Milpitas / Elmwood Correctional Complex
Search the Sheriff inmate search or call (408) 957-5900 and confirm this is Elmwood, not Main Jail in San Jose. Then use this guide for OVR visiting (Men’s and Women’s pages), mail to 701 S. Abel / books to 945 Thompson, TouchPay, and iCare. Main Jail at 150 W. Hedding is a different campus.
Santa Clara County · California
Custody lookup
Elmwood Correctional Complex inmate search.
Confirm the person is in this jail before you drive, mail a letter, or send money.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Inmate Search
Official inmate search (checked 2026-09-12): santaclara-inmatesearch.atimsle.com. Sheriff pages also still link eservices.sccgov.org/OVR/findinmate/find. Jail411 does not host inmate names. You need the booked name, PFN, and booking number (CEN). Read which building — Elmwood (this campus, 701 S. Abel, Milpitas) or Main Jail (150 W. Hedding, San Jose). Custody Bureau (Wayback 2026-07-06) still lists Elmwood Men’s Facility and Elmwood Women’s Facility as separate cards. Inventory capacity 2600 — not reprinted as a live official number on the visiting HTML.
Open inmate search ↗VINELink California
VINELink is statewide release notification, not the live roster. Phone 1-877-411-5588.
Register with VINE ↗Before you leave home
Three things to confirm before the trip.
Only registered and approved visitors may schedule. Confirm the person is at Elmwood — Main Jail is 150 W. Hedding in San Jose with 60-minute visits and a 30-minute check-in.
- 01Confirm Elmwood
Search santaclara-inmatesearch.atimsle.com or call (408) 957-5900.
If the person is at Main Jail, use 150 W. Hedding Street. If Juvenile Hall, use 840 Guadalupe Parkway — not this door. Ask whether the visit is Men’s or Women’s Elmwood.
- 02Register on OVR
eservices.sccgov.org/OVR — 2–4 business days.
Official Elmwood visiting pages (Wayback 2025-10-30): new visitors register online. Main Jail and Elmwood share OVR; select Elmwood to apply for either location. Online visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. Visits may be scheduled up to 21 days out. Same-day changes cannot be made online — call the Elmwood Visiting Office Monday–Friday 08:00–12:00 and 13:00–16:30.
- 03Arrive 45 minutes early
701 S. Abel Street, Milpitas — not 150 W. Hedding.
Bring the same government photo ID used to register. Lockers $0.75 (quarters only). If you are late, the visit is cancelled. Missing a visit without cancelling counts as having a visit.
01 / Visiting
Elmwood Correctional Complex visiting hours.
Official Elmwood Men and Women visiting pages (Wayback 2025-10-30): inmates may have up to two 30-minute visits per week and one visit per day (Sunday is the first day of the week), space permitting. Up to two adults share the visit. Check in 45 minutes before the scheduled visit. Slot times are assigned in OVR — the current Sheriff pages do not reprint a housing-unit hour grid. Visiting office (408) 957-5900 Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Women’s page: Facility Commander mail 701 South Abel Street, Milpitas, CA 95035. Women’s visiting also at sheriff.santaclaracounty.gov/bureaus/custody-bureau/elmwood-complex-womens-facility/visiting-incarcerated-person-elmwood-women. If the inmate is moved to a new housing unit, scheduled visits are automatically cancelled. Visits may be cancelled without notice for emergencies. Elmwood is a NO HOSTAGE facility. All visitors are subject to search.
Call the jail (408) 957-5900Visiting location
Santa Clara County Sheriff Elmwood Correctional Complex, 701 South Abel Street, Milpitas, CA 95035.
Metal detector; three attempts. Shoes required to clear the detector. Medical verification for internal metal. Call (408) 957-5900.
Frequency and group size
- Two 30-minute visits per week; one visit per day.
- 30 minutes. Check in 45 minutes prior.
- Up to two adults, shared. Children must be the child of the inmate or the visitor; original birth certificate or court guardianship order at each visit. Minors may not be left unattended. Children 18 or older need their own OVR account.
- 701 South Abel Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 — Elmwood campus. Not 150 W. Hedding Street (Main Jail), not 55 W Younger (Sheriff HQ).
In-person visiting times by housing module
OVR may assign weekend slots. Confirm the appointment in OVR. Same-day weekend changes are not online — the visiting office line is Monday–Friday. Find the housing module first, then the day.
Sheriff Elmwood pages checked 2026-09-12 describe in-person OVR social visits. Remote family video visiting is not published on those pages. Attorneys and law enforcement may visit without a pre-scheduled social slot; electronic devices need Facility Commander approval.
Elmwood Men’s and Women’s social visits (OVR)
24 hoursNo published times for this module.
Do not assume
These details are not published.
Ask the jail before setting out. Jail411 will not guess at a rule that could cause a missed visit.
- A current housing-unit visiting hour grid on the 2025–2026 Sheriff Elmwood HTML (OVR assigns the slot)
- Telephone vendor name on current Sheriff Custody HTML
- Remote family video-visit hours
- A public DA street suite on the archived maps HTML
- Property pickup clock hours after release
Phone calls
Elmwood phones and tablets OVR visiting is in person.
Official Elmwood visiting pages (checked 2026-09-12): social visits are in-person through OVR. Edovo is an education tablet (Sheriff Custody Services transcript request), not family video. Telephone vendor is not named on the current Sheriff visiting/commissary HTML. Social visits are monitored or recorded. Forgotten OVR passwords: email the Elmwood Visiting Office with full name, date of birth, and driver’s license or ID number.
- 01Men vs women
Separate visiting pages, same campus phone.
Confirm Men’s or Women’s Elmwood on the inmate search. Both use OVR. Visiting office (408) 957-5900.
- 02Deposits
TouchPay locator 295110; iCare packs.
Kiosk in the Elmwood lobby. Money orders to 701 S. Abel.
Inmate mail
Elmwood Correctional Complex inmate mail address.
Use the inmate-mail address below. Include the person’s name and booking number, and add your full return address.
Mailing address
Inmate Name, Booking Number (CEN), PFNSanta Clara County Department of CorrectionElmwood Complex701 South Abel StreetMilpitas, CA 95035Do not send Elmwood mail to 150 W. Hedding (Main Jail visiting/letters), 55 W Younger (Sheriff HQ), or youth addresses.
- Letters labeled with name, CEN, and PFN to 701 South Abel Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 (current commissary housing identity, checked 2026-09-12).
- Money orders / cashier’s checks payable to Santa Clara County Department of Correction with inmate name + PFN and sender contact, mailed to Inmate Services, 701 S. Abel Street, Milpitas, CA 95035.
- Paperback books from a publisher or bookseller with full legal name, PFN, and CEN to Elmwood Correctional Complex, 945 Thompson Street, Milpitas, CA 95035-5243 (Book Ordering PDF rev. 08.2025). Paperback only; smaller than 9" × 12" × 2" and under 2.5 lbs. No signature-required packages.
- Hardcover books; magazines in the book-order channel; used-book or third-party senders
- Main Jail books sent here — Main Jail publisher books go to 150 W. Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110-1718
- Youth mail (Juvenile Hall 840 Guadalupe Parkway; James Ranch 19050 Malaguerra Avenue)
Letters and money orders: 701 S. Abel Street. Publisher books: 945 Thompson Street. Name, CEN, and PFN required. Mail without a return address is rejected.
Postage when someone has no money: Books usually within 10 business days. Failed items held at Elmwood 30 days then discarded or recycled.
Money and commissary
How to send money to Elmwood Correctional Complex.
The published deposit route is TouchPay (deposits); iCare (commissary / care packs). Confirm the person is still housed here and keep the booking number ready before depositing.
- 01
Lobby kiosk at Elmwood (and Main Jail) — cash, Visa, MasterCard; funds within 24 hours.
- 02
Telephone 1-866-232-1899, facility locator 295110 then #. Use booking number (CEN). First-time account at touchpayonline.com or 1-866-204-1603.
- 03
Online www.touchpayonline.com.
- 04
Money order / cashier’s check payable to Santa Clara County Department of Correction, name + PFN, to Inmate Services, 701 S. Abel Street, Milpitas, CA 95035.
- 05
iCare at www.icaregifts.com.
Release and property
Bail, property, and commissary pickup
Search first, then cash or a licensed bond — Criminal Division is 190-200 W. Hedding
Confirm Elmwood on the inmate search or (408) 957-5900. Post cash or a licensed bond — Jail411 does not republish a directory. Criminal clerk Hall of Justice, 190-200 W. Hedding, (408) 808-6611. Sheriff Custody Services lists Request Bail Board Posting. Holds can block release. An ICE detainer alone is not a lawful California hold (Gov. Code § 7284.6).
Call (408) 957-5900
Call (408) 957-5900. Pickup window not on the live Custody HTML.
Call (408) 957-5900
Call (408) 957-5900. Book Ordering PDF: books received after release may be donated or added to the library.
After booking
Court, a lawyer, probation, and parole.
Court, counsel, and probation are separate from the jail. State parole is a different agency. This is the process a family actually has to walk—not a directory of private bondsmen or attorneys.
190-200 West Hedding Street
Ask the judge at arraignment for a Public Defender if you cannot afford counsel. Official HOJ (checked 2026-09-12): building Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Clerk phones Monday–Thursday 8:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Case portal portal.scscourt.org.
Hall of Justice is 190-200 W. Hedding — not Elmwood visiting at 701 S. Abel and not Main Jail visiting at 150 W. Hedding.
120 West Mission Street
Ask the judge at arraignment for a Public Defender if you cannot afford an attorney.
Official PDO home (Wayback 2026-02-16): 120 West Mission Street, San Jose. South County 17275 Butterfield Blvd., Suite B, Morgan Hill, (408) 201-0500. Alternate Defender 2305 Bering Drive, (408) 970-2700.
Probation is not parole
Records Room (408) 435-2000 for the assigned officer. Chief Nicholas Birchard. A hold can block release after bail.
Youth housing is Juvenile Hall, 840 Guadalupe Parkway, (408) 278-5820 — not Elmwood.
San Jose parole — 909 Coleman Avenue
CDCR Northern Region directory (updated 9/11/2026): San Jose 1 / South Bay GPS / Redwood City, 909 Coleman Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110, (408) 277-1821. State parole is not county probation.
Superior Court locations
Criminal clerk.
Official page ↗Criminal clerk South County.
Official page ↗Public Defender offices
Nearby CDCR parole offices, if the paperwork names one
Do not treat these as the assigned office unless the release instructions say so.
- San Jose 1 / South Bay GPS / Redwood City Parole 909 Coleman Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110 · (408) 277-1821 · Google Maps ↗
05 / Who to call
Elmwood Correctional Complex phone numbers.
For visiting, housing, bail, property, mail, or deposit questions, use the custody information line first.
701 S. Abel Street. Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
150 W. Hedding — different campus.
Facility locator 295110.
190-200 W. Hedding.
120 West Mission Street.
Not this jail.
When you need to act
Search, pay, or read the county’s own pages.
Elmwood Correctional Complex · Milpitas · Updated 2026-09-12