Bakersfield / Metro Court Holding — not housing
Official Sheriff page (checked 2026-09-12): this downtown door at 1415 Truxtun is court holding only. Search Inmate Search. Visiting, mail, and overnight housing are at Lerdo — Justice Facility 17801 or Pre-Trial 17695 — or Mojave.
Kern County · California
Custody lookup
Metro Court Holding (former Central Receiving Facility) inmate search.
Confirm the person is in this jail before you drive, mail a letter, or send money.
Kern County Sheriff Inmate Search
Official Inmate Search (checked 2026-09-12). Official Metro Court Holding Unit page: Central Receiving Facility is now Metro Court Holding; it no longer houses incarcerated persons; people scheduled for court are transported daily from the Lerdo Facilities. Detentions Bureau: used only as a holding facility for court services, (661) 868-6850. Primary IRC is Lerdo Justice Facility, 17801 Industrial Farm Road, (661) 391-3100. Same building campus as Metropolitan Division court.
Open inmate search ↗California State VINE
California State VINE is 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.
This is not a housing or social-visiting door. If you are going downtown, you are likely going to court at 1415 or 1215 Truxtun — not to visit someone overnight.
- 01Find housing
Inmate Search — then Lerdo or Mojave.
Justice Facility 17801, (661) 391-3100. Pre-Trial 17695, (661) 391-7900. Mojave 1771 Highway 58, (661) 824-7147.
- 02If you are going to court
Metropolitan Division is 1415 Truxtun, (661) 610-6000.
Official parking: enter off L Street, south of Truxtun. Weekdays use a public spot (time limits / tickets). Weekends the public may park in employee parking just south of the facility.
- 03Money kiosk
Correspondence still lists a kiosk here.
Access Corrections kiosk at Metro Court Holding, Max-Med, or Justice Facility. Online accesscorrections.com/home or 1-866-345-1884.
01 / Visiting
Metro Court Holding (former Central Receiving Facility) visiting hours.
Official Metro Court Holding page: no housing. Public Visiting last-name tables are Lerdo Pre-Trial and Lerdo Justice Facility. Do not come to 1415 Truxtun for a social visit. This door is court holding only.
Call the jail (661) 868-6850Visiting location
Metro Court Holding Facility, 1415 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301.
Court security / metal detectors (court Locations page). Call (661) 868-6850 or (661) 610-6000.
Frequency and group size
- Not a social-visiting door.
- Not a social-visiting door.
- Use the live jail handbook (Justice Facility or Pre-Trial).
- 1415 Truxtun Avenue, Bakersfield, CA 93301 — Metropolitan courthouse / Metro Court Holding. Not 17801 Industrial Farm Road.
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.
- Social visiting hours at 1415 Truxtun (not a housing door)
Phone calls
This is not a visiting lobby court holding only.
Securus video is for people housed at Lerdo. This downtown door is court holding. Use Inmate Search.
- 01Housing is at Lerdo
17801 or 17695 Industrial Farm Road.
Or Mojave 1771 Highway 58.
Inmate mail
Metro Court Holding (former Central Receiving Facility) 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
Incarcerated individual's Full Name and Booking Number (7 digits)C/O Securus Digital Mail CenterPO Box 25397Tampa, FL 33622Do not send inmate letters to 1415 Truxtun or 1215 Truxtun (DA / Justice Building).
- Personal mail to Securus Tampa for someone in KCSO housing at Lerdo or Mojave
- Privileged/legal mail to the live housing street
- Inmate personal mail to 1415 Truxtun Avenue
- Cash, money orders, checks in personal mail
1415 Truxtun is court / holding — not the Tampa digital mail center and not Lerdo housing.
Postage when someone has no money: Digital mail effective June 1, 2025.
Money and commissary
How to send money to Metro Court Holding (former Central Receiving Facility).
The published deposit route is Access Corrections. Confirm the person is still housed here and keep the booking number ready before depositing.
- 01
Kiosk at Metro Court Holding (this building), Max-Med, or Justice Facility.
- 02
Phone 1-866-345-1884. Online accesscorrections.com/home.
Release and property
Bail, property, and commissary pickup
Metropolitan court is 1415 Truxtun — same campus, not housing
Metro criminal court is this campus, 1415 Truxtun, (661) 610-6000. Justice Building 1215 Truxtun. Confirm the person is still in KCSO custody on Inmate Search. Cash or a licensed bond. Bail release can take up to 8 hours. Work Release Suite 100 in this building, (661) 868-5501 — not walk-in bail.
Pick up at Lerdo Justice 17801, not Truxtun
County property releases are at Lerdo Justice Facility, 17801 Industrial Farm Road, Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. — not this downtown holding door.
Call (661) 391-3100
Call (661) 391-3100.
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.
1415 Truxtun Avenue
People are transported from Lerdo for the hearing and returned. portal.kern.courts.ca.gov. Monday–Thursday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.–noon. Justice Building 1215 Truxtun.
This is court. Overnight housing is Lerdo.
Ask the judge at arraignment
Ask the judge at arraignment for a Public Defender if you cannot afford an attorney.
Live county.com Public Defender page WAF 403 on 2026-09-12.
Probation is not parole
Official Contacts. Same downtown campus. A probation hold can block release.
Youth hall is 1831 Ridge Road.
Bakersfield parole — 3416-A Sillect Ave
Bakersfield Parole Office, 3416-A Sillect Ave, (661) 634-9620. State parole is not county Probation.
Superior Court
Same campus as Metro Court Holding.
Official page ↗Enter south-side. DA 4th floor.
Official page ↗District Attorney
Same Truxtun campus. Not holding.
Official page ↗Probation
Not holding and not visiting.
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.
- Bakersfield Parole Office 3416-A Sillect Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93308 · (661) 634-9620 · Google Maps ↗
05 / Who to call
Metro Court Holding (former Central Receiving Facility) phone numbers.
For visiting, housing, bail, property, mail, or deposit questions, use the custody information line first.
Court holding only. 1415 Truxtun.
Same campus.
Primary booking / housing. 17801 Industrial Farm Road.
1415 Truxtun Suite 100.
1415 Truxtun Room 105.
Kiosk in this building.
When you need to act
Search, pay, or read the county’s own pages.
Metro Court Holding (former Central Receiving Facility) · Bakersfield · Updated 2026-09-12