Yakima County Jail Roster

The Yakima County jail roster lists every person held by the Yakima County Department of Corrections at the jail in Union Gap. You can search the roster by name or booking date to find a current inmate, view the charges, and check the bond amount. The Yakima County jail books about 10,000 people each year, and the online roster updates as new inmates come in. This page shows you how to search the Yakima County jail roster, who to call when the roster is down, and which agency holds older booking data.

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Yakima County Jail Roster Office

The Yakima County Department of Corrections runs the county jail at 2403 South 18th Street in Union Gap, WA 98903. The same building is the home of the Yakima County Sheriff's Office. You can call the main desk at (509) 574-2500 to ask about a booking. The jail books people from all parts of Yakima County, from Yakima city to Sunnyside, Toppenish, Wapato, and Selah. Court dates and charges flow into the Yakima County jail roster as soon as the booking is logged.

The Yakima County jail roster is the public face of the jail register that state law makes the jail keep. Under RCW 70.48.100, the jail must log the name of each person held, the hour and date of the booking, the cause of the booking, and the hour, date, and manner of release. The Yakima County jail roster pulls those facts into a list you can search by name. Visit the Yakima County Sheriff's Office site for the link.

Sample roster fields include name, age, booking date, charges, bond amount, booking photo, and the housing unit. Some entries also list the next court date.

How to Search the Yakima County Jail Roster

Start with the Yakima County Department of Corrections roster page. Type a last name. Scan the list. Click a name to see the booking page. The Yakima County jail roster shows current inmates only. For a release date or an older booking, you have to call the records desk or file a public records request.

If you cannot find a name on the Yakima County jail roster, the third-party site yakimarecords.us mirrors a lot of the same booking data. Use the county site as the official source first. Use the mirror as a backup when the county roster is slow. The DOC Incarcerated Search covers people who have been moved out of the Yakima County jail and into a state prison after sentencing.

To run a name search, you usually need:

The full name of the person you want to find
The booking date if you know it
A second piece of info such as age or birth year

Set up free custody alerts on VINE for any Yakima County inmate. VINE will call, text, or email you when the person is moved or released. The DOC Search Resources page links to VINE and other state and federal lookup tools in one spot.

Note: The Yakima County jail roster does not list every old booking, so call the Department of Corrections records desk for any booking older than the current roster.

What Is Public on the Yakima County Jail Roster

Yakima County follows the rules in RCW 42.56, the Washington Public Records Act. Under that act, most jail register data is public. You do not need a reason to ask. The jail must reply to a public records request within five business days, either with the record, a denial, or a time estimate.

Publicly available data on the Yakima County jail roster includes:

Current inmate roster of people in custody now
Name, booking date, and charges
Bond amount when set
Expected release date for sentenced inmates
Facility and housing unit
Booking photo

Some data is exempt from disclosure. Medical and mental health records are not public. Disciplinary records, security plans, and victim or witness data are also out. Records about juveniles held in adult facilities are not in the public Yakima County jail roster. To ask for older booking data or other records that are not on the roster page, send a written request through the Yakima County public records portal. The county processes requests under RCW 42.56 and may charge a per-page fee for copies.

State Law Behind the Jail Roster

Two state laws shape the Yakima County jail roster. The first is RCW 70.48.100, the jail register law. The second is the Public Records Act in RCW 42.56. Read together, they say the jail must keep a current register and the public can ask for it.

The Department of Corrections was set up under RCW Chapter 72.09. The DOC runs all state-operated adult prisons and the supervision of adults released to the community. People sentenced to more than one year of jail time are moved out of the Yakima County jail and into a state DOC facility. After that, the DOC Incarcerated Search is the right tool, not the Yakima County jail roster.

The full inmate file is held in confidence. Only criminal justice agencies, the courts, or the inmate (with written consent) can see most of it.

Custody Alerts and Court Cross-Reference

The VINE service is the Washington statewide victim notification network. It is free and confidential. Sign up to get a call, an email, or a text when a Yakima County jail inmate is moved or released. WASPC, the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs, helps run VINE for jails across the state.

To tie a Yakima County jail roster name to a court case, use the state Odyssey court portal. The portal shows district and municipal court cases by name or case number. You can pull a hearing date from the portal and match it to a booking on the jail roster. For a Washington criminal history, use the State Patrol's WATCH service. The DOC does not run criminal history checks.

Tip: Pair the Yakima County jail roster with the Odyssey court portal to track an inmate's next hearing date.