Adams County Jail
Adams County Jail
Looking for someone in custody? The Adams County Jail is temporarily closed while the jail gets an update. Offenders that are arrested in this county are being housed at either the Benton County Jail, the Franklin County Jail or possibly Yakima County. The Sheriff can answer questions about the location of offenders at 509-659-3331.
Anyone arrested in the county on misdemeanor or felony charges comes through the Sheriff's Office for booking and processing. Depending on the charges, they may be held until they are bonded out, released on their own recognizance, or kept in custody until their trial is over.
People sentenced to under a year serve that time at one of the county jails mentioned above. Longer sentences are served in the Washington State Prison System or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Keep the inmate’s jail ID or booking number handy, because most mail and messaging services require it. If you can’t find it online, call Adams County Jail at 509-659-3331.
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To search for an inmate in the Adams County Jail, 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 509-659-3331 for the information you are looking for. You can also look up Criminal Court cases for people who have been arrested in Adams County or any county in the state of Washington. You can either look up the case by the person's name or the case number. Go here if you want to look up an offender's Court Date at any of the courts in Adams County or any court in Washington.
Adams County Jail Inmate Search
The Adams County Jail maintains an average of 28 offenders in custody on any given day. The Adams County Jail 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 Adams County law enforcement agencies arrest and detain approximately 1,560 offenders.
The following charts of Adams 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 Adams County Corrections Department, the state of Washington Department of Corrections, as well as the United States Department of Justice and Census Bureau records. It represents every person in custody in Adams 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 Adams 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.
⇓ Learn more ⇓ Show lessThe Adams County Jail is temporarily closed while the jail gets much needed upgrades done. Offenders that are arrested in this county are being housed at either the Benton County Jail, the Franklin County Jail or possibly Yakima County. The Adams County pays each of these other jails $125 per inmate per night for housing them.
- Jail (Main): 509-659-3331
What is the booking process for the Adams County Jail?
After being arrested, the offender is brought to the Adams County Jail for booking, which is the detailed process of identifying, classifying, deciding on charges, and whether the person will either be released on their own recognizance, allowed to be released on bail, or moved into the jail until their court date.
The first thing every newly arrested person must do is close their mouth. Everything an offender says may be used against them, so the best thing to do is remain silent when questioned about the arrest and what led to it.
These are the steps of booking someone into the Adams County Jail:
- Personal identification.
- Mugshot(s).
- Questions about medical history, mental health, drug and alcohol use, and gang affiliations.
- Possible DNA.
- Full body search.
- Property forfeiture.
- Free phone call.
If you have any questions about when you can pay an offender's bond and what the cost will be, call the facility at 509-659-3331.
How do you pay bail for someone who has been arrested in Adams County?
When an offender is arrested and brought to the Adams County Jail in Ritzville for booking, there are several outcomes after being processed.
1. The offender will be released with no bail, promising to return on a specific date to appear before a judge in either Municipal or Adams County Court.
2. The offender is ordered to remain in jail until their court date.
3. The offender is allowed to be released after paying a specified bond or bail. Call 509-659-3331 to get the exact amount.
The payment of an offender's bail or bond can take many shapes.
- A cash bond is paid in full at the jail's bonding window or the clerk of court, usually by cash, cashier's check or money order, and many jails also take debit or credit cards through a lobby kiosk or an online bond vendor for an added fee; bring the inmate's full name and booking number, and the jail's number is 509-659-3331.
- It can be paid using a bail company, licensed to do business in Adams County.
- Many courts accept land or a home as bond collateral; the owner shows clear title and equity of at least the bond amount, often double, using a deed and a recent tax or appraisal value, and the court that set bail approves the property.
For detailed Frequently Asked Questions and Answers about the entire bail process in Adams County Washington, check out the Adams County Jail Bail Page.
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This facility, known as "Adams County Jail" is also known as Adams County Jail, Washington, Adams.