Placer County Corrections

The Placer County Sheriff's Office is located in Auburn,California, and operates two jail facilities—the Auburn Jail and the South Placer Jail.

Both of these Placer County Corrections facilities house adult males and females who have been arrested by county or municipal law enforcement, have not made bail, and are awaiting trial. The facility also houses inmates who have been sentenced to the county jail, as well as inmates being held for transport to the California Department of Corrections.

Auburn Jail

The present Auburn jail facility consists of three medium security dorms, two with a capacity of 92 inmates each, and one with a capacity of 44 inmates; and one maximum-security module with a capacity of 32 inmates.

The dormitory housing units have direct supervision, with a custody officer stationed inside each of the dorms, and indirect supervision from a housing booth. Most of the cells in the Auburn Jail have been doubled-bunked.

The minimum-security barracks used to be in buildings that were originally World War II Army warehouses, built in 1941. The barracks consisted of three housing units, two male and one female, with a combined capacity of 160 inmates, making the total capacity of the Auburn Main Jail 646. However, the Minimum Security Barracks located at the Auburn Jail were closed in 2014, and the inmates moved to the South Placer Jail facility.

South Placer Jail

Inmate Search

To find out if your loved one is being held at the Placer County Jail Facility, click here or use VINE (see below). The Daily Booking and Releasing Report and In-Custody Roster are available as PDF downloads.

VINE (Victim Information and Notification Everyday)

Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) is a free and anonymous telephone service that provides victims of crime both information and notification. VINE monitors the custody status of offenders in the Placer County Jail and receives updated information every 15 minutes.

The Toll Free Number for California VINE is 1.877.411.5588. Anyone can call the California State VINE line to determine an inmate's custody status. To search for offender information, callers will need one of the following items:

• Offender name or alias
• Secondary search option (if there is more than one offender with the same name), such as:
  • Arrest date
  • Date of birth
  • Middle initial
  • Offender identification number

VINE will let callers know about the offender's current custody status, the location of the inmate, and their offender number. 

Property Release

Within the first 72 hours of being booked (except during lock down times), an inmate at the Auburn Jail or South Placer Jail can do one of three types of property releases:

• Release of motor vehicle keys only
• Release of all property with the exception of clothing
• Release of money

After the initial 72 hours, the only type of property release that will be done is a complete property release, with the exception of clothing and money. This may only be done one time. The only time clothing will be released is when the inmate has been sentenced to state prison. Clothing will not be released until proof of sentencing is confirmed.

Property releases are done only on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays between 7:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Prison Insights

Visiting Hours and Rules

The walk-in visiting centers at the Auburn Jail and South Placer Jail are open and have returned to normal operations as before COVID-19, except masks will be required, covering the nose and mouth. 

• The Visitation Center for the Auburn Jail is located on Atwood Road in Auburn.
• The Visitation Center for the South Placer Jail is located at 11801 Go For Broke Road in Roseville.
• The Security Visitation Center for South Placer Minimum is located at 11701 Go For Broke Road in Roseville.

Both on-site and remote Video Visitation are now available. To enroll for video visits and more information, go to:

• Video Visitation Scheduling Instructions-English (PDF) 
• Video Visitation Scheduling Instructions-Spanish (PDF) 

For Auburn Jail visiting times, visit the In-Custody Report or call 530-745-8500. Visitors must be checked in at the Auburn Visitation Center 35 to 45 minutes before the visitation session time.

For South Placer Jail visiting times, visit the In-Custody Report or call 916-409-8100. All visitors at the South Placer Jail must register and schedule their on-site visit through the video visitation vendor 24 hours in advance. After the video visit is scheduled, visitors must be checked in at the South Placer Visitation Center 30 minutes before the visitation session time. 

Visiting Rules

All personal visitors must check in a minimum of 30 minutes prior to the visit start time. Visitors under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. All adult visitors must have one of the following valid identifications:

• Driver’s License with photo
• Military identification with photo
• Passport with photo
• Immigration Card
• State Identification Card with photo

You cannot visit an inmate if you were in the custody of the Placer County Sheriff's department within the past 120 days, you've been convicted of a felony and served time in state prison, or you have a no contact restraining order involving the inmate you want to visit.

No cell phones, computers, tablets, or smartphones are allowed in any visiting area. Visitors may be subject to search by sheriff’s personnel of their persons and immediate property while on the premises of the facility at any time. And, all visitors must pass through a metal detector. Refusal to submit to search will prohibit visiting privileges.

Visitors at all facilities Auburn, South Placer, Minimum Security, and remote video visitation are limited to:

• Two adults and one minor child
• One adult and two minor children
• No more than three visitors per inmate, per visit

Dress Code

All visitors must comply with the dress code guidelines outlined below, no exceptions. Failure to comply with the dress code will result in the visitor being turned away.

• Shirts must have sleeves
• Shoes must be worn (flip flops and sandals are not allowed)
• Shorts and skirts must be mid-thigh in length or longer

You will not be allowed to visit if you wear:

• Bare midriff
• Low-cut shirts
• Tank tops, spaghetti straps, halter tops, tube tops, etc. (all shirts must have sleeves)
• Sheer fabric or exposed undergarments
• Clothing with logos that inherently promote:
  • Drug use
  • Gang activity
  • Hate
  • Profanity
  • Sex acts
  • Violence
• Bathing suits
• Jeans with holes
• Gang related attire
• Hats, bandannas, beanies, etc. (nothing to be worn on the head)

On-Site Visits

The Auburn Jail and South Placer Minimum Security locations provide a 30 minute visitation time that will be split between the adult visitors; only one visitor permitted at the visiting station at a time. An inmate’s visitation days and times can be found by looking at the inmate information found on the recent In Custody Report.

On-Site Video Visits

On-site video visitation sessions are free of charge. Visitors must schedule their visit 24 hours in advance and must travel to the South Placer Jail to conduct the visit from one of the Video Visiting terminals in the visiting lobby. You are now able to schedule video visitation in advance.

Remote Video Visitation

Video Visitation with inmates at the Auburn Jail and the South Placer Jail can now be conducted using any iOS device. You can download the "ICS Mobile" application at no cost from the Apple App Store by searching "ICSolutions."

All visitors must register in order to participate in a remote video visitation session with an inmate. Visitors can register for visitation at icsolutions.com.

The video visitation system allows friends, family members, and professionals the control to schedule and conduct video visits at a time convenient for them and avoid wasting time waiting in long lines or traveling to one of the jails.

Visitors for inmates in select housing areas at the South Placer Jail can select the remote video visitation option for a charge of $9.99 for 30 minutes. This visit is in addition to the two sessions mentioned above. For the remote visiting option, visitors must register and schedule their visits 24 hours in advance.

Inmate Mail Rules

Inmates at both the Auburn Jail and the South Placer Jail may receive books from any publisher, commercial or non-profit distributor of printed materials, or book store that does mail order business. 

Letters must be delivered through the U.S. Postal Service. All incoming mail must include a legible first and last name and return address. No hand carried mail will be accepted from the public. 

Letters with address labels or stickers are not accepted. Obscene, gang related content, drug or drug paraphernalia or sexually explicit pictures, drawings or writing will not be accepted.

The following items are not permitted in inmate mail: 

• Crayons, Pencils, Pens, Markers
• Envelopes, Greeting Cards, Writing Paper
• Paperclips
• Postage stamps
• Foreign substances on the envelope or within the letter, such as cologne, glitter, lipstick prints, perfume, and tape
• Money (bank cards, cash, credit cards, phone cards or checks)
• Identification cards
• Polaroid photographs
• Articles cut out of a magazine or newspaper
• Coded messages or suspected coded messages
• Puzzles or games printed from a computer 

No packages exceeding three pounds of combustible material. Mail cannot be sent in an envelope larger than 10 by 13 inches. 

Email

Friends and family can send emails to inmates at the Auburn Jail in Auburn, California and the South Placer Jail in Roseville, California. Go to Access Corrections Website for more information.

How to Call an Inmate

Inmates at the Auburn Jail and the South Placer Jail cannot receive incoming phone calls. However, phones are available for inmates to make outgoing collect calls and receive voice mail messages from friends and family for an additional fee.

To set up a prepaid or inmate debit account, or leave voicemails, call ICSolutions at 888-506-8407 or go online 

California law has established the right of an arrested person to make at least three free local telephone calls upon being booked: one call to an attorney, one to a bail bond agent, and one to a relative or other personal contact. Phone calls are recorded and may be monitored at any time.

How to Send Money

To send money to an inmate at the Auburn Jail or the South Placer Jail, you can go online, make a phone call, use the US Mail, or drop it off in person.

Online: Online deposits and/or commissary orders may be placed at My Care Pack Website.

Phone: Deposits may be made by phone by contacting Smart Deposit/Access Corrections at 866-394-0490.

Mail: Money orders or cashiers checks only (up to $120 each) made payable to the inmate (including jail ID number) may be mailed directly to the facility. The purchaser’s name and mailing address must be filled in. Deposits must be made by midnight on Mondays for that week’s delivery. Personal checks are not accepted. 

In Person: Smart Deposit kiosks in the jail lobbies accept cash, credit cards, and permanent bank ATM/debit cards. Money orders can be deposited in jail lobby drop-boxes for commissary use only. 

Smart Deposit Lobby Kiosks and drop boxes are located in the lobbies at: 

Auburn Main Jail
2775 Richardson Dr.
Auburn, CA 95603 

South Placer Jail
11801 Go For Broke Rd.
Roseville, CA 95678

Programs For Inmates

This information is not publicly available.

Pictures of Placer County Corrections

Careers at Placer County Corrections

If you are interested in a career with the Placer County Sheriff's Department and would like more information about the job openings at the Placer County Jail, click here.