Santa Rosa / Main Adult Detention Facility
Search the Sheriff Incarcerated Person Search or call (707) 565-1400 and confirm this is MADF, not North County. Then use this guide for appointment visiting at 2777 Ventura Avenue, Pigeonly mail (code 2000), inmatecanteen money, and GettingOut video. Sheriff HQ at 2796 Ventura is not the visitor lobby.
Sonoma County · California
Custody lookup
Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility inmate search.
Confirm the person is in this jail before you drive, mail a letter, or send money.
Sonoma County Sheriff Incarcerated Person Search
Official Incarcerated Person Search (checked 2026-09-12): after the disclaimer, search by last name or booking number at inmatesearch.sonomasheriff.org/JailInmateSearch/Home/. The page says the display is persons arrested and booked into the Sonoma County Jail who are in custody at the time of the search. Jail411 does not host inmate names. Read which building — MADF (this door, 2777 Ventura) or NCDF (2254 Ordinance Road). Pigeonly and publisher mail need the booking number. Spanish search is linked on that app. CIRIS is CDCR, not this jail. Sheriff-Coroner Eddie Engram. Facilities page: MADF opened 1991 as a direct-supervision medium/maximum jail in the Hall of Justice Complex; 1997 expansion; 2018 page text lists a total capacity of 1,473. Current rated capacity is not reprinted as a single live number on the 2026-09-12 Detention page.
Open inmate search ↗VINELink California
The Sheriff’s live Detention pages point families to the Incarcerated Person Search, not a VINE button. VINELink remains the statewide custody-change register. 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.
Personal visits require an appointment. Call (707) 565-1400 Tuesday–Friday 3:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. (no same-day sign-ups). Visits are Saturday, Sunday, and Monday only. Confirm the person is at MADF — North County is a different building 7 miles northwest.
- 01Confirm MADF
Search inmatesearch.sonomasheriff.org or call (707) 565-1400.
The roster must show this jail. If the person is at North County Detention Facility, use 2254 Ordinance Road — not 2777 Ventura.
- 02Book the slot
Call Tuesday–Friday 3:00–9:00 p.m.
Official Detention Visitation Information (checked 2026-09-12): appointments first-come, first-served by phone only. Give the ID number when you book. Cancel with 24-hour notice or you can lose visiting. No personal visiting Tuesday–Friday.
- 03Arrive at 2777 Ventura Avenue
Not 2796 Ventura (Sheriff HQ) and not 625 Administration Drive (Hall of Justice clerk).
Check in with the lobby 20 minutes before the visit. Visitor parking is at the county complex; several lots are permit-only and availability is limited due to construction — use the County Complex Parking Map 2025. Bring accepted photo ID. Leave phones, extra keys, and bags in the car or a lobby locker (lockers are limited).
01 / Visiting
Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility visiting hours.
Official Detention Visitation Information (checked 2026-09-12): personal visits by appointment only. Call (707) 565-1400 Tuesday–Friday 3:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Personal visiting days are Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. 30 minutes. One visit per visitation day (module workers may receive two 30-minute visits per visitation day, consecutive if time and space permit — MADF visitor DOCX). Check in 20 minutes prior. Starting February 22, 2025 MADF visit times are the table below. The MADF visitor DOCX evening times differ slightly (7:15 / 8:00 vs 7:30 / 8:05) — use the time the lobby gives you when you book. Personal visiting also on New Year’s Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas (DOCX). Professional / program-provider drop-in hours are a different track (lobby, no appointment). Housing moves and lockdowns cancel visits. If the inmate search shows NCDF, do not come here. Call (707) 565-1400 before you drive.
Call the jail (707) 565-1400Visiting location
Main Adult Detention Facility public lobby, 2777 Ventura Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Visitor parking at the county complex; permit-only lots and construction limits (Directions page, checked 2026-09-12). County Complex Parking Map: sonomacounty.ca.gov GIS parking map.
Not published beyond metal-detector screening and locker language. Call (707) 565-1400.
Frequency and group size
- One 30-minute visit per visitation day (Saturday, Sunday, Monday). Module workers: two 30-minute visits per visitation day if time and space permit.
- 30 minutes. Check in 20 minutes prior.
- Maximum two individuals per visit. Visitors may only fill two seats. Children 40 inches or smaller may sit on a lap; over 40 inches occupy a seat and count as a visitor. Adults only unless a minor is with a parent (bring the birth certificate), legal guardian (court papers), or a notarized parent letter plus birth certificate. Emancipated minors: original court papers. Photocopies not accepted. Convicted felons need prior written Facility Manager approval (Request for Visiting Approval PDF). Recently released Detention Division inmates wait 30 days unless visiting a spouse.
- 2777 Ventura Avenue, Santa Rosa — MADF lobby. Not 2796 Ventura (HQ), not 625 Administration Drive (Hall of Justice), not 2254 Ordinance Road (NCDF). Check in 20 minutes prior. Pass the metal detector. Property in lockers or the car.
In-person visiting times by housing module
Saturday and Sunday are personal-visiting days, plus Monday. Still need a phone appointment booked Tuesday–Friday 3:00–9:00 p.m. Find the housing module first, then the day.
Sheriff Tablets page (checked 2026-09-12): ViaPath tablets with GettingOut for remote video and messaging. Download GettingOut or use gettingout.com. Remote video $0.12 per minute effective April 1, 2025. “Visit Now” lets the incarcerated person start an on-demand video visit. ConnectNetwork 1-877-650-4249. Do not call the Sheriff for app troubleshooting.
MADF personal visiting — morning (live HTML, starting February 22, 2025)
30 minNo published times for this module.
MADF personal visiting — afternoon (live HTML, starting February 22, 2025)
30 minNo published times for this module.
MADF personal visiting — evening (live HTML, starting February 22, 2025)
No 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 2026-dated county bail-schedule filename (court page still links 2025-bail-schedule-order.pdf on 2026-09-12)
- Exact MADF lobby / TouchPay kiosk clock hours beyond “during business hours”
- Whether NCDF has its own TouchPay kiosk (deposit page names the MADF lobby kiosk)
- Current BSCC rated capacity as a single live number (Facilities page 2018 text says 1,473; inventory 790 is not reprinted on the live Detention HTML)
- In-person video booths at MADF (Tablets page describes remote GettingOut / Visit Now)
- A named on-site visiting video vendor other than ViaPath/GettingOut
Phone calls
MADF phones, tablets, and video ViaPath / GettingOut.
Official Tablets page (checked 2026-09-12): ViaPath tablets for video and voice calls, messaging, education, law library, and entertainment. Messaging and video visiting are purchase-required. Create a GettingOut account (app or gettingout.com), add the incarcerated person, deposit funds. Rates effective April 1, 2025: remote video $0.12/minute; 30-second video message $1.00; 60-second video message $2.50; written message $0.25; photo $0.25. ConnectNetwork 1-877-650-4249 24/7 for payments. Sheriff staff will not troubleshoot GettingOut. Communication-account deposits go through ViaPath, not inmatecanteen.
- 01Two wallets
Commissary vs communication.
inmatecanteen.com / TouchPay / 1-667-265-8182 funds commissary. ViaPath / GettingOut funds phones, tablets, and texts. Do not mix them.
- 02Video
GettingOut, including Visit Now.
Remote video $0.12 per minute. The incarcerated person can also start an on-demand Visit Now session. All messages are reviewed and follow the same rules as physical mail.
- 03Help
ConnectNetwork 1-877-650-4249 — not the jail lobby.
ViaPath contact-us page and 24/7 payment line. Do not call (707) 565-1400 for app passwords.
Inmate mail
Sonoma County Main Adult Detention 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
Inmate Name - Booking NumberMain Adult Detention Facility - 2000PO Box 96777Las Vegas, NV 89193Do not send ordinary letters to 2777 Ventura (returned after October 1, 2025), 2796 Ventura (Sheriff HQ), 625 Administration Drive (Hall of Justice), 600 Administration Drive (DA / Public Defender), 2254 Ordinance Road unless the person is actually at NCDF (use code 2001), or 7425 Rancho Los Guilicos Road (Juvenile Hall).
- Non-privileged letters, greeting cards, postcards, and 4×6 photos (limit 10) through Pigeonly — physical mail to the Las Vegas PO Box or create/send at pigeonly.com (Sheriff Mail Guidelines and Pigeonly flyer, checked 2026-09-12)
- Return address required; envelopes no larger than 4 in. × 9½ in.; paper no larger than 8½ × 11; greeting cards no larger than 5×7; postcards 5×7; photos 4×6
- Privileged/legal mail from courts, attorneys, government offices — street address 2777 Ventura Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, with booking number (do not send legal mail to Pigeonly; they return it)
- Magazines, newspapers, periodicals, soft-cover books, unbound newsletters mailed directly from a publisher or vendor to 2777 Ventura Ave
- Non-privileged mail to 2777 Ventura after October 1, 2025 (returned to sender)
- Mail without a booking number
- Nudity, explicit sexual material, obscene material, violent language, promotion of violence, weapons, drugs, unknown substances or odors
- Glitter, rhinestones, stickers, glued items, wax paper, sticky notes, crystals, tokens, coins, toys, unused stationery/stamps, newspaper clippings, stapled items, Polaroids, Shutterfly-style vendor photos, cash, gift cards, bulk mail, birth certificates/IDs/Social Security cards, light or colored-ink envelopes
- Youth mail to Juvenile Hall or Probation Camp using this Pigeonly code
Pigeonly (checked 2026-09-12): Inmate Name – Booking Number / Main Adult Detention Facility – 2000 / PO Box 96777 / Las Vegas, NV 89193. Get the booking number from the Incarcerated Person Search. Legal and publisher mail: Inmate Name – Booking Number / Main Adult Detention Facility / 2777 Ventura Ave / Santa Rosa, CA 95403. Originals at Pigeonly are held 45 days then destroyed; request return via support@pigeon.ly within 45 days.
Postage when someone has no money: Indigent writing materials are in Sheriff Mail Policy 1009 (Lexipol, published with permission, Custody Manual): weekly at least four pre-stamped envelopes, eight sheets, one pencil (15 CCR 1063). Commissary page: indigent kit also names two stamped envelopes among hygiene items (Pen. Code § 5007.7).
Money and commissary
How to send money to Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility.
The published deposit route is inmatecanteen.com / TouchPay kiosk (general); ViaPath / GettingOut (communication). Confirm the person is still housed here and keep the booking number ready before depositing.
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Official Depositing Money page (checked 2026-09-12): general/commissary account at inmatecanteen.com or the TouchPay kiosk in the MADF lobby during business hours, or call 1-667-265-8182.
- 02
Communication account (phone calls, tablet services, text messaging) with credit/debit at ViaPath (my.viapath.com Sonoma facility search) / GettingOut.
- 03
Any deposit (check or cash) after initial booking that would push the account over $1,000.00 is refused.
- 04
Preferred method for money orders, certified checks, and cashier’s checks is U.S. mail. Cashier may, case-by-case, accept cash, money orders, certified checks, cashier’s checks, and government checks. Government checks must be payable to the inmate; tax-refund checks with a second party need that party to endorse in the cashier’s presence with photo ID.
- 05
Commissary page: order on housing-module kiosks and tablets; up to $100 per week. Family/friends care packs and funds at inmatecanteen.com.
- 06
Withdrawals need a completed Inmate Property Release form from the inmate.
Release and property
Bail, property, and commissary pickup
Search first, then cash or a licensed bond — Hall of Justice is 625 Administration Drive
Confirm the person is still at MADF on the Incarcerated Person Search or (707) 565-1400. Post cash or a licensed bail bond. Sonoma Superior Court Criminal Bail Schedule (2025-bail-schedule-order.pdf, Fee & Bail Schedules page checked 2026-09-12). Criminal Division, Hall of Justice, 625 Administration Drive, (707) 521-6620 (phones 8:00 a.m.–noon). Detention Alternatives / electronic monitoring is a sentenced program run from NCDF, (707) 578-6042 — applications in either lobby; not walk-in cash bail. Sheriff Immigration page: the jail does not honor immigration holds and only acts on warrants issued by a judge; ICE is not allowed in the jail except to make an arrest. Posting a bond does not guarantee release if a probation, parole, or out-of-county hold applies. An ICE detainer alone is not a lawful California hold (Gov. Code § 7284.6). Jail411 does not publish a bondsman directory.
Inmate Property Release form; Book-Print-Release is a separate lobby appointment
Depositing Money page: withdrawals need an Inmate Property Release form. Government checks payable to the inmate only. Book, Print, Release (fingerprints/DNA) is by appointment Tuesday and Saturday 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., one appointment per hour, lobby (707) 565-1400 — that is not visiting.
Call (707) 565-1400 — pickup window not on the live Commissary page
Not printed as a pickup window on the reviewed Commissary page. Call (707) 565-1400.
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.
625 Administration Drive
Criminal calendars Monday–Friday; posted daily on the first floor and online at 4:00 p.m. (changes after 4:00 p.m. are not on the website). Odyssey Case Portal: sonoma.courts.ca.gov/online-services/case-portal (Access the Portal). Criminal Division also says on-site public terminals at 625 Administration Drive for criminal research. Clear a warrant: Criminal Clerk’s Office before 8:30 a.m. Monday–Friday. Official Hall of Justice (checked 2026-09-12): building Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Criminal Division phones 8:00 a.m.–noon; office 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; court 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Main information (707) 521-6500.
625 Administration Drive is the courthouse — not MADF visiting at 2777 Ventura and not Sheriff HQ at 2796 Ventura. Civil/Family is 3055 Cleveland Avenue.
600 Administration Drive, Room 111J
Ask the judge at the first Hall of Justice appearance for a Public Defender if you cannot afford an attorney.
Official Public Defender page (checked 2026-09-12): 600 Administration Drive, First Floor-Room 111J, Santa Rosa. Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Juvenile Unit (707) 565-6304. CA Relay 711. This office is not visiting.
Probation is not parole
A probation hold can block release after bail. Adult Services 600 Administration Drive Room 104J, (707) 565-2149. Day Reporting Center 2400-A County Center Drive, (707) 565-8041. Chief Vanessa Fuchs.
Youth housing is Juvenile Hall, 7425 Rancho Los Guilicos Rd. Dept. A, (707) 565-6300 — not this adult jail.
Santa Rosa parole — 3222 Airway Drive
CDCR Northern Region directory lists Santa Rosa at 3222 Airway Dr, Ste. A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, (707) 576-2200. State parole is not Sonoma County Probation. Report to the office named in the release papers.
Superior Court locations
Criminal, traffic, juvenile dependency. Criminal clerk (707) 521-6620.
Official page ↗Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Not the jail.
Official page ↗Public Defender offices
District Attorney
Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Case lookup: DA page sends the public to the Superior Court Case Portal. Not the MADF visitor lobby.
Official page ↗Monday–Friday 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. CalVCB help, court guidance, Spanish-speaking advocates.
Official page ↗Probation offices
Fax (707) 565-2878.
Official page ↗Fax (707) 565-2504.
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.
- Santa Rosa Parole Office 3222 Airway Dr, Ste. A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 · (707) 576-2200 · Google Maps ↗
05 / Who to call
Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility phone numbers.
For visiting, housing, bail, property, mail, or deposit questions, use the custody information line first.
Custody, visiting appointments, mail questions, BPR. 2777 Ventura Avenue.
2796 Ventura Avenue. Not visiting.
Unincorporated county, Windsor, City of Sonoma, Probation. Emergencies 911.
Commissary and general-account deposits.
GettingOut payments and app support 24/7.
Electronic monitoring applications — NCDF, 2254 Ordinance Road.
Hall of Justice, 625 Administration Drive.
600 Administration Drive, Room 111J.
600 Administration Drive, Room 212 J.
Same DA building.
600 Administration Drive, Room 104J. Holds can block release.
When you need to act
Search, pay, or read the county’s own pages.
Sonoma County Main Adult Detention Facility · Santa Rosa · Updated 2026-09-12