A Sheriff's roster covers the Tumwater jail. Here is a simple path through it:

1. Open the roster in your browser.
2. Tap In Custody for people held right now.
3. Enter the surname. Still blank? Swap in a middle name, a shorter first name or another spelling.
4. Copy the booking number next to the name, since staff find records faster with it.
5. Switch to Recently Released if you suspect the person already left.

Nisqually Corrections keeps its own list, the Nisqually roster. Look there as well.

No row can still mean the person is in the system. Check each of these:

• Booking is slow. Paperwork for a fresh arrest can take hours.
• Different jail. Some city arrests are taken to Nisqually.
• Police lockup. A city station can keep someone briefly before transport.
• A ticket, not a cell. Officers sometimes hand over a hearing date and let the person walk.
• Already free. A judge or a bond may have opened the door.
• Handed off. The person may be with another county, the state or the feds.

The jail lobby is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed on holidays and from noon to 12:30. The booking desk can check by name at 360-709-5900.

These places hold adults arrested in this area:

• Thurston County Corrections Facility, 3491 Ferguson Street SW, Tumwater, WA 98512, 360-709-5900. The Sheriff's Office runs this main jail. On the same grounds, Correctional Options offers work release and electronic home monitoring.
• Nisqually Corrections Center, 11702 Yelm Highway SE, Olympia, WA 98513, 360-413-3019. Its 288 beds hold people for tribes, for other western Washington cities and counties, and for state corrections.
• Olympia City Jail, 360-753-8417. Phone before driving, because the city may send its arrests elsewhere.

Someone arrested across the boundary may be in the neighboring jail. Browse JE's Washington jail directory and call the Sheriff's Office there.

Searches for mugshots spike right after an arrest. In this state, a jail's booking picture is kept confidential (see RCW 70.48.100). Police can still use it during an investigation, and photos of anyone convicted of a sex offense may be handed out.

A photo, if one can be shared, comes from the arresting agency. The Sheriff's Office takes calls at 360-786-5500. Police numbers for the cities appear in the final answer here.

• A booking photo taken by immigration officers needs a public records filing through ICE's FOIA portal.
• Federal arrest photos are kept private. The U.S. Marshals Service is the lone exception and may release a photo when, for example, someone is on the run.

VINE is a free, round-the-clock tool run by the state sheriffs' and police chiefs' association. Every city and county lockup is in the system, as is the Nisqually Tribal Jail, and so are the state's prisons. The feed refreshes roughly every 30 minutes.

1. Go to VINELink or phone 877-846-3492.
2. Search for the person's name.
3. Decide whether alerts arrive by voice, text message or email.

VINE tracks custody and location only. It leaves out youth detention and court dates.

Washington courts lean toward sending people home on a written pledge to return. A judge adds limits or money only when there is a true danger of no-shows, witness pressure or violence, and must weigh the person's budget. Cash alone cannot be the only choice, and at most a tenth of a bond may be required in cash.

• A first hearing comes before the court day closes after the arrest.
• In domestic violence cases, the person remains in a cell until a judge acts, and a no-contact order often follows.
• On workdays, cash bail goes to the court clerk, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502. Nights and weekends, use the Bail Window at 3491 Ferguson Street SW, Tumwater, WA 98512.
• Pretrial Services, 360-754-2946, gives judges background on who can safely go home.

Any bond agent you hire needs a Washington license. The Department of Licensing lookup checks one, or phone 360-664-6611. Insist on fees in writing. Our bail page goes deeper, and the statewide bail rules give the big picture.

The roster shows the booking charge. A prosecutor can change it before filing. After filing, the court record names the true charge.

• Put the name through dw.courts.wa.gov, the state's free case lookup.
• Misdemeanor files: District Court clerk, Building 3, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502, 360-786-5450.
• Felony files: County Clerk, Building 2, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502, 360-786-5430.
• Filing decisions: Prosecuting Attorney, Building 2 on that campus, 360-786-5540.

Yes (RCW 10.101.010). A court-paid lawyer is open to anyone on certain public benefits, anyone whose pay sits near or under the federal poverty line, and anyone who cannot afford a private lawyer. The jailed person asks at the first hearing. The judge then asks about money.

Thurston County Public Defense works from 926 24th Way SW, Building 6, Olympia, WA 98502, 360-754-4897. Olympia, Lacey and Yelm may hire their own defenders, so the judge can say who covers a certain case. Hiring a private lawyer is also allowed.

Everyone visits by video. The lobby stations are closed until further notice, so family logs in from home.

• Sessions run each day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. are skipped.
• Each visitor gets one free hour per week.
• Create a ViaPath account and have a photo ID ready.
• Technical help: 866-516-0115.

Our visiting guide adds tips. Phone the jail at 360-709-5900 to check the schedule, as it can change.

Funds pay for store items and phone minutes. The depositor must be an adult with a photo ID. The jail accepts one deposit per person each business day.

• Kiosk at the Main Jail Bail door, 3491 Ferguson Street SW, Tumwater, WA 98512.
• Online at gettingout.com.
• Reception desk, which takes cash, plus checks from the U.S. Treasury and postal money orders.

Putting money on an account is not the same as posting bail. Our money guide lists more deposit routes. Our commissary article shows what a balance buys at the store.

The phone system sends calls out only. Nobody can ring in. Calls run through ViaPath and are paid collect or from a prepaid balance. All of them are recorded, so save case talk for the attorney.

Ask at 360-709-5900 whether tablets, texting or email are turned on today. Usual choices are covered by our jail phone article and our jail messaging article.

Start the first line with the inmate's name and number. Add this beneath it:

C/O Thurston County Corrections Facility
2000 Lakeridge Drive SW
Olympia, WA 98502

• Staff scan every piece of mail.
• Hand delivery is refused, and the campus has no mail window.
• Cash stays out of envelopes.

Our mail page lists common limits.

The reception lobby at 3491 Ferguson Street SW, Tumwater, WA 98512, handles property on weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

• Dropping off: staff approve each item first.
• Collecting: the inmate completes a property release form, and the On Duty Supervisor signs off. The person named on it shows a photo ID.

For a certain item, ring 360-709-5900 before you go.

Ring the jail at 360-709-5900 and ask for medical staff. Share each medicine's name, strength and prescriber. Staff must approve any drug before it is given.

The inmate can also fill out a written health request in the housing unit. A life-threatening emergency means 911. Say it up front if the worry is a mental crisis.

Deputies from the Sheriff's Office, 360-786-5500, serve county warrants, and city police serve those in their towns, such as Olympia at 360-753-8300. Warrant information sits on the Sheriff's Support Services Bureau page. You can also ring and ask for Records. To see a case, use the statewide court search or the District Court or County Clerk offices. To end a warrant, start with a lawyer. Next, surrender, or let the lawyer seek a new court date from that judge. The clerks work at 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502.

The clerk of the court with the file can give the date. A court page of ours traces the path from arraignment to sentencing.

• Superior Court (felonies): Building 2, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502, 360-786-5560
• District Court (county misdemeanors plus Bucoda, Lacey, Olympia, Rainier and Tenino): Building 3, same address, 360-786-5450
• Yelm Municipal Court: 206 McKenzie Avenue SE, Yelm, WA 98597, 360-458-3242
• Tumwater violations bureau: 555 Israel Road SW, Tumwater, WA 98501, 360-754-4190

The free Find My Court Date tool is another route.

A federal case from this county starts at the U.S. District Court (Western District, Tacoma Division), housed in the U.S. Courthouse, 1717 Pacific Avenue, Room 3100, Tacoma, WA 98402, 253-882-3800.

1. A judge holds a detention hearing (18 U.S.C. 3142) to pick between custody and release.
2. Until trial, the Marshals are in charge. Their office is at 700 Stewart Street, Suite 9000, Seattle, WA 98101, 206-370-8600.
3. Someone with no money can request the Federal Public Defender, 1331 Broadway, Suite 400, Tacoma, WA 98402, 253-593-6710.
4. When a sentence is handed down, the person shows up in the federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. ICE may fax or mail the jail its detainer request, which is Form I-247A.
2. Under 8 CFR 287.7(d), a jail may keep the person for up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. State law (RCW 10.93.160) sets limits. A jail here cannot keep a person on an ICE civil warrant or detainer alone, or just to check immigration status. Written consent is needed before ICE questions an inmate on a noncriminal matter. Local agencies here cannot sign 287(g) partnerships.
4. Try the ICE Online Detainee Locator.
5. The ICE Seattle Field Office is at 12500 Tukwila International Boulevard, Seattle, WA 98168, 206-277-2000.
6. Detainees may be taken to the Northwest ICE Processing Center, 1623 E J Street SE, Tacoma, WA 98421, 253-396-1611.

Prison time begins in a state intake unit, where staff match the person to a facility. The county jail may house them until a bed opens. Ring the jail if the state's search is still blank.

• The DOC incarcerated individual search takes either a last name or a DOC number.
• DOC is at 7345 Linderson Way SW, Tumwater, WA 98501, 360-725-8213, weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Our state prisons page has more.

Juvenile Court, a part of Superior Court, deals with anyone below 18. It sits at 2801 32nd Avenue SW, Tumwater, WA 98512. Family and Juvenile Court answers at 360-709-3201, and probation at 360-709-3131.

The juvenile detention facility is at that same address. When no charge is filed first, the court must rule on the hold within 72 hours, counted without Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, or the child is freed (JuCR 7.3). Youth detention is outside the VINE alert system.

The booking row names the arresting agency. Coverage works like this:

• Sheriff's Office, 1111 Israel Road SW, Tumwater, WA 98501. Main 360-786-5500, non-emergency 360-704-2740. Deputies patrol outside city limits.
• Olympia Police, 360-753-8300
• Lacey Police, 360-459-4333
• Tumwater Police, 555 Israel Road SW, Tumwater, WA 98501, 360-754-4200
• Yelm Police: ask the county non-emergency line for the number.
• Tenino, Rainier and Bucoda: the county non-emergency line can tell you who responds on a given street.
• Washington State Patrol: highway arrests come from a trooper district, and each office is listed at wsp.wa.gov.