Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 25, 2026.
Santa Paula, California, in Ventura County, has about 32,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Santa Paula is held at the county jail, run by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Santa Paula
The county jail, run by the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Santa Paula, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.venturacounty.gov/inmate-information/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Ventura Sheriff Official Website), phone (805) 654-3335, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Ventura County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 1,200 people, down from about 1,620 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,650 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ventura County has about 835,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ventura County Jail
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Santa Paula (filed by the FBI as Santa Paula Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Santa Paula.
The FBI's agency list also places three state agencies, one other agency, two campus police departments and four state police units in Ventura County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Oxnard's 4,835 for 2025, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office's 4,780 for 2025 and Ventura's 3,958 for 2025.
Together, the 11 agencies in Ventura County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 23,281 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Santa Paula arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Ventura County serves the sentence in a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, whose inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Santa Paula?
Look on the custody page of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.venturacounty.gov, or call (805) 654-3335. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Ventura County jail?
About 1,200 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,650 beds.
What is the phone number for the Ventura County jail?
(805) 654-3335, the number on the page of the Ventura County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ventura County go?
To a facility of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; its inmate locator is at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Is this the official Santa Paula website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.