Shasta County Jail

Shasta County Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 530-245-6100

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Shasta County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 1525 Court St Redding, CA which is operated locally by the Shasta County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Shasta County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Redding Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The jail is a high-security local detention facility used for the detention of persons pending arraignment, during trial, and upon a sentence of commitment. This facility can hold up to 483 prisoners; 403 males and 80 females. The facility is attached to the Justice Center, the Municipal and Superior Courts of Shasta County and is located at 1655 West Street, Redding. The Main Jail facility continues to be an ever-changing, increasingly more efficient component of the Sheriff´s Office. The Custody Division personnel and administration, strive to work together to improve the efficient operation of the facility and to provide continual upgrades, enhancing the facility´s use to the community it serves.

Commissary Privileges – Inmates place their commissary orders every Sunday. They may purchase a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) worth of commissary goods per week. Funds must be deposited in the inmate's account before 8:00am on Monday. Funds being placed on an inmate's commissary account can be made on the kiosk, online, or the toll free number

visitation Info

Shasta County Jail – Visitation

VISITATION SCHEDULE

Visiting – To visit an inmate at the main jail facility you must first contact the reception officer who will provide you with the inmate's visitation schedule. Each inmate at the facility can have up to two scheduled visits; inmate workers are allowed three visits. The visiting schedule is posted in the jail lobby located at 1655 West Street in Redding. The visiting hours are generally 8:30 am to 11:30 am and 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, 7 days per week; an additional period of 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm is available on weekends. The following visiting rules are clearly posted in the jail lobby.

• Each visitor will be required to fill out a visitor´s slip
• Visitors must be 18 years of age or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian
• Visitors are to have verifiable identification; for example, a California Driver´s license
• No smoking is allowed inside the jail
• No purses, packages, or carry in items are allowed inside the jail
• No packages, books, or mail accepted for inmates
• Money placed on an inmate's commissary account must be a minimum of $5.00
• No foreign coins or money is accepted
• Maximum of 2 visitors per inmate visit; visits are two times weekly, one per visiting day, each visit is 30 minutes; inmate workers are allowed one hour
• Anyone visiting the jail is subject to search of their person and/or property and must pass through a metal detector prior to entering the secure visiting area
• No photographic equipment is allowed inside the jail