Bakersfield / Lerdo Justice Facility IRC
Search the Sheriff Inmate Search or call (661) 391-3100 and confirm this is Justice Facility at 17801 Industrial Farm Road — not Pre-Trial at 17695, not Mojave, and not downtown 1415 Truxtun. Then use this guide for Securus visiting, Tampa digital mail, Access Corrections money, and Keefe commissary.
Kern County · California
Custody lookup
Kern County Lerdo Justice 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): kernsheriff.org/inmate-search. Jail411 does not host inmate names. You need the booked name and 7-digit booking number for Securus Digital Mail. Read which building — Justice Facility (this door, 17801 Industrial Farm Road), Pre-Trial (17695), or Mojave (1771 Highway 58). Public Visiting also points to /inmate-info. Detentions Bureau: this IRC processes about 30,000 new arrests a year. Sheriff / Coroner Donny Youngblood. Official Justice Facility page: Type II, 825 medium/maximum beds, infirmary, Kern Medical / Kern Behavioral Health clinic. CIRIS is CDCR (Wasco / NKSP / KVSP / CCI). ICE locator is Mesa Verde / California City.
Open inmate search ↗California State VINE
Sheriff Victim Notification Links (checked 2026-09-12) point to California State VINE. VINELink is release notification, not the live roster. Jail411 does not host inmate names. Phone 1-877-411-5588.
Register with VINE ↗Before you leave home
Three things to confirm before the trip.
On-site Justice Facility visits must be scheduled on Securus at least 24 hours ahead (and no more than one week). Confirm the person is at Justice Facility — Pre-Trial uses a phone booking line and different hours.
- 01Confirm Justice Facility
Search kernsheriff.org/inmate-search or call (661) 391-3100.
The roster must show this jail. If the person is at Pre-Trial, use 17695 Industrial Farm Road and call (661) 391-7901. If Mojave, use 1771 Highway 58. If Youth Detention Center, use 1831 Ridge Road — not this door. Max-Med and Minimum are not housing.
- 02Register and book
Schedule on Securus (Justice Facility) at least 24 hours ahead.
Official Public Visiting (checked 2026-09-12): adult visitors request video visitation on the inmate telephone service provider website. Confirmation by email or text. Visiting week Sunday–Saturday. Last names A–F Tuesday and Friday; G–M Wednesday and Saturday; N–Z Thursday and Sunday. 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. and 5:00–7:00 p.m. No fee for on-site visits.
- 03Arrive at 17801 Industrial Farm Road
Not 1350 Norris (Sheriff HQ) and not 1415 Truxtun (Metro Court Holding).
Bring accepted government photo ID and keys only. No purse, cell phone, camera, stroller, or tobacco — no storage area. Wheelchair-accessible video booths are in the Justice Facility Video Visitation Room. Call (661) 391-3100 before you drive.
01 / Visiting
Kern County Lerdo Justice Facility visiting hours.
Official Public Visiting Lerdo Justice Facility block (checked 2026-09-12): Tuesday–Sunday by last name. A–F Tuesday and Friday 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. and 5:00–7:00 p.m. G–M Wednesday and Saturday same hours. N–Z Thursday and Sunday same hours. Schedule on Securus at least one day (24 hours) in advance, no more than one week. One 60-minute visit or two 30-minute visits per week. One adult, or one adult and one child (max occupancy 2). Remote Securus hours Sunday through Saturday: 8:00–11:45 a.m., 12:30–5:45 p.m., 6:30–8:00 p.m. All visits recorded and may be monitored. Housing moves, lockdowns, and facility needs cancel visits. If Inmate Search shows Pre-Trial or Mojave, do not come here. Max-Med and Minimum are not housing. Ex-felon visitors (PC 4571) need written permission mailed to the Facility Administrative Sergeant at this address.
Call the jail (661) 391-3100Visiting location
Kern County Sheriff Lerdo Justice Facility public video visitation room, 17801 Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308.
Official Public Visiting: visitors with disabilities have the same privileges. Wheelchair-accessible video visitation booths are available in the Justice Facility Video Visitation Room.
Frequency and group size
- One 60-minute visit or two 30-minute visits per week.
- 60 minutes or two 30-minute sessions. On-site visits have no fee when scheduled.
- One adult visitor, or one adult and one child. Each child must be with an adult. Max occupancy 2.
- 17801 Industrial Farm Road, Bakersfield, CA 93308 — Justice Facility visiting. Not 17695 (Pre-Trial), not 17645 (Max-Med), not 17635 (Minimum), not 1415 Truxtun, not 1350 Norris Road.
In-person visiting times by housing module
Saturday (G–M) and Sunday (N–Z) are on the last-name schedule. Remote Securus runs 7 days. Find the housing module first, then the day.
Official Public Visiting and Justice Facility page (checked 2026-09-12): Securus Technologies, videovisitanywhere.com / securustech.net. Inmate telephones 1-800-844-6591. Sheriff is not responsible for visitor technical support — call Securus. Remote hours 8:00–11:45 a.m., 12:30–5:45 p.m., 6:30–8:00 p.m. daily.
Last names A–F
24 hours- Tue · Fri 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Last names G–M
- Wed · Sat 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Last names N–Z
- Sun · Thu 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 5:00–7:00 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 public warrant-search URL (Sheriff FAQ: felony/misdemeanor warrants via Superior Court (661) 610-6000 option 4)
- Exact remote-video dollar rate on the 2026-09-12 Public Visiting HTML (Securus fees are on the vendor site)
- Commissary pickup hours after release
- Public Defender street and phone (live county.com WAF 403; 2024 archive homepage did not print them)
- Mojave on-site visiting hours (not on Public Visiting; confirm housing first)
Phone calls
Justice Facility phones and video Securus.
Official Justice Facility and Correspondence pages (checked 2026-09-12): inmate telephones and video visitation are Securus Technologies. Phones 1-800-844-6591. Video videovisitanywhere.com / securustech.net. Sheriff is not responsible for visitor technical support. All social visits may be recorded and monitored.
- 01Two products
Deposits vs commissary vs video.
Access Corrections is money on the books. Keefe / Access SecurePak is commissary and care packs. Securus is phones and video visiting.
- 02On-site video
Schedule on Securus at least 24 hours ahead.
Last-name windows are on this page. No fee for on-site Justice Facility visits. Remote Securus is a separate product with daily hours 8:00–11:45 a.m., 12:30–5:45 p.m., 6:30–8:00 p.m.
- 03Help
Call Securus 1-800-844-6591 — not the jail lobby — for account passwords.
Do not call (661) 391-3100 for app passwords. Facility chaplain for emergencies only: (661) 391-7881. Staff do not take messages for inmates.
Inmate mail
Kern County Lerdo Justice 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 ordinary letters to 17801 Industrial Farm Road (personal mail goes to Tampa). Do not send inmate mail to 1350 Norris Road (Sheriff HQ), 1415 Truxtun (Metro Court Holding / courts), 1831 Ridge Road (youth hall), 701 Scofield (Wasco), or 425 Golden State (Mesa Verde ICE).
- Personal letters via Securus Digital Mail Center, Tampa PO Box 25397, with full name and 7-digit booking number (Correspondence, effective June 1, 2025, checked 2026-09-12)
- Privileged/legal mail from legal institutions — not changed by the digital mail center; send to the housing facility, not Tampa
- Appropriate books and periodicals only if they come directly from the publisher, Barnes and Noble, or Amazon (limit 2 soft-bound books per shipment)
- Ordinary personal mail dropped at Lerdo or 1415 Truxtun (personal mail is no longer accepted at Sheriff detentions facilities)
- Sexually explicit material
- Stickers or tape
- Blank paper or greeting cards
- Stamps or address labels
- Musical greeting cards
- Cash, money orders, personal or cashier’s checks in the mail
- Lipstick on envelope or letter; hair; perfume; foreign substances
- Youth mail using this Tampa box (Youth Detention Center is 1831 Ridge Road)
- CDCR / ICE mail using this Tampa box
Personal: Full Name and 7-digit Booking Number / C/O Securus Digital Mail Center / PO Box 25397 / Tampa, FL 33622. Get the booking number from Inmate Search. Privileged/legal: housing street at 17801 Industrial Farm Road, not Tampa.
Postage when someone has no money: Mail is scanned and delivered on kiosk/tablets. Sign up at securustechnologies.com/consumer.
Money and commissary
How to send money to Kern County Lerdo Justice Facility.
The published deposit route is Access Corrections (deposits); Keefe Commissary; Access SecurePak (care packages). Confirm the person is still housed here and keep the booking number ready before depositing.
- 01
Official Correspondence / Justice Facility (checked 2026-09-12): deposit at a kiosk at Metro Court Holding, Max-Med Facility, or Justice Facility.
- 02
Phone deposits 1-866-345-1884 — live bilingual agent.
- 03
Online at accesscorrections.com/home.
- 04
Care packages from Access SecurePak (accesscatalog.com). In-custody commissary is Keefe (hygiene, snacks, stamped envelopes, indigent kit). Indigent (under $3.00 on the trust account) may order a free weekly kit: paper, envelopes, toothbrush, aspirin, shampoo, razor, golf pencil, soap, toothpaste.
Release and property
Bail, property, and commissary pickup
Search first, then cash or a licensed bond — Metro court is 1415 Truxtun
Confirm the person is still here on Inmate Search or (661) 391-3100. Post cash or a licensed California surety bond — Jail411 does not republish a bondsman directory. Sheriff FAQ: bail release can take up to 8 hours. Felony Bail Schedule 2026: kern.courts.ca.gov/divisions/criminal/bail-schedules. Metropolitan criminal court 1415 Truxtun Avenue, (661) 610-6000; Justice Building 1215 Truxtun. Time-served releases 8:00 a.m.–midnight. Work Release 1415 Truxtun Suite 100, (661) 868-5501. Electronic Monitoring 1415 Truxtun Room 105, (661) 868-1900 — not walk-in bail. Posting a bond does not guarantee release if a hold applies. An ICE detainer alone is not a lawful California hold (Gov. Code § 7284.6).
Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. at 17801 Industrial Farm Road
Official Justice Facility / Correspondence (checked 2026-09-12): property releases Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. at the Justice Facility, 17801 Industrial Farm Road. No clothing releases. Money and property may be released to any out-of-custody person with valid state or federal government photo ID. Process takes 30 minutes to 3 hours — stay once it starts. Court clothes are no longer accepted from the public, only from the attorney of record.
Call (661) 391-3100 — pickup window not on the live Commissary HTML
Not printed as a pickup window on the live Commissary HTML. 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
Arraignment within 48 hours if in custody (court Criminal page). Ask the judge for a Public Defender if you cannot afford counsel. People scheduled for court are transported from Lerdo to Metro Court Holding and back — 1415 Truxtun is not housing. Official Locations (checked 2026-09-12): Monday–Thursday 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.–noon. Justice Building 1215 Truxtun, same phone. Case search portal.kern.courts.ca.gov (registered users). Court information after 5:30 p.m. the day of court (Sheriff FAQ).
1415 Truxtun is the Metropolitan courthouse / Metro Court Holding — not jail visiting at 17801 Industrial Farm Road.
Ask the judge at arraignment
Ask the judge at the first Metropolitan appearance for a Public Defender if you cannot afford an attorney.
Official county Public Defender page (live kerncounty.com WAF 403 on 2026-09-12). Wayback 2024-06-24 names Public Defender Peter Kang. Street and phone were not on that archive homepage. This office is not visiting and not inmate mail.
Probation is not parole
A probation hold can block release after bail. Adult Office 1415 Truxtun, (661) 868-4500. Official Contacts (checked 2026-09-12).
Youth housing is James G. Bowles Youth Detention Center, 1831 Ridge Road, (661) 868-4300 — not this adult jail.
Bakersfield parole — 3416-A Sillect Ave
CDCR parole directory lists Bakersfield Parole Office, 3416-A Sillect Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93308, (661) 634-9620. State parole is not Kern County Probation. Report to the office named in the release papers.
Superior Court locations
Main metro criminal court.
Official page ↗Enter south-side. DA is 4th floor.
Official page ↗Branch criminal court.
Official page ↗Next to Mojave Jail.
Official page ↗District Attorney
District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer. Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Not the jail visitor lobby.
Official page ↗Family Justice Center same building (661) 868-5950.
Official page ↗Probation offices
Not youth housing at 1831 Ridge.
Official page ↗Downtown. 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
Kern County Lerdo Justice Facility phone numbers.
For visiting, housing, bail, property, mail, or deposit questions, use the custody information line first.
Booking, housing, visiting day-of. 17801 Industrial Farm Road.
Detentions Bureau table.
Inmate telephone accounts.
Money on the books. Bilingual agent.
Emergencies only. Staff do not take inmate messages.
1350 Norris Road. Not visiting.
Non-emergency. Emergencies 911.
1415 Truxtun Avenue.
1215 Truxtun, 4th Floor.
1300 18th Street, 1st Floor.
1415 Truxtun. Holds can block release.
1415 Truxtun Suite 100. Not walk-in bail.
1415 Truxtun Room 105.
When you need to act
Search, pay, or read the county’s own pages.
Kern County Lerdo Justice Facility · Bakersfield · Updated 2026-09-12