Fresno County Main Jail, CA Inmate Search, Visitation Hours

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First and foremost, the Fresno County Main Jail has been around since 1845. Since the first day of operation at the Fresno County Main Jail, the Fresno County Sheriff’s Department was the agency involved in managing and overseeing the daily operation.
The Fresno County Sheriff’s Department was first established around the late 1700s and was in the same location until they built the new sheriff’s department and included the Fresno County Main Jail.
The Fresno County Main Jail was in constant operation from the time it was built in 1845 to 1971. The Fresno County Main Jail closed its doors until the mid-1980s.
Fresno County Main Jail — General Information
Adult, Capacity 1064 persons.
1225 M Street, Fresno, CA 93721
http://www.fresnosheriff.org/jail.html
559-488-3031
Fresno County Sheriffs Office
How to Find Someone in Fresno County Main Jail
Fresno County Main Jail does not have their inmate roster available to the public.
If you wanted to find out information on an inmate, you always had to contact the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office directly for information.
Sending a Mail/Care Package
Nationwide Inmate Records Online Check
You can send and receive letters from inmates. All incoming and outgoing mail are always carefully examined by a staff member that works at the Fresno County Main Jail to ensure the mail does not have contraband or other content it should not have.
Sending Money
You can send inmates money through the mail using a money order, if you do not live local.
If you are local to the Fresno County Main Jail, you can come down to the facility with your money order. This is the only way besides mailing a money order, how you can put money on the inmate’s books.
This method can take a few business days before the money can be officially deposited into the inmate’s account.
Phone calls
Inmates at the Fresno County Main Jail are permitted to use the telephones daily, but the inmates can only make collect calls.
Collect calls can only be made to individuals who have a landline and not a cell phone. Also, the receiver of the call has to pay the fees that incurred with receiving a collect call as well.
Visitation
You can visit an inmate at the Fresno County Main Jail, but you need to bring your government issued identification card to be permitted to the visitation room.
Those under the age of 16 years, need to be accompanied by their legal guardian.
Visiting Hours
Directions
Refer the map below to find the driving directions.
Nearby Jail/Prison
- Fresno County South Annex Jail
- Fresno County North Annex Jail
- Fresno County Satellite Jail
- Parlier Jail
- Fresno County Juvenile Justice Campus
- Clovis Jail
- Fresno City Jail
- Fowler Jail
- Sanger Jail
- Kerman Jail
- Selma Jail
- Madera County Juvenile Boot Camp
- Madera County Juvenile Hall
- Madera County Jail
- Elkhorn Correctional Facility
Other Types of Correctional Facilities in California
- City Jail 405
- State Prison 97