Clatsop County Jail Overview
Clatsop County Jail, also described by the county as the Clatsop County Detention Center, is operated by the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. The facility is a county jail, not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. It houses adult pre-adjudicated and sentenced offenders mandated by the courts, and the official roster may also include people in work crew, electronic monitoring, outside custody, and other sheriff or community-corrections programs.
The official Corrections Division and Jail page states that the jail houses up to 148 inmates under the cap set by the Clatsop County Board of Commissioners. The same county overview says about 2,500 people are booked and released during the year. The jail's mission materials say the facility classifies and houses people for the protection of staff and inmates while trying to release people safely back into the community.
The county overview screenshot from the manifest shows the local source for the capacity, annual booking volume, and sheriff detention obligation.
Source: Clatsop County Corrections Division and Jail
The facility page is therefore built around county-jail custody, local roster lookup, bail, visits, mail, commissary, and records requests.
Clatsop County Jail Capacity
Clatsop County's current jail capacity is tied to the move from the old downtown Astoria jail to the Warrenton facility. The old jail opened in 1980 and operated under a 60-inmate cap. County project materials say the population sometimes reached 74, which led to portable beds on the floor and unsafe conditions. The Warrenton jail project was designed to increase the cap to 148, reduce early releases, and create space for people with contagious illness or behavioral concerns.
The live roster snapshot inspected on June 25, 2026 showed 80 total listed people, including 64 marked In Custody, 2 Electronic Monitoring, and 14 Outside Custody. That snapshot is not the same as average daily population. It is a point-in-time roster count, and Clatsop County's own roster rules make clear that some listed people may be under a program status rather than sleeping in a jail bed.
Search Clatsop County Jail Roster
The correct lookup system for Clatsop County Jail is the official Clatsop County Jail Roster. Use that roster for current local custody and sheriff-program listings. Use Oregon Offender Search only after the person has moved into Oregon state prison custody. Use VISOR for Oregon custody notifications, the BOP locator for federal prison custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration custody.
- Open the Clatsop County Jail Roster from the county app domain.
- Check the roster timestamp so the age of the list is clear.
- Browse the inmate-name column and use booked date and status to narrow matches.
- Select the linked name to open the profile for inmate number, demographics, and charges.
- Call 503-325-8641 if the status, release date, bail, or custody location needs confirmation.
A profile may show ORS charge numbers and offense text, but the roster charge is not the final court record. Court filings, hearing dates, convictions, dismissals, and case documents are handled through Oregon Judicial Department and Clatsop County Circuit Court records.
Clatsop County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone for custody, bail, visit, and inmate-status questions that the roster does not answer. The sheriff's administrative office is nearby, but the jail and sheriff headquarters have different addresses. Records requests for documents not online should generally go through Clatsop County NextRequest, while immediate jail-status questions should be routed to the jail phone first.
Clatsop County Jail
1250 SE 19th Street
Warrenton, OR 97146
503-325-8641
Fax: 503-325-8590
Medical fax: 503-861-8835
Clatsop County Sheriff's Office
1190 Southeast 19th Street
Warrenton, OR 97146
503-325-8635
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm
Visit Clatsop County Jail
In-person visitation at Clatsop County Jail is published on the county's Inmate Visiting page. Each person in custody gets one visit per week, and a visit may not exceed 60 minutes. Visitors must show photo identification before a visit. People younger than 18 may not visit. The jail also bars intoxicated visitors, people causing a disturbance, anyone who has been an inmate of the Clatsop County Jail within the first 60 days after release, and people on probation or parole.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 10 am-4 pm, closed for lunch | In-person social visit |
| Sunday | 10 am-4 pm, closed for lunch | In-person social visit |
| Video | Verify in portal | NCIC Inmate Communications |
Video visitation is separate from the in-person schedule. The county's video visitation page directs users to NCIC Inmate Communications, but it does not publish all remote-visit costs or account rules on the county page. Verify those details in the vendor portal before scheduling.
Mail and Money at Clatsop County Jail
Mail to Clatsop County Jail must use the U.S. Postal Service. The county's Inmate Mail page says inmates may send and receive letters, but mail and notes cannot be dropped off at the jail. Incoming mail is opened and inspected. Mail for a person who has been released or transferred is returned to sender. Books must be new and shipped from a publisher, book club, or bookstore, with limits on size, binding, and quantity.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | Inmate Name, c/o Clatsop County Jail, 1250 SE 19th St., Warrenton, OR 97146. |
| Money by mail | Cashier's check or money order only; do not send cash. |
| Lobby kiosk | Cash deposits available 24 hours a day, with fee and ID required. |
| Commissary deposits | The county commissary page links to Inmate Canteen. |
| Phone and video funds | NCIC account services may support phone or video funds; verify fees in the live portal. |
Bail at Clatsop County Jail
The jail's Posting Bail page gives a local release path that is easy to get wrong if someone relies only on a roster profile. The county says a person may be released before trial in several ways, and posting bail is one option when a charge or warrant designates bail. In most cases, someone may post 10 percent of total bail, but some cases require full bail. The county also states that there are no bail bondsmen in Oregon.
| Bail Item | Clatsop County Detail |
|---|---|
| Call first | Use 503-325-8641 to confirm amount, case, court, and holds. |
| 10 percent bail | Available in most cases, according to the county bail page. |
| Full bail | Required in some cases. |
| Jail payment forms | Exact cash, cashier's check, money order, or credit card within county limits and fees. |
| Court posting | Bail for Clatsop County Circuit Court cases may also be posted at court during normal business hours. |
Clatsop County Jail Records
When the public roster does not provide the needed record, use the sheriff records channel or the county public-records portal. The sheriff's records-request page says a person can request sheriff reports, but reports with criminal charges are not released until the subject has gone to court and the case is closed or adjudicated. Clatsop County's public-records procedure routes official requests through NextRequest and uses fee estimates when more than 15 minutes of staff time is needed.
Oregon public-records law under ORS Chapter 192 controls access, deadlines, fees, and exemptions for public bodies. Oregon local jail standards are addressed in ORS Chapter 169. Booking-photo release is limited by ORS 133.870, so the Clatsop County Jail page should not be treated as a routine mugshot archive.
Note: Verify custody and visitation with Clatsop County Jail before travel because roster status and public records can change.
Clatsop County Jail History
The current Warrenton jail grew from a local capacity problem and a coastal-site decision. Clatsop County voters approved Ballot Measure 4-195 on November 6, 2018, authorizing a $20 million bond for a new county jail at the former Oregon Youth Authority North Coast facility. The county's project page says the plan reused existing OYA space for offices, intake, food service, and 20 beds, while adding 128 beds in a new section built in the former courtyard.
The site was also chosen for local reasons. County project materials say the Warrenton location is near the sheriff's office and parole and probation offices, more convenient for south-county law-enforcement agencies than the old Astoria jail, and not immediately adjacent to the tsunami inundation zone or other geohazards. Those details explain why Clatsop County Jail inmate lookup now points to Warrenton while many court records and prosecutor records still point back to Astoria.