Family members can't mail books themselves.
• Never send money, stamps or electronics.

Our mail page goes over the usual jail mail limits.

Wallets, phones, keys and clothes taken at intake sit in a jail storage room. While the person is in custody, the jail does not release property, except with a sergeant's approval in an emergency. When someone is sent to prison, only the clothes they wear and their legal mail go with them.

• Property is handed only to the person named on a signed release form.
• Whatever is left must be picked up within 30 days, or it is thrown out.
• Families can't drop off clothing, books, toiletries or store-bought medicine.

To arrange a pickup, call 541-474-5140 on a weekday, then bring photo ID to 1901 NE F Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526.

Yes. State law requires every Oregon jail to provide necessary health care, money or no money (ORS 169.150, 169.076). The jail charges small fees, taken from the account:

• $5 for a prescription, a refill or a nurse visit.
• $7 to see a provider or a dentist.
• No charge for emergency care or ongoing problems like heart disease, diabetes or seizures.

Care is never held back for unpaid fees. The jail accepts only prescription medicine its medical clinic approves. If you are worried, call 541-474-5140 and give the drug's name, its dose and the prescribing doctor's phone. For a true emergency, call 911.

Sheriff's deputies handle warrants in rural areas and Cave Junction, while city officers serve them in Grants Pass. To check, phone Sheriff's Records at 541-474-5123 (option 3) or Grants Pass police at 541-450-6260. A court case tied to a warrant shows on the OJD case portal. Fugitive lists come from the Oregon DOC Most Wanted page, the FBI field office in Portland and the Marshals' national 15 Most Wanted list. Turning in with an attorney is safest, at the jail, 1901 NE F Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526. Or the lawyer can call the circuit court, 510 NW 5th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-476-2309, to ask for a fresh date.

The jail record lists the next court date and the courtroom. You can also check:

• The state's free court calendar search.
• The circuit court, 510 NW 5th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-476-2309, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Text reminders, which the person can sign up for on the court's reminder page.

Missing a date leads to a warrant and a new charge. The full path of a case, step by step, is on our court page.

U.S. cases from this area are heard in Medford, in the Redden federal building, 310 West Sixth Street, Suite 201, Medford, OR 97501, 503-326-8000.

1. At the first hearing, a U.S. magistrate decides whether the person stays locked up (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. Before trial and sentencing wrap up, Marshals staff pick the holding jail. Their Oregon office at 503-326-2209 can say where.
3. The county jail signed an agreement in 2000 to house Marshals prisoners, so check the local lookup too.
4. After sentencing, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator by name or register number.

1. A jail can receive Form I-247A from ICE, seeking a hold of up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
2. Oregon law cuts that short. Under the state's sanctuary laws (ORS 181A.820 to 181A.829; HB 3265, 2021), local jails can't act on immigration paperwork without a judge's signature. As a result, Oregon jails generally release people on time despite a detainer, and they keep release details from immigration agents.
3. Federal agents can still pick the person up at another place. The ICE check-in office in Medford serves this county: 3715 International Way, Medford, OR 97504, 541-690-8813, Wednesdays 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
4. Look them up with the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Families who lack the alien number can still try, typing the full legal name and the nation of birth.

A prison term begins at a state intake center, where staff test and classify each person. Then the person is moved to a prison that suits them.

• Look them up on the Oregon Offender Search by name or SID number. The state notes its results are not an official record.
• Call the Department of Corrections at 503-945-9090 with questions.
• For each prison's visit and letter rules, open our Oregon prisons page.

Yes. A youth under 18 is held in a separate juvenile building, so the adult lookup won't list them. Juvenile court records are also kept private. Parents and guardians can reach Juvenile Justice, 301 NW F Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-474-5186.

The jail record names the arresting agency. The county's population is near 87,867 (U.S. Census figure for July 1, 2025). Three agencies make most arrests:

• Josephine County Sheriff's Office, 1901 NE F Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-474-5123. Deputies patrol the rural county and, by contract, Cave Junction (about 2,111 people), which has no city police force.
• Grants Pass Police Department, 726 NE 7th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, non-emergency 541-450-6260. It serves a city of about 40,380 (Portland State University estimate, July 1, 2025).
• Oregon State Police worksite, 1463 NE 7th Street, Grants Pass, OR 97526, 541-955-6370, for highway and state cases.

Whatever the town, an emergency means calling 911.