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Kittitas County Jail Overview

Kittitas County Jail, also called Kittitas County Corrections Center or KCJ, is operated by the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office. It is a county jail, not a state prison. It holds people arrested by Kittitas County agencies, local pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, people waiting for court, and people waiting for transfer. Official county material says the jail provides jail services to local law enforcement entities in the county.

The official jail page says the jail was built in the 1980s to house about 45 inmates. The 2012 Annex significantly increased bed space and brought total capacity to 209. A 2016 sheriff annual report listed design capacity as 229, which should be read as an older statistical source rather than the current official jail-page figure. The jail is part of the Public Safety Building and has corrections deputies, control room operators, law enforcement clerks, supervisors, and a jail superintendent.

The official Kittitas County Jail page shows the facility photo, capacity history, staff structure, programs, PREA notice, and VINELink reference.

The jail page is the best source for facility-level details, while the roster page is the best source for current custody lookup.

Kittitas County Jail Capacity

Kittitas County Jail capacity has changed over time. The official current page states total capacity as 209 after the 2012 Annex. The 2016 annual report listed design capacity as 229, average daily population as 81, average length of stay as 7 days, male ADP as 66, and female ADP as 15. A WSU fact sheet described the jail as medium-sized with 2018 ADP around 100, while a county/CWU document gave 2019 jail ADP as 95.

How to Lookup Kittitas County Jail Inmates

The correct lookup system for KCJ is the Kittitas County Jail Roster. The roster covers current Kittitas County Jail custody and people housed in the past three days. It is not a search box. It is a public table with in-custody and recently released sections. Each row can include name, age, city and state, local ID, arrest date, Details, and a VINE link.

1. Open the official Kittitas County Jail Roster.
2. Scan the in-custody table by name, or use browser find for a last name.
3. Open Details for city, state, age, sex, arrest date, released date, and offenses.
4. Use the VINE link for custody notification.
5. Call the jail or file a records request if the person is not listed and may have been released or transferred.

Once a person is sentenced or transferred to state prison, use the Washington DOC incarcerated search. Federal and immigration custody are searched through BOP and ICE rather than the county jail roster.

Kittitas County Jail Address

The jail address and sheriff administrative address are different. Use the jail address for KCJ custody, jail visits, legal mail, and facility contact. Use the sheriff's Records Division at the administrative address for help with public-records requests. Visitors should confirm where they need to go before traveling, especially because the courthouse, jail, and sheriff offices are not the same counter.

Visiting Kittitas County Jail Inmates

Kittitas County Jail uses video visitation. Visits are by appointment, must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance, and last 30 minutes. Onsite visits use KCJ lobby monitors. Remote visits use InmateSales. The FAQ says general visitation hours are Sunday through Saturday, 9 AM to 2 PM, but the module schedule controls when a specific inmate is out and available.

Visitors must be 18 or with a legal guardian, and proof of guardianship may be requested. Proper government photo ID is required. Visitors may be searched, and refusal can mean denial. Smoking, food, drinks, personal contact, inappropriate behavior, and prohibited attire can end or block visitation.

Kittitas County Jail Mail and Money

Regular inmate mail is routed to an outside scanning address, not the KCJ street address. The example format is inmate name and local ID, Kittitas County Washington, P.O. Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Legal mail, subscriptions, magazines, newspapers, and publisher-sent books go to 205 W. 5th Ave, Suite 1/Jail, Ellensburg, WA 98926. Inmate ID and return address are required.

Mail can be opened, inspected, or read for contraband or rule violations. The jail prohibits many enclosures, including cash, checks, money orders, stamps, stickers, colored drawings, musical cards, and material that threatens security. Pictures are the only enclosures permitted at the Kentucky P.O. Box, with up to 10 photographs per package.

Booking at Kittitas County Jail

Booking follows arrest or transfer to KCJ. Corrections deputies and control room staff handle intake, identity, supervision, movement, and transport to court or appointments. Public roster fields later show name, age, city and state, local ID, arrest date, and Details. The exact time from booking to online roster publication was not published in official materials.

Medical and security screening are part of intake, but the public does not get the full internal record. The county's 2024 OverWatch press release says sensors can be distributed during the critical intake period when health risks often emerge and for inmates with known persistent health risks. Classification details are not public, but the visitation schedule confirms module groups such as A/L/G, C/H/Annex/E, D/F/J/B, Q, and K Mod.

Kittitas County Jail Programs

KCJ lists several programs and services. Minimum-security inmates may work off site for County Maintenance, Public Works, the Fairgrounds Department, and Solid Waste. The jail also lists work release, GED preparation, school release, and inmate work crew. These programs are privileges and may be terminated.

• Religious services on Wednesdays and Sundays, with group or one-on-one options depending on classification.
• AA/NA volunteer programming for substance-use support.
• Medication Assisted Treatment, or MAT, combining medication with counseling or behavioral treatment.
• Merit support for substance-use treatment and care coordination.
• HopeSource reentry support for employment, housing, family reunification, and services.
• Comprehensive Healthcare mental-health services and Designated Crisis Responder involvement.

Kittitas County Jail Safety

Kittitas County Jail states a zero-tolerance PREA policy for sexual abuse and harassment. Suspected abuse or harassment can be reported by email to sheriff.office@co.kittitas.wa.us or by phone at 509-962-7527. The county posts PREA reports from 2019 through 2025, plus earlier reporting charts.

In July 2024, the county announced that KCJ implemented the OverWatch inmate safety program. The release described remote real-time monitoring of critical health metrics and said Kittitas County Jail was the first facility in Washington to adopt that system. The same press release said KCJ had no recent in-custody deaths as of July 12, 2024.

The OverWatch press release describes the inmate safety program and the jail's Washington pilot status.

Safety, medical, and PREA records are not the same as the public roster, so specific records may require an official request and legal review.