General Information
The Pre-Trial Facility is the largest Detention Facility operated by the Kern County Sherrif's Office. The facility has a maximum capacity of 1232 incarcerated persons. Pre-Trial houses both male and female incarcerated persons.
In addition to providing housing for county incarcerated persons, the Kern County Sheriff's Office is in contract with other State and Federal agencies to house their incarcerated persons. These incarcerated persons are predominantly housed at the Pre-Trial facility.
The facility has medical staff on duty 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In addition, psychiatric staff is available 7 days a week from 7 AM to 5 PM.
Location/Directions and Contact Information
Pre-Trial Visitation and Communication
Please refer to Public Visiting for further information.
Professional Visits
Attorneys and their representatives shall have the option to utilize non-contact attorney video visitation rooms or in-person visiting booths to conduct on-site confidential visits with their clients.
Property Releases
Property releases will be processed Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the Justice Facility, located at 17801 Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308.
- We will not release incarcerated persons clothing.
- Incarcerated persons may release their money and property to any out of custody person, if the person possesses a valid state or federal government issued picture identification.
Please be aware the process time will take anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours. You must be willing to wait. Once the property release has been started you must stay at the facility.
Incarcerated Persons Mail
Please refer to Correspondence for further information.
Digital Mail Center
Effective June 1, 2025, all physical personal mail for incarcerated individuals will be scanned and distributed digitally on the incarcerated persons kiosk and tablets. This is to streamline the mail delivery system for our incarcerated person and provide additional safety and security for the Sheriff’s Office Detentions Facilities.
Normal mail correspondence will no longer be accepted at the Sheriff’s Office Detentions Facilities.
This change does not affect private/privileged mail sent from legal institutions. To sign up and for more information, go to Securus Technologies.
Money
- You may deposit money at a Kiosk located at the: Metro Court Holding or Max-Med Facility or Justice Facility.
- You may deposit money by Phone at 1-866-345-1884 to speak to a live, bilingual agent.
- You may deposit money online through the website: Access Corrections.