Lookup Plumas County Correctional Facility Inmates

Plumas Facility Overview

The official Plumas County jail page identifies the local jail as Plumas County Correctional Facility and lists the facility location, phone, fax, and information-release limits. The jail is operated by the Plumas County Sheriff's Office. It is the main local detention point for Plumas County arrests when a person must be booked into county custody rather than cited and released or moved to another system. The sheriff's jurisdiction covers the whole county, including Quincy, Portola, and state or federal-owned land in the county, so a local arrest may still route to the same county jail even when the arresting agency is not the sheriff.

This is a county jail, not a state prison and not a federal detention facility. The Plumas County Correctional Facility inmate population includes pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, people awaiting hearings or transfer, and people being reviewed for alternative custody. The research found no separate city jail, regional jail, CDCR adult prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention center in Plumas County. Once a person is sentenced to California state prison, the search shifts from the county jail to CDCR. Federal and immigration cases use separate federal tools, not the Plumas jail phone line.

The official jail landing page is a useful starting source because it shows the local facility name and points readers to the specific jail subpages for visits, kiosks, mail, deposits, medical, bail, attorneys, and alternative custody. The county jail source page is shown in the screenshot below.

The page matters because Plumas County does not publish a confirmed public online current-inmate roster in the reviewed jail menu, so the official jail contact rules set the practical lookup path.

Plumas Facility Population

Plumas County Correctional Facility has a current BSCC rated capacity of 61 in the rated-capacity workbook research. Older county grand-jury and jail-planning sources described a 67-bed jail after a 1985 expansion, so the current wording should keep both facts separate. The conservative facility capacity statement is that the current rated capacity is 61, while older planning records discussed 67 beds after the expansion. The facility has long been described as the county's single local jail.

Recent jail population data comes from BSCC Jail Profile Survey material rather than a live public daily roster. Annualized BSCC figures in the research show 36.8 average daily population in 2021, 36.8 in 2022, 35.2 in 2023, 33.6 in 2024, and 33.6 in 2025. Those figures help describe the scale of custody at Plumas County Correctional Facility, but they are not the same as a current daily inmate list. No official 2026 live daily jail population count was found in public county sources.

Lookup Plumas Jail Inmates

The most important Plumas County Correctional Facility lookup fact is negative: no official online public current-inmate roster was found on the reviewed county jail, sheriff, sheriff forms, or county search pages. The jail page instead gives a phone-based information rule. Correctional officers may release an inmate's charges and bail amounts. They do not provide court dates or release information for safety reasons. For court dates, filed charges, and case files, the jail points callers to Plumas Superior Court.

Use the county jail only for local custody questions. If the person has already moved to state prison, use the CDCR CIRIS incarcerated-person search. If the case is federal, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator after BOP custody exists. If immigration detention is possible, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. For notification support where data is available, use VINELink California. For a fuller county records workflow, the Plumas County jail records page explains the same channels in one place for current and past custody.

1. Call Plumas County Correctional Facility at (530) 283-6267 and ask whether the person is currently in local custody.
2. If staff can release the information, ask for charges and bail amount. Do not expect release details or court dates from jail staff.
3. For court dates, filed case documents, or formal court charges, contact Plumas Superior Court rather than the jail.
4. If county custody is not confirmed, check CDCR, BOP, ICE, and VINELink based on the case type.
5. For booking records or incident reports not available by phone, use the sheriff public-record release process and give precise case details.

Plumas Jail Contact

The facility location and the mail address are not identical in the official jail materials. The jail page lists the physical facility at 56 Abernethy Lane in Quincy. The correspondence page lists mail to the facility at 50 Abernathy Lane in Quincy. Preserve the different number and spelling. Use the physical address for visiting, medication drop-off, custody questions, and facility arrival. Use the mailing address exactly as the jail correspondence page lists it when sending inmate mail.

Medical questions follow a separate path. The jail medical page says medical staff are present from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and on call at all times, while correctional officers do not answer medical questions. The nurse office is (530) 283-6009. Valid prescription medication may be dropped at the front counter.

Plumas Jail Visitation

Visitation at Plumas County Correctional Facility is appointment-only by phone. The official visitation page says the jail no longer follows first-come-first-served visitation. Call (530) 283-6267 to schedule. Visitors need current valid identification. A person recently released from the facility is denied visitation for 30 days. Visitors must leave all items except ID in the vehicle, including phones and recording devices. Minors must have a parent or legal guardian.

The county visitation page is specific because visiting times are split by classification. The screenshot from the Plumas jail visitation schedule shows the source page used for the classification windows.

That classification schedule matters because the same visitor day can have different windows for female, male, protective custody, and administrative segregation inmates.

Note: Call before traveling, because the official jail page still carries a posted no-contact notice that may affect visits or counter service.

Mail Phone Money

Plumas County Correctional Facility uses several service channels. Video visitation, electronic messaging, and prepaid phone accounts are tied to NCIC. The jail kiosk page says to start through NCIC, choose California and the Plumas facility, then select the inmate by last name for video visitation or messaging. The phone-account page uses NCIC prepaid accounts and the 1-800-943-2189 phone line. The inmate ID may be needed, and the jail says callers may request it from the facility.

Money and commissary use a different set of vendors. The commissary deposit page sends deposits to Access Corrections online or 1-866-345-1884 by phone. The page says deposits can take up to 24 hours. Package orders go through plumascountypackages.com or 1-800-546-6283. The jail policy packet adds that commissary order forms are due by 11:00 PM Sunday for Tuesday delivery or 11:00 PM Wednesday for Friday delivery, with a purchase limit up to $75 twice a week.

The official correspondence page is the source for the mail address and mail limits.

Mail should include the sender's full name and address. Incomplete mail is returned, and the jail warns against sending extra items inside letters.

Plumas Booking Intake

The sheriff does not publish a full booking-process walkthrough, but the available county and state materials describe the practical path. After a Plumas County arrest that requires jail custody, the person is transported to Plumas County Correctional Facility for intake, identification, medical screening, property handling, charges and bail entry, and classification. The public visitation groups show four housing or security categories that matter to the public: Females, Males, PC, and AdSeg. PC means protective custody. AdSeg means administrative segregation, a more restricted housing status.

California law also matters. Government Code section 7923.610 is the public arrest-information rule behind many jail booking disclosures in California. It covers items such as name, physical description, arrest and booking time, arrest location, bail, charges, holding location, and release time or manner, subject to safety and investigation limits. Plumas County applies its own phone rule more narrowly for callers: charges and bail amounts may be released, while court dates and release information are not given by correctional officers.

Booking

The jail intake process after arrest, including identity, charges, property, medical screening, and initial housing.

Protective custody

A classification used when an inmate needs separation for safety reasons.

Administrative segregation

A restricted classification used for security or management reasons.

Detainer

A hold from another agency that may keep a person in custody even if local bail is posted.

Plumas Bail Release

The official bail bonds page says people arrested and brought to Plumas County Correctional Facility have the right to post bail unless bail has been revoked by the local magistrate. Jail staff can release charges and bail amounts by phone when allowed, so a bail question usually starts with the facility phone line. For court-set context, case status, filed charges, and hearing information, use Plumas Superior Court rather than jail staff.

The local bail rules are practical and strict. Personal checks are not accepted. The accepted direct payment forms are cash, money orders, and cashier's checks. Bail agencies must be registered with Plumas Superior Court before they may post bail at the jail. If the agency is not registered, the jail says the agency will be turned away. A person may also have a hold, warrant, probation or parole issue, federal issue, or immigration matter that affects release.

Medical Alternative Custody

The jail medical page says medical staff are at the facility from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and on call 24/7. Correctional officers do not answer medical questions. Valid prescription medication may be dropped at the front counter. The jail policy packet adds local medical details: intake screening occurs on arrival, prescription and monitoring needs are referred to weekday sick call, emergencies are transported to Plumas District Hospital, and mental-health access uses a Mental Health Self Evaluation form.

Alternative custody is also documented in Plumas County materials. The Alternative Custody Sentencing application covers Home Detention, Weekender, and Work Furlough consideration. Applying does not change a court-ordered turn-in date, and failure to appear can lead to denial and a warrant. Applications take a minimum of two weeks to process. Eligibility depends on classification and security standards, no jail misconduct, no pending criminal or probation matters, local residence, approved transportation, payment of fees, and zero-tolerance drug and alcohol rules.

About Plumas Jail

Plumas County Correctional Facility was described in county and planning materials as a jail completed in 1976 for male and female adult inmates, with a 1985 addition that older sources tied to a 67-bed layout. Later BSCC rated-capacity research identifies the current rated capacity as 61. The FY 2021-22 CCP plan described the facility as outdated and operating around the clock, with staffing that included a jail commander, sergeants, and correctional officers.

Facility operations continue to change. The research found no official recent consent decree, jail closure, or new construction project. A local news item from The Plumas Sun reported on March 10, 2026, that the jail was implementing an RFID inmate-tracking system expected to be online by the end of March 2026. Because that item is local news rather than an official county page, it should be treated as operations context, not as an official custody-search source.

For travel, use the facility location, not the sheriff administrative office or the courthouse. The jail is the place for custody calls, scheduled visits, medication drop-off, and jail-specific questions. The court at 520 Main Street, Room 104, handles court files, court dates, and record searches. The sheriff administrative office at 1400 East Main Street handles broader sheriff business. Those Quincy addresses are close enough to confuse visitors, but they serve different jobs.