High Desert Detention Center Inmate Lookup

High Desert Detention Center Overview

High Desert Detention Center is operated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department at 9438 Commerce Way in Adelanto. The official Sheriff's facility page gives a capacity of 2,188 beds and says the facility opened in January 2006 to add needed space to the Bureau of Detention and Corrections. It was the first Type II facility located in the High Desert.

The facility provides secure housing for over 2,100 inmates and serves county jail custody needs for the High Desert region. The Sheriff's page says more than 200 safety, general, and medical employees provide security, safety, and basic needs. Because Adelanto ICE Processing Center is also in Adelanto, readers should separate county jail custody from civil immigration detention. High Desert county jail inmates are searched through the county Inmate Locator; ICE detainees are searched through ICE ODLS.

The official High Desert Detention Center facility page is the source for the screenshot below.

The facility page gives the jail's address and regional context. The Inmate Locator remains the tool for current housing, visit, mail, and booking information for a specific county jail inmate.

High Desert Detention Center Capacity and Population

The Sheriff's official facility page, inspected May 31, 2026, gives High Desert Detention Center a capacity of 2,188 beds and describes secure housing for over 2,100 inmates. The inspected research did not locate a separate current daily census for High Desert, so use the Inmate Locator for individual custody and BSCC jail population sources for broader current population research.

How to Look Up an Inmate at High Desert Detention Center

Use the county Inmate Locator for High Desert Detention Center. The profile should show housing facility, visiting information, inmate mailing address, projected release date, bail, charges, holds, and release-notification options when available. If the person is in civil immigration detention at Adelanto ICE Processing Center, use ICE ODLS instead of the county roster.

1. Open the County of San Bernardino Inmate Locator.
2. Search by 10-digit booking number if known, or by last name, first name, DOB or approximate age, and gender.
3. Use age, DOB, sex, arrest date, arrest agency, and housing facility to distinguish similar names.
4. Confirm the Housing Facility says High Desert Detention Center before using the Adelanto county jail address.
5. If the person is not found, check out-of-custody release-date links, call the county fallback, search CDCR CIRIS for state prison, BOP/USMS for federal custody, or ICE ODLS for immigration detention.

High Desert Detention Center Address and Contact

Use the facility phone for housing and local logistics, and use the Inmate Locator phone captured in the research for locator-related questions. Do not use the ICE facility phone for a county jail inmate unless the person has been transferred to ICE custody.

Visiting Someone at High Desert Detention Center

High Desert visits follow San Bernardino County jail rules. Reservations must be made one day in advance, no same-day visits are allowed, and visitors must check in 30 minutes before the scheduled visit. Adult visitors must bring valid government photo ID. Minors generally must be accompanied by a qualified adult unless the official minor-child or minor-spouse exception applies, and relationship verification may be required.

Mail, Phone, and Money at High Desert Detention Center

Search the inmate first, then use the Inmate Mailing Address shown in the profile. Include a return address on correspondence. The county rules prohibit hardbound books, stickers, confetti, musical greeting cards, mailed stamps, writing materials, blank greeting cards, snack foods, gang-related images, and sexual images. Books and magazines must come directly from a bookstore or publisher.

Booking and Intake at High Desert Detention Center

Booking creates the county jail custody record after an arrest. The process can include identity confirmation, booking number assignment, property inventory, search, fingerprints, booking photograph if taken, medical and mental-health screening, classification review, and housing assignment. High Desert's role as a Type II county jail means people may be held there because of regional custody needs, classification, bed availability, or court logistics.

The research also captured facility procedure details showing how High Desert handles some serious operational events. For an in-custody death, a supervising nurse prepares a written report for the facility commander after facility doctor review. The procedure notes also say polygraph examinations and Morrissey hearings are handled through transfers to West Valley Detention Center, which is another reason custody location may change.

About High Desert Detention Center

The Sheriff's official page says High Desert Detention Center operates in compliance with California State Corrections Standards Authority regulations, with the goal of maintaining a secure, safe, humane, and just jail environment. Research sections on county jail conditions also point to California local detention standards covering classification, health care, discipline, food, correspondence, visitation, recreation, education, safety checks, and facility physical-plant requirements.

The Sheriff's AB 2761 in-custody death release table includes High Desert entries and is a public transparency source for official incident-release postings. That table is a conditions and public-reporting source, not an inmate population count. Use it to understand official incident reporting, not to decide whether a specific person is currently housed at High Desert.

The Adelanto location also creates a common search error. High Desert Detention Center is the county jail on Commerce Way, while Adelanto ICE Processing Center is a civil immigration detention facility on Rancho Road. County jail records, ICE detainee records, and CDCR prison records are separate systems even when the facilities are in the same region.