Kern County Sheriff's Office Headquarters
Kern County Sheriff's Office

Detentions Bureau

Kcso Chief Swanson

Joel Swanson

Sheriff's Chief Deputy

The Detentions Bureau of the Kern County Sheriff's Office has an average daily incarcerated persons population of approximately 1,800 incarcerated persons. We receive approximately 30,000 new arrests a year. The Detention Bureau's primary Inmate Reception Center is located at the Lerdo justice Facility IRC. In addition, the Bureau operates two smaller receiving centers in eastern Kern County, and the Lerdo Detention Complex just North of Bakersfield.

Contact Information

Service Phone Number
Main Number (Head Quarters) (661) 391-7500
Support Services (Jail Main) (661) 391-7800
Work Release Number (661) 391-7990

Detention Facilities (Jails and Prisons)

Facility Description Phone Number
Lerdo Justice Facility Part of the Lerdo Complex, this facility holds new arrested incarcerated persons and incarcerated persons pending court. (661) 391-3100
Lerdo Justice Inmate Reception Center Part of the Lerdo Complex, this facility holds and is the primary facility for receiving incarcerated persons arrested. (661) 391-3100
Lerdo Maximum-Medium Facility Receives Federal Contract incarcerated persons for booking process. Currently not housing any incarcerated persons and is under construction. (661) 391-7865
Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility Part of the Lerdo Complex, this facility holds incarcerated persons of higher security levels. (661) 391-7900
Metro Court Holding Currently not housing any Incarcerated persons. The facility is used only as a holding facility for court services. (661) 868-6850
Minimum Facility Currently not housing any incarcerated persons and is under construction. (661) 391-7967
Mojave Jail Receives incarcerated persons arrested in the Mojave area. Incarcerated persons are held here pending release or transfer into Bakersfield. (661) 824-7141
Ridgecrest Jail Currently not housing any incarcerated persons and is under construction. (760) 384-5919