Salt Lake County Jail Inmate Search & Roster 2026

Prisoner search, roster, docket and dashboard are not the same

How to run a Salt Lake County Jail inmate search

Prepare this information before searching or calling

How to understand a Salt Lake County custody result

No Salt Lake County prisoner record found? Follow this order

What happens during Salt Lake County jail booking?

Metro Jail and Oxbow: what families need to know

How to pay bail at Salt Lake County Metro Jail

Non-financial pretrial release

Salt Lake County Criminal Justice Services screens people in jail around the clock. Screeners review demographics, criminal history, community ties, contact information, address, education, employment, and the charged offense. CJS may release qualifying individuals with charges up to a second-degree non-violent felony; a judge may also order release when CJS does not.

Salt Lake County Metro and Oxbow visitation planner

Walk-in and scheduled visits

• Walk-in personal visits are accepted, but prescheduled visits take priority.
• Call 385-468-8400 to schedule up to six days in advance.
• Check in at least 30 minutes before the start time.
• Do not enter the visiting lobby more than 45 minutes before the visit.
• Late visitors are denied that slot but may be placed in the next available opening when capacity permits.

Daily hours and meal closures

Pod and classification schedule

Identification and minors

Leave these items outside

Cellphones, electronic devices, coats, jackets, hats, food, drinks, knives, lighters, cigarettes, open flames, pens, pencils, staples, paperclips, wallets, keys, weapons, and ammunition are prohibited. Lockers are available when a visitor has no secure vehicle storage.

How to deposit money and avoid delayed funds

In-person and mailed payment rules

• Personal checks are not accepted.
• Use the exact amount; the jail does not give change.
• Make money orders, cashier’s checks, and certified checks payable to the prisoner.
• Write the prisoner’s name and SO number on the envelope and payment.
• Include the sender’s return address.
• Certified checks, cashier’s checks, and money orders have a seven-day hold before use.
• A mailed instrument without the correct payee or sender return address may be placed in prisoner property rather than deposited.

Published commissary order schedule

Salt Lake County prisoner mail, photos, books and legal mail

What ordinary mail may contain

• Paper correspondence that meets jail inspection rules.
• Up to 12 acceptable photographs, each no larger than 4×6 inches.
• New soft-cover books, periodicals, and newspapers sent directly by a publisher, book club, or retailer.
• Money orders, cashier’s checks, or certified checks that follow the deposit rules.

Mail that is returned, removed, or discarded

Books and packages

• Only new soft-cover books and permitted publications are accepted.
• The seller must send the item directly.
• The package must arrive through the U.S. Postal Service; UPS, FedEx, DHL, and similar delivery services are refused.
• A general package thicker than three-quarters of an inch is not accepted unless it is permitted privileged mail or an approved publication shipment.
• The handbook limits a prisoner to six books in the housing area, regardless of source.

Legal and privileged mail

Mail from an attorney, court, or public official is privileged when properly marked “Privileged” or “Legal Mail” and the envelope shows appropriate professional letterhead. Properly marked legal mail is opened and inspected for contraband in the prisoner’s presence rather than handled like ordinary correspondence.

Salt Lake County prisoner phone calls and paid email

Telephone rules

• Calls may be monitored or recorded except qualifying attorney calls.
• No billing or transferring a call to a third party.
• No calling victims, witnesses, protected persons, or anyone covered by a no-contact order.
• No telephone harassment, threats, obscenity, or repeated unwanted calling.
• No making calls for another prisoner or asking another prisoner to call on someone’s behalf.

Electronic messages

Salt Lake County offers paid email through its approved communication service. The current county page lists a charge of $0.50 per message. Electronic messages are subject to jail review, and inappropriate content may be censored.

How to check the criminal case and next hearing

Prisoner property release, release calls, and signed documents

Property release

Release date and pickup call

Jail staff do not disclose release dates to callers. The prisoner should communicate the expected date when possible. Before release, the jail allows free local calls approximately 15–30 minutes in advance so the prisoner can arrange pickup.

Getting non-service documents signed

Vehicle impound releases, powers of attorney, medical-record forms, and other documents that do not require formal civil service may be taken to the Jail Administration Officer at 3415 South 900 West. The county says the officer can obtain the prisoner’s signature and make the paperwork available for pickup about 24 hours later.

Formal civil service on a prisoner

Divorce papers, summonses, court documents, eviction orders, small claims papers, and protective or stalking orders may require civil service. The Civil Unit at 3365 South 900 West provides same-day service Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Published fees are $22.50 for Utah paperwork and $27.50 for paperwork from outside Utah; qualifying protective or stalking orders have no service fee.

Health care, medication, grievance deadlines and PREA reporting

How a prisoner requests care

Medication rules

• Clinical staff evaluates verifiable medications reported at admission.
• Medication brought from home is used for verification only, not directly dispensed to the prisoner.
• Medication used inside the jail must be prescribed by jail clinical staff.
• Once prescribed, ordinary medication can take 24–72 hours to receive; critical medication may begin sooner at clinical discretion.
• Health information is protected; the prisoner must sign an authorization before staff can disclose treatment information to family.

Health co-pays

The handbook says prisoner-initiated doctor, dental, mid-level provider, psychiatric, triage, prescription, and transportation services may carry a co-pay. The current fee schedule is posted on the prisoner kiosk rather than stated on the public county page. Jail-mandated screening, emergency evaluation, infirmary care, daily treatment, pregnancy-related care, and jail-ordered follow-up are not charged.

Grievance process

Matters outside jail control, disciplinary actions, housing assignments, complaints filed for another person, and staff personnel matters are not handled through the ordinary prisoner grievance procedure.

PREA and sexual-safety reporting

State prison, ICE, federal transfer, and victim notification

Request jail records, medical records, or a booking photo

The public locator and roster do not contain every record. Salt Lake County uses the Government Records Access and Management Act process for additional records, subject to privacy, safety, and legal restrictions.

Salt Lake County Jail contact directory by task

Metro Jail map and before-you-go checklist

Final live actions

The procedures and rules are included above. Use these external systems only when a live search, payment, message, court query, or notification registration is required.