Mono County Jail Overview
Mono County Jail is operated by the Mono County Sheriff's Department at 25 Emigrant Street in Bridgeport. It is the county's principal local detention facility and the only facility resolved in the project Facility Map. People arrested by the sheriff, local law-enforcement agencies, or court process may be booked there if they are held in local custody.
The jail holds pretrial detainees, people waiting for first appearance or later court action, locally sentenced inmates, and people held under court orders. It is not a California state prison, federal prison, or dedicated ICE detention facility. Once a person is sentenced and transferred to CDCR, the lookup channel changes from the county roster to CDCR CIRIS. Federal and immigration custody also use separate locators.
The Mono Sheriff jail page is the official public source for jail routing, visitation rules, mail rules, bail instructions, and the Citizen RIMS roster link.
The sheriff page confirms that custody search and jail service questions should start with the county's own jail and roster sources.
Mono County Jail Population
The public Citizen RIMS count captured on May 31, 2026 returned 22 current in-custody records. That is a point-in-time roster count. It should not be described as average daily population, annual bookings, or a trend. Mono County project materials cite a current rated capacity of 48 beds, and the county's later groundbreaking release describes a replacement jail with approximately 50 beds.
The current sheriff jail page did not publish a rated capacity table, annual booking total, or average length of stay. For formal statewide jail profile reporting, the California Board of State and Community Corrections is the source to check, but the research file did not extract a full annual BSCC table for Mono County.
Look Up Mono County Jail Inmates
Current Mono County Jail custody is searched through the Citizen RIMS incarcerated-people roster. The public configuration showed that roster enabled and several related features disabled. A person must have booking complete before public display, so very recent arrests may not appear right away.
- Open the official Citizen RIMS incarcerated-people page for Mono County.
- Search or filter by the person's legal name.
- Check the result against age, sex, race, booking time, status, charges, and bail fields.
- Call Mono County Jail at 760-932-7549 if custody or release status is time-sensitive.
- Use Mono Superior Court for filed charges and court dates after the case opens.
- Use CDCR, BOP, or ICE locators if the person is outside county jail custody.
Mono County Jail Record Fields
Public jail results show some booking details and hide others. The inspected public records included booking ID, agency ID, person ID, booking agency code, original arresting agency code, booking and arrest dates, arrest location, release flag, status, visible demographics, charges, bail amount per charge, and total bail. The configuration disabled public mugshots, DOB, physical measurements, address, and housing-unit detail.
| Field | Public Detail |
|---|---|
| Name, age, sex, race | Visible in the public configuration. |
| Booking ID | Useful identifier for jail or records follow-up. |
| Booking and arrest dates | Separate fields can show arrest before booking completion. |
| Charges | Charge code, description, level, count, arresting agency, and bail line. |
| Total bail | Total listed bail field, subject to court orders and holds. |
| Mugshot | Not displayed because inmate photos were disabled. |
| Housing unit | Not visible in inspected public records. |
| Court date | Not visible. Use Mono Superior Court. |
Mono County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone for current custody, release, visitor, or bail questions that cannot wait for an online roster update. Use the sheriff records page for booking-related records, incident reports, and public records requests that are not published in the roster.
Mono County Jail
25 Emigrant Street
Bridgeport, CA 93517
760-932-7549
Jail and inmate information line. Confirm visits, bail, and release status before travel.
Visit Mono County Jail
The sheriff jail page publishes in-person visiting hours and several visitor limits. Visitors need valid photo identification. Visitors must be 18 or accompanied by parents. Visitors and property are subject to search. A person incarcerated in the facility within the last six months may not visit. Mono County Jail does not allow contact visits of any type.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Source Note |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visitation | Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm | Confirm before travel. |
| In-person public visitation | Monday 1:00pm-5:00pm | Confirm before travel. |
| In-person public visitation | Wednesday 1:00pm-5:00pm | Confirm before travel. |
| In-person public visitation | Friday 7:00pm-9:30pm | Confirm before travel. |
| Contact visits | Not allowed | No contact visits of any type. |
Mono County is a rural mountain county. Weather, staffing, court movement, holidays, and lockdowns can change access. A visitor coming from Mammoth Lakes, Lee Vining, June Lake, Walker, or another community should call first and leave enough travel time for U.S. 395 conditions.
Mono County Jail Mail Money
The jail page publishes a mail address of PO Box 697, Bridgeport, CA 93517. Envelopes should include a return address in case the inmate has been released and the jail must return the correspondence. Incoming mail is inspected for contraband.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | PO Box 697, Bridgeport, CA 93517. Include return address and inmate name. |
| Books, magazines, newspapers | Allowed only when mailed directly from the publisher. |
| Money by mail | Money orders made out to the inmate are accepted by mail. |
| Visitor money | U.S. currency or cashier's check made out to the inmate in the jail lobby. |
| Phone/contact | The sheriff jail page links Securus for staying in touch with an incarcerated person. |
The jail page says visitors may not bring other goods for inmates. Clothing can be accepted but is placed in the inmate's property until release. Items not accepted through mail include food, blank greeting cards, cash, stamps, writing materials, stationery, and certain pictures.
Mono County Jail Bail
Mono Citizen RIMS records can show per-charge bail and total bail, but release should be confirmed directly with the jail or court. A low or zero listed amount does not prove that the person can leave. Warrants, no-bail holds, court remand, probation or parole holds, federal holds, immigration holds, or another agency's detainer may block release.
The sheriff jail page says the department will not refer a specific bond agency. The closest bail or bond companies are in Bishop and South Lake Tahoe and must be licensed in California. To post cash bail, the payer must have the exact dollar amount. Personal checks are not accepted. Cashier's checks and money orders are accepted. Cash bail over $10,000 requires valid identification plus the original Social Security card.
Mono County Jail Booking
A Mono County arrest may start in the field, on a warrant, by surrender, or by court remand. If the person is held locally, law enforcement transports the person to Mono County Jail for booking. Booking can include identity confirmation, property inventory, search, record creation, internal photo and fingerprints, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and court movement.
The public roster requires booking completion before display. Public records distinguish original arrest date and booking date, which matters when a new arrest has not yet appeared online. The jail's public record is still a custody record. Formal court charges appear later in Mono Superior Court if the District Attorney files a case.
Mono County Jail Project
Mono County has a replacement jail project under construction. The official project page says the county obtained a $25 million BSCC grant in 2017, hired Lionakis for corrections-facility design, hired Kitchell as construction manager, and scheduled construction from August 2025 to August 2027 with occupancy or inmate move-in in August through November 2027. The county's 2025 groundbreaking release describes the future facility at 221 Twin Lakes Road in Bridgeport.
The Mono County jail project page is the official county source for the construction timeline and future facility information.
The current public inmate lookup remains tied to Mono County Jail and Citizen RIMS until official sources state that custody has moved.
Mono County Jail Transfers
If a person leaves Mono County Jail, the correct search may change. A defendant sentenced to state prison should be searched through CDCR CIRIS. A sentenced federal prisoner should be searched through the BOP inmate locator. Immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. Federal pretrial custody can involve the U.S. Marshals Service in the Eastern District of California, and a person may be housed outside Mono County.
| After Mono County Jail | Lookup Channel | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| State prison sentence | CDCR CIRIS | Sentenced California prisoner custody. |
| Federal sentence | BOP inmate locator | Federal prison custody and many releases since 1982. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Immigration detainee custody search. |
| Court case only | Mono Superior Court | Filed charges, hearings, warrants, and dispositions. |
Directions to Mono County Jail
The jail is in Bridgeport near the county seat's government and court area. Drivers from Mammoth Lakes, Lee Vining, and the Mono Basin generally use U.S. 395 north to Bridgeport, then turn through the local street grid toward Emigrant Street. Drivers from Walker or Coleville approach Bridgeport from the north on U.S. 395.
Official jail-specific transit instructions were not located. Eastern Sierra Transit operates regional service in Mono County, but a visitor should confirm route, stop, and operating day before relying on transit. Official jail-specific ADA entrance text was not located, so call before travel if accessible parking or entry arrangements are needed.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, weather, and entry rules with Mono County Jail before traveling to Bridgeport.