Willows / Glenn County jail
There is no live Glenn Sheriff inmate name search. Call (530) 934-6428, then use this guide for visiting at 141 S. Lassen Street, mail to that address, Smart Deposit money, and GTL video. Confirm the day — countyofglenn.net was Cloudflare-blocked on 2026-09-12.
Glenn County · California
Custody lookup
Glenn County Jail inmate search.
Confirm the person is in this jail before you drive, mail a letter, or send money.
Jail records line — no live roster
The Sheriff publishes no live name-search roster. Call (530) 934-6428 and ask if the person is in custody. The jail site has historically had an Arrest Reports / recent-bookings section; that is not a current-population search. countyofglenn.net was Cloudflare-blocked on 2026-09-12.
Call (530) 934-6428Before you leave home
Three things to confirm before the trip.
Call the jail before you drive. Visiting day depends on housing group, and the live county site was not reachable from this research host on 2026-09-12.
- 01Confirm custody
Call (530) 934-6428.
There is no live inmate name search. Ask if the person is still at Glenn County Jail and which visiting group they are in — males, females, protective custody, or administrative separation use different days.
- 02Match the day
Males Tue/Wed, females Monday, PC Thursday.
Jail welcome page (archived 2024-02-23): males Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.; protective custody Thursdays 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.; females Mondays 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. Administrative separation: staff sets the time — call.
- 03Bring ID
Government photo ID. Two visitors.
Handbook: visitors 18+ with valid picture ID. Under 18 must come with a parent or legal guardian and legal documentation. Only two visitors in the visiting room at one time. Two 30-minute visits per week.
01 / Visiting
Glenn County Jail visiting hours.
Jail welcome page (Wayback 2024-02-23, same hours on 2023-08 through 2024-02 captures): Male inmates — Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Protective custody — Thursdays 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Female inmates — Mondays 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Administrative separation — call (530) 934-6428 for the designated time. Handbook effective 04/24/2023: two 30-minute visits per week; if the first visit runs past 30 minutes it counts as the second. Video visits may count toward that weekly time. Non-professional visits are not allowed while on administrative separation for discipline. Call (530) 934-6428 before you drive. countyofglenn.net was Cloudflare-blocked on 2026-09-12. Housing moves can change the visiting day. The 2023 handbook also splits male days by housing group (Tuesday Norteño-associated, Wednesday Sureño-associated, Thursday C-Pod 1:00–4:00 p.m.) — the public jail page uses the broader male / PC / female labels above. Ask which group applies.
Call the jail (530) 934-6428Visiting location
Glenn County Jail, 141 South Lassen Street, Willows, CA 95988. That is not the Sheriff administration building at 543 West Oak Street.
Not published on the reviewed Sheriff pages. Call (530) 934-6428 to ask.
Frequency and group size
- Two 30-minute visits per week per incarcerated person. Video may count toward that total.
- 30 minutes.
- Only two visitors per incarcerated person in the visiting room at one time. Visitors 18+; under 18 with parent or legal guardian and legal documentation.
- Valid government picture ID: state driver license, state ID, military ID, passport or Border Crossing Card, or U.S. immigration ID including visas. Visitors may be searched; refusal ends the visit. Cell phones in the visiting area can mean a 60-day ban (Penal Code § 4575). Former Glenn Jail inmates wait 60 days after release. Active California or federal parole, or Glenn County formal probation / mandatory supervision, is not permitted to visit.
In-person visiting times by housing module
The published in-person windows are weekdays only (Monday females, Tuesday–Wednesday males, Thursday protective custody). Weekend in-person hours are not published on the jail welcome page. Find the housing module first, then the day.
Video visits are scheduled at https://glenncountyca.gtlvisitme.com/ (GTL / ViaPath visitor site, live 2026-09-12) or by calling the jail office technician at (530) 934-6428. Handbook: video may count toward the two 30-minute visits per week.
Male inmates — in-person
- Tue · Wed 9:00 a.m.
Protective custody — in-person
- Thu 1:00 p.m.
Female inmates — in-person
- Mon 1:00 p.m.
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 live Glenn Sheriff inmate name-search roster
- A VINE registration link on the Sheriff jail pages reviewed
- Named day-room phone vendor (collect/prepaid hours are published; the company is not)
- Labeled visitor parking, visitor entrance, and last-mile directions beyond 141 S. Lassen Street
- Weekend in-person visiting hours
- Current Glenn County Jail bed capacity
- Whether the 2023 handbook Orland Branch courthouse at 821 South Street is still in use (court Locations page lists only Willows)
Phone calls
Glenn County Jail phone calls collect or prepaid.
Day-room telephones run 8:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Calls are collect or prepaid. A PIN is required; using another person's PIN can be a crime (Penal Code § 530.5). The handbook does not name the phone vendor. Video visits are GTL / ViaPath, not the day-room phones.
- 01Hours
8:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. in the day room.
Telephones are in each day room. Staff may monitor or record calls. Abuse can end phone privileges.
- 02PIN
Use only that person's PIN.
Using another incarcerated person's PIN can bring discipline and a Penal Code § 530.5 charge.
- 03Video is separate
Schedule video at GTL / ViaPath.
https://glenncountyca.gtlvisitme.com/ or call the jail office technician. Video may count toward the two weekly visits.
GTL / ViaPath video visits (not the day-room phone vendor) ↗
Inmate mail
Glenn County Jail 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
(Name as it appears on the ID wristband)141 S. Lassen StreetWillows, CA 95988Do not send ordinary inmate mail to 543 West Oak Street (Sheriff administration), 541 West Oak Street (Probation), 306 North Villa Avenue (closed Jane Hahn Juvenile Hall), or P.O. Box 99 Red Bluff (youth only).
- Unlimited volume of letters in and out (outgoing limited to four sheets per envelope)
- Up to five photographs per letter, 4" x 6" or smaller on photo paper, incarcerated person's name on the back
- Greeting cards 5" x 8" or smaller; standard business-size envelopes
- Books, newspapers, and periodicals sent directly from the publisher or distributor via USPS
- U.S. Postal money orders and cashier’s checks only for funds by mail
- Cash or personal checks
- Pens, pencils, crayons, markers, writing paper, postage stamps, or envelopes mailed in (entire letter returned)
- Negatives, Polaroids, more than five photos, photos depicting drugs/paraphernalia, nudity, or unclothed children
- Gang material, coded writing, stickers, glitter, perfume, lipstick, tape, labels, glue, or foreign substances on the envelope
- ID cards, bank/credit/phone cards
- Mail from other locked institutions
- Used books, hardback books, or items mailed via a third-party distributor (including typical Amazon-style third-party fulfillment)
- Youth mail (Tehama / P.O. Box 99, Red Bluff) or Sheriff administration mail at 543 West Oak Street
Address with the incarcerated person's name as on the wristband, then 141 S. Lassen Street, Willows, CA 95988. Full return address and first and last name of the sender required. Drawing or writing on the envelope face other than to/from is not permitted.
Postage when someone has no money: Incoming and outgoing mail is inspected. Adhesive stamps are removed before delivery. Outgoing mail is collected unsealed. Indigent people may send four standard postage-rate envelopes per week from the welfare kit. Legal mail is opened for contraband in the person's presence and is not the same as family mail.
Money and commissary
How to send money to Glenn County Jail.
The published deposit route is Smart Deposit. Confirm the person is still housed here and keep the booking number ready before depositing.
- 01
Online at smartdeposit.com (currently redirects to Access Corrections) or mycarepack.com under Smart Deposit, debit or credit card, processing fee. Funds post when the card is approved.
- 02
Toll-free Smart Deposit 866-394-0490, bilingual agents.
- 03
Jail lobby kiosk Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., cash and credit card.
- 04
Jail lobby window Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., U.S. Postal money orders and cashier’s checks only. Money orders and cashier’s checks must show the incarcerated person's full name and the depositor's full name.
- 05
U.S. Postal money order or cashier’s check by mail to the jail. No personal checks. No cash in the envelope. No transfers between incarcerated persons' accounts.
Release and property
Bail, property, and commissary pickup
2026 court bail schedule + call the jail
Glenn Superior Court publishes a 2026 Jail Bail Schedule (effective Jan. 1, 2026) at glenn.courts.ca.gov/forms-filing/fee-bail-schedules. Ask the jail at (530) 934-6428 about posting. Posting a bond does not guarantee release if a probation hold, parole hold, or out-of-county warrant applies. An ICE detainer alone is not a lawful California hold (Gov. Code § 7284.6). This is the process, not a bondsman directory.
Keys after 24 hours; clothing at release
Handbook: within the first 24 hours of booking you can fill out a property-release form for money and keys. After 24 hours, the only property release is keys. Clothing and personal property are stored and returned at release unless the person is sentenced to state prison — then someone has 7 days after transport to pick property up or it is disposed of.
Named pickup within 7 days
If the person leaves before a commissary order arrives, fill out a property-release form naming who will pick it up. Pickup within 7 days of delivery or it is disposed of.
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.
526 West Sycamore Street
Criminal / juvenile delinquency clerk is (530) 934-6446, option 2, fax (530) 934-6728. If you cannot afford an attorney, ask the court to appoint one at arraignment. Clerk’s office Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Building hours 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Administration (530) 934-6382, Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Public portal: portal-caglenn.tylertech.cloud/Portal. No account required to search. The court’s current Locations page lists only the Willows Main Courthouse. The 2023 jail handbook also listed an Orland Branch at 821 South Street; that building is not on the court’s 2026 locations page — use the case record and 526 West Sycamore Street unless the court tells you otherwise.
Ask at arraignment
If you do not have an attorney and cannot afford one, you may ask the court to appoint one at arraignment. The court appoints the Public Defender. Eligibility follows financial guidelines.
Last published office on the county Public Defender contact page (Wayback 2022-09-26): 332 W. Sycamore Street, Willows, CA 95988, Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Ask at first appearance if that door has moved.
Probation is not parole
A probation hold can block release after bail. Youth detention is not this building — Glenn youth who must be detained go to Tehama County Juvenile Detention Facility.
Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Chief (530) 934-6672. Fax (530) 934-6468. Next to the Sheriff at 543 West Oak Street, not the jail.
Chico or Red Bluff parole
CDCR lists a Chico Parole Office at 1370 Ridgewood Drive, Ste. 14, Chico, CA 95973, (530) 895-4534. Red Bluff is 10 Gilmore Road, Suite C, (530) 529-7700. No Glenn-County street office is on the Northern Region directory updated 9/11/2026. State parole is not Glenn County Probation. Report to the office named in the release papers.
Superior Court locations
Clerk Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Criminal option 2. Traffic option 1. Family/civil/dependency option 4.
Official page ↗Public Defender offices
District Attorney
Street published on the court criminal page. Mailing P.O. Box 430, Willows, CA 95988. Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Fax (530) 934-6529. Victim/Witness (530) 361-6194.
Official page ↗Probation offices
Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Chief (530) 934-6672.
Official page ↗Nearby CDCR parole offices, if the paperwork names one
Do not treat these as the assigned office unless the release instructions say so.
- Chico Parole Office 1370 Ridgewood Drive, Ste. 14, Chico, CA 95973 · (530) 895-4534 · Google Maps ↗
- Red Bluff Parole Office 10 Gilmore Road, Suite C, Red Bluff, CA 96080 · (530) 529-7700 · Google Maps ↗
05 / Who to call
Glenn County Jail phone numbers.
For visiting, housing, bail, property, mail, or deposit questions, use the custody information line first.
Confirm custody, visiting group, mail, bail, property.
543 West Oak Street, Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Phone deposits, bilingual agents.
Glenn Superior Court, option 2.
Common questions
Glenn County Jail FAQ.
If a rule changes, confirm with the jail or the agency that published it.
- Is there an online inmate search for Glenn County Jail?
- No live name-search roster is published. Call (530) 934-6428. The jail site has historically posted Arrest Reports / recent bookings; those are not a current-population search.
- When are visiting hours?
- Males Tuesdays and Wednesdays 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:00–4:00 p.m. Protective custody Thursdays 1:00–4:00 p.m. Females Mondays 1:00–4:00 p.m. Two 30-minute visits per week. Call (530) 934-6428 before you drive.
- Where do I send mail?
- Name as on the wristband, 141 S. Lassen Street, Willows, CA 95988. Do not use 543 West Oak Street (Sheriff office) or youth mail at P.O. Box 99, Red Bluff.
- How do I send money?
- Smart Deposit online or 866-394-0490, lobby kiosk cash/card Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., or U.S. Postal money order / cashier’s check at the lobby window or by mail. Care packs are not available. Commissary orders on the housing kiosk by 9:00 p.m. Monday, $100 weekly cap.
- Who provides video visits?
- GTL / ViaPath at glenncountyca.gtlvisitme.com (live 2026-09-12), or call the jail office technician. The day-room phone vendor is not named in the handbook.
When you need to act
Search, pay, or read the county’s own pages.
Glenn County Jail · Willows · Updated 2026-09-12