The roster sits on the Sheriff's own website and lists people at both the jail and the Transition Center. Follow these steps:

1. Open the Web Jail Viewer and pick the booking search.
2. Enter the last name.
3. Click the record that fits. Read the charges and the agency that filed them.
4. Note the SID number. You will need it for letters, deposits and the phone account.
5. Check the housing field. When it is empty, the person is at the Transition Center, 3950 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317.

The Sheriff's Office reports about 8,000 bookings a year and about 400 adults in custody. If a code on the record is unclear, or you cannot find the SID, call 503-588-8595.

No match in the early hours is normal and seldom a sign of trouble. Here is what usually explains it:

• Booking is not done. A fresh arrest can take some time to post.
• They are already out. Many minor charges end in release on a signed promise. Someone a judge frees in court is usually out by about 7:00 p.m.
• The spelling differs. Retry with a middle name, one half of a hyphenated surname, or a maiden surname instead.
• They are a minor. Anyone younger than 18 is sent to juvenile detention and never shows on this list.
• Another agency holds them. A nearby county, a federal agency or the state prison system may have them.

Deputies staff the jail around the clock. Call 503-581-1183 and ask whether the person was booked or let go.

The Sheriff's Office runs two adult sites on Aumsville Highway. Both share one phone, 503-581-1183:

• County jail, 4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317. All adults are booked here first.
• Transition Center, 3950 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317. It has 144 beds and low security. People there are on work release, serving a court sentence, or held for breaking probation or parole rules.

When the arrest happens close to a county line, a neighbor's jail may take the person:

• Polk County Jail, 884 SE Jefferson Street, Dallas, OR 97338, 503-623-9254
• Clackamas County Jail, 2206 Kaen Road, Oregon City, OR 97045, 503-722-6777
• Linn County Jail, 1115 SE Jackson Street, Albany, OR 97322, 541-967-3901
• Yamhill County Correctional Facility, 535 NE 5th Street, McMinnville, OR 97128, 503-434-7513

Santiam Correctional Institution, 4005 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317, sits beside the county jail but belongs to the state prison system. Ask the Department of Corrections about it at 503-945-9090.

The roster shows no pictures. The jail took photos off its roster on January 1, 2022, under Oregon's HB 3273. Police may now hand out a booking photo only in a few cases. One is a police need, like tracking down someone on the run. Others are a request from the person pictured, the victim or a party to the case, or a photo after a conviction.

• News outlets or anyone else with a valid purpose may contact the Sheriff's Office at 503-588-5094.
• Pictures from an ICE arrest go through the agency's records request form.
• Most federal agencies keep booking pictures to themselves. The Marshals may share one when they are hunting for someone.

Websites that charge to remove a mugshot must, under Oregon law, pull it within 30 days once you ask.

Yes. VISOR is Oregon's free alert service, kept by the Department of Corrections in place of VINE. The jail roster sends families there too.

• Look a person up by name, SID or county jail number. The result shows whether a jail or a prison holds them.
• Choose a call, an email or a text for a release, a move or an escape.
• Sign-ups are private, and nobody tells the person inside that you enrolled.
• Help is available all day and night at 855-691-6246.

Alerts can lag, so treat VISOR as a backup. For the latest word, call the jail at 503-581-1183.

Oregon calls bail "security." Many people go home and pay nothing. State rules let jail staff free many people on minor charges once they sign a promise to come back. Family violence, sex crimes, Measure 11 crimes and Class A felonies usually wait for a judge, who decides at the arraignment within 36 hours, skipping weekends and holidays (ORS 135.010).

If a judge names a security amount, families normally post a tenth of it, with a $25 minimum (ORS 135.265). Weekday deposits go to the Circuit Court Annex, 4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., by cash, card or cashier's check. Nights, weekends and holidays, the jail's bail window at that address takes cash only. The Criminal Department answers at 503-588-8489.

Oregon has no bail bond businesses. Our release guide covers deposits, refunds and holds in full.

The roster shows what the arresting officer listed at booking. Think of that as a first draft. The District Attorney picks the formal charges and can add some, lower them or drop them.

• Once the DA files, search the person's name in the free OJD Records and Calendar Search to see the case number and charges.
• The District Attorney's Office is at 555 Court Street NE, Suite 3250, Salem, OR 97301. Its Victim Assistance line is 503-588-5253.
• If a city officer wrote the ticket, that city's own court usually has the case.

Oregon sorts crimes into classes. A Class C felony carries up to 5 years and a Class A felony up to 20. For misdemeanors, Class C means up to 30 days and Class A up to 364 days.

Someone without money for a defense attorney requests one at the first hearing. The court says they must attend that hearing to get a lawyer named. They fill out a money form there, and a court screener checks it.

• The state's Oregon Public Defense Commission (OPDC) pays for appointed lawyers.
• There is usually a $20 application fee. A judge can waive it, and no one is refused a lawyer for being unable to pay.
• Under a federal court order, someone still without a lawyer seven days after the first hearing is generally let out on conditions.

The Criminal Department at 503-588-8489 can tell you which defense office took the case. Paying for a private defender instead is fine, early or late. The Oregon State Bar's referral line is 503-684-3763.

Visits are 30 minutes and non-contact, and every visit is recorded. Days go by the first letter of the last name of the person inside: Monday A to C, Tuesday D to J, Wednesday K to O, Thursday P to S, and Friday T to Z.

• Check in at the Jail Visiting Lobby during the sign-up window for that housing unit. Seats are first come, first served, and late arrivals are turned away.
• One adult may visit, or one adult with one child age 17 or younger.
• Bring a current state or federal ID, driver's license or passport. A child needs an original birth certificate each time, and teens 15 to 18 also need a state ID or student card.
• Anyone held in any jail within the past 90 days cannot visit. Visitors are checked for warrants.
• Dress from the shoulders to 2 inches above the knee. No hats, bulky coats, tank tops, overalls or see-through clothes.
• The person inside must have a phone account set up, or the visit is cancelled.

Video visits on lobby screens are free. Remote video from home costs $7.50 for 30 minutes. The visiting desk answers weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at 503-588-8588. Transition Center visits happen on weekends by request. Our visiting page has more tips.

Funds you add let the person buy snacks and supplies and pay for calls. You have three choices:

• Kiosk. Machines at the bail window and the visiting lobby, 4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317, take cash or cards at any hour. A fee applies.
• Phone or web. Call the deposit line at 866-345-1884. The same service also takes deposits online, for a fee.
• Mail. Write the payee line of your money order or cashier's check as "Access Secure Deposits c/o" the person's name and SID number "and MARION COUNTY JAIL." Send it to Secure Deposits, P.O. Box 12486, Saint Louis, MO 63132. Personal checks and cash are refused.

The visiting desk does not handle money. Commissary gift packages can be ordered at 800-546-6283, but packages sent by mail are refused. For background, read our deposit tips and our store page.

People in the jail call out on prepaid accounts. For help setting up or funding one, call the phone account line at 888-506-8407. A working phone account also matters for visits, since a visit is cancelled without one.

State law limits what phone companies can hand back to jails from call charges, to five cents a minute unless regulators pick another figure (ORS 169.681). Calls may be recorded, so keep details of the case for talks with the lawyer.

Ask the jail at 503-581-1183 whether electronic messages or tablets are offered. For general background, see our calling page and our e-message page.

Address every letter like this, with the name exactly as the roster shows it:

Adult in custody's first and last name, SID number
4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317

• Send postcards up to 5.5 by 8.5 inches, or letters of 10 written pages or fewer with no blank pages.
• Write your own name and complete address in the corner of the envelope.
• Leave off stickers, labels, tape, glue, paper clips, glitter, perfume, lipstick, crayons, colored pencils, paint and drawings on the envelope.
• Books and magazines get in only if a store or publisher mails them directly. Hardback books are refused.
• Lawyers mark legal mail "LEGAL MAIL" and use the same address.

Mail for a Transition Center resident goes to that same jail address. Our mail page has more tips. Never mail cash.

Items collected at intake stay in storage until release day. Before then, the person inside can sign a form letting someone outside collect pocket items. Staff hand them over at the Bail Window, 4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317, and only the person listed on the form can pick them up.

Have a photo ID with you. For questions, call the jail at 503-581-1183. Staff will not give out dates or times for transports, for safety reasons.

Call the jail at 503-581-1183 right away with any urgent medical facts, such as a medicine, a dose or a recent surgery. Staff can take the information, but they can share the person's health details with you only if the person signs a release naming you.

Jail staff can screen for suicide risk, offer brief counseling and crisis help, and refer people for a medicine review. Under state law, a jail has to provide necessary medical care whether or not the person can pay a fee (ORS 169.150), and must serve at least three meals a day (ORS 169.076). In an emergency, call 911.

Warrants are served by sheriff's deputies outside cities and in contract towns, and by local police inside their own cities. Weekdays, the Sheriff's Records Unit, 100 High Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, answers warrant questions at 503-588-5071. At night, the jail handles them at 503-581-1183. The state court search shows filed cases. Check these wanted pages too: Salem Police Top Ten, Oregon Corrections Most Wanted, the Marshals Service list and FBI Portland. A person with a warrant can arrange, ideally through a lawyer, to surrender at the jail, 4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317, or call the Criminal Department about the case at 503-588-8489.

The Criminal Court Annex shares the jail's address, 4000 Aumsville Highway SE, Salem, OR 97317. For a date, call the Criminal Department at 503-588-8489 on a weekday, or look up the name in the free OJD case search.

• Main courthouse: 100 High Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, 503-588-5105.
• Justice Court: 4660 Portland Road NE, Suite 107, Salem, OR 97305, 503-576-7200.
• City courts keep their own calendars, so call the city that wrote the ticket.

When a judge orders someone released from court, the jail gets the paperwork after 5:30 p.m. Our court guide follows each step of a case.

Federal charges from this area are handled by the Eugene Division courthouse, 405 East Eighth Avenue, Suite 2100, Eugene, OR 97401. The court's clerk line is 503-326-8000.

1. Within days, a federal judge holds a hearing on pretrial detention (18 U.S.C. 3142).
2. The U.S. Marshals Service holds them while the case is open. It may place them in a local jail that rents it beds, or at FCI Sheridan, 27072 Ballston Road, Sheridan, OR 97378, 503-843-4442.
3. To ask where someone is held, call the Marshals in Portland at 503-326-2209.
4. After sentencing, search the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator by name or register number.

Immigration custody follows its own steps:

1. Immigration agents sometimes fax the jail Form I-247A to ask for a hold.
2. The form asks for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Oregon's sanctuary laws (ORS 181A.820 to 181A.829; HB 3265 of 2021) bar local jails from obeying that form without a judge's warrant. So people here are usually freed on time, and the jail keeps release times from ICE.
4. If ICE arrests the person itself, its Seattle Field Office, 12500 Tukwila International Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98168, takes over, 206-277-2000.
5. Use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. Type an A-number, or pair the person's name with the nation they were born in.

The Oregon Department of Justice runs a sanctuary hotline at 844-924-7829 for questions about these rules.

A prison sentence hands the person over to the Oregon Department of Corrections. Everyone starts at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, 24499 SW Grahams Ferry Road, Wilsonville, OR 97070, for roughly a month of intake. Men then head off to their assigned prison; Coffee Creek stays home for women.

• Look them up in the Oregon Offender Search with a name or the SID.
• In-person visits are not allowed during intake. Phone calls and letters are, with mail sent to the Coffee Creek address and the SID number.
• Intake questions go to 503-570-2259.
• Each prison's visiting hours and mail steps are in our Oregon state prisons guide.

Young people ages 12 to 17 are never held in the adult jail. If they cannot go home, they stay at juvenile detention, 2970 Center Street NE, Salem, OR 97301. It runs all day, every day, and answers at 503-588-5321.

• Parents or guardians get one visit before the first court date, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., or right after court.
• Regular visits are 25 minutes and need approval from the youth's probation officer. Book them at 503-566-2958 on weekdays.
• Youth cases are heard in Juvenile Court in the same building and stay off the public court search.

Look at the roster record to see who arrested the person. The Census put the population near 355,777 on July 1, 2025, and these agencies police that ground:

• Sheriff's Office, 100 High Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, non-emergency dispatch 503-588-5032. Deputies cover areas outside city limits and also police Sublimity and Jefferson.
• Salem Police Department, 333 Division Street NE, Salem, OR 97301, 503-588-6144
• Keizer Police Department, 930 Chemawa Road NE, Keizer, OR 97303, 503-390-3713
• Woodburn Police Department, 1060 Mt. Hood Avenue, Woodburn, OR 97071, 503-982-2345
• Silverton Police Department, 411 N. First Street, Silverton, OR 97381, 24 hours at 503-873-5326
• Stayton Police Department, 386 N. Third Avenue, Stayton, OR 97383, 24-hour non-emergency 503-982-2340
• Mount Angel Police Department, 5 N Garfield Street, Mount Angel, OR 97362, 503-845-9294
• Hubbard Police Department, 3720 Second Street, Hubbard, OR 97032, 503-981-8738
• Turner Police Department, 5255 Chicago Street SE, Turner, OR 97392, 503-743-2155, or after hours 877-900-2340
• Gervais Police Department, 592 4th Street, Gervais, OR 97026. For help reaching it, call the Sheriff's dispatch line.
• Oregon State Police Salem Patrol Office, 3565 Trelstad Avenue SE, Salem, OR 97317, 503-378-3387, and Capitol Mall Office, 900 Court Street NE, Room 141, Salem, OR 97310, 503-986-1122

For Aumsville, Aurora, Detroit, Donald, Gates, Idanha, Mill City, St. Paul and Scotts Mills, call the Sheriff's dispatch line to learn which agency answered the call.