Search Riverside County Released Inmates

Released inmate records in Riverside County are available through the sheriff's JIMS Inmate Locator. The tool is free and lets you search for current inmates and people who have been released from Riverside County jails. You can look up booking records, charges, bail, and release details. The Riverside County Sheriff also handles law enforcement for several contract cities, including Temecula, Jurupa Valley, and Moreno Valley. For state prison releases, the CDCR CIRIS database tracks inmates across all of California. This page covers the tools and steps for finding released inmate records in Riverside County.

Riverside County JIMS Inmate Locator

The Riverside County Sheriff runs the JIMS Inmate Locator at jimspub.riversidesheriff.org. JIMS stands for Jail Information Management System. It is the primary way to search for released inmates and people currently held in Riverside County jails. The tool is free and open to the public. No login is needed. You type in a name and the system pulls up matching booking records. Each result shows charges, bail amount, booking date, and custody status. When someone has been released, the record shows the release date and method.

Riverside County operates multiple jail facilities. The Robert Presley Detention Center in downtown Riverside is the largest. The Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning handles longer sentences. There are also facilities in Indio and other parts of the county. All bookings across these sites feed into the same JIMS system. Whether a person was booked in the western part of Riverside County near Ontario or in the Coachella Valley to the east, the record shows up in the same search tool. That makes JIMS the one-stop resource for released inmate lookups in Riverside County.

The Riverside County Sheriff also provides law enforcement for several cities that do not have their own police departments. Temecula, Jurupa Valley, and Moreno Valley all contract with the sheriff. Arrests made by sheriff deputies in those cities go through the same Riverside County jail system and show up in JIMS.

How to Search Riverside County Inmates

Go to the JIMS Inmate Locator page. Enter the person's last name. Add the first name if you have it. Hit search. The system will show all matching records from Riverside County jails. Each entry lists the booking number, charges, bail, and current status. If the person was released, you will see when and how they left custody. Click on a record for more detail.

Some things to know before you search Riverside County released inmate records:

• The search covers all Riverside County jail facilities
• Results show both current inmates and released inmates
• Each record includes charges, bail, and release info
• No account or login is needed
• For older records, call (951) 955-4500

If you cannot find someone in JIMS, the person may have been booked in a neighboring county. This happens with arrests near county borders. Try searching San Bernardino County or Orange County if the Riverside County search comes up empty. You can also call the Riverside County Sheriff at (951) 955-2400 for help.

Note: JIMS shows recent booking data and may not include records from several years ago.

Riverside County Released Inmate Data

When someone leaves a Riverside County jail, their booking record stays in the system. The data is public. It covers the full name, date of birth, physical description, charges, bail, and how the person was released. You can pull up this information through JIMS or by contacting the sheriff's records unit. People use these records for many reasons. Some need them for court cases. Others want to confirm that a person has been released from Riverside County custody. Employers sometimes check release records as part of background screening, though California has rules about what they can consider.

For state prison inmates released to Riverside County, the CIRIS database is the right tool. CIRIS covers inmates who served time in California state prisons. It shows names, CDCR numbers, ages, facilities, and admission dates. It does not cover Riverside County jail bookings. If you need both state and county records for a released inmate, use both CIRIS and JIMS. You can also submit a formal request through the CDCR Public Records Portal for documents beyond what the online search tools provide.

California Law on Riverside County Releases

Government Code 7923.610 requires law enforcement in California to make arrest and booking information public. The Riverside County Sheriff must comply. The law covers the arrested person's full name, physical description, date of birth, arrest time, booking time, all charges, bail amount, and how and when they were released. An agency can only withhold a piece of information if sharing it would endanger someone or compromise an active investigation. This statute took effect January 1, 2023. It applies to all released inmate records in Riverside County and across California.

Parolees returning to Riverside County from state prison fall under Penal Code 3003. CDCR must notify Riverside County law enforcement about each parolee being placed in the area. The data shared includes names, physical descriptions, tattoos, scars, the offenses that led to prison time, and the address where the released inmate will live. Parolees must return to the county where they lived before going to prison. CDCR can approve a transfer to a different county if circumstances warrant it. Released inmates leave state prison with $200 in gate money and transportation to the nearest bus or train station if no one picks them up.

Riverside County residents can also request their own criminal history from the California Department of Justice. The process requires Live Scan fingerprints and a $25 fee.

VINE Alerts in Riverside County

California's VINE system tracks custody changes in Riverside County. Sign up for free alerts by phone, email, or text. VINE runs 24 hours a day in over 200 languages. When a person's custody status changes at a Riverside County jail, the system sends your alert within minutes. Victims and family members use VINE most often, but anyone can register.

Call 1-877-411-5588 to register by phone or go to vinelink.com. VINE covers about 2,900 facilities in 48 states. That includes all Riverside County jail locations and California state prisons. If a released inmate is moved from Riverside County to another facility, VINE can still track them as long as the new facility is in the network. This makes it a useful backup to the JIMS search tool, especially if you want automatic alerts rather than checking manually for released inmates in Riverside County.

The Riverside County Sheriff JIMS Inmate Locator at jimspub.riversidesheriff.org is shown below. This is the main search tool for finding released inmates booked through any Riverside County jail facility.

The JIMS portal handles lookups for all Riverside County detention centers and shows booking details, charges, and release status for each inmate.

Nearby Counties

If you cannot find a released inmate in Riverside County, try searching in a neighboring county. Arrests near county borders sometimes result in bookings at a different facility. People can also be transferred between county jails in California.