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.
Woodland, California, in Yolo County, has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Woodland is held at the county jail, run by the Yolo 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 Woodland
The county jail, run by the Yolo County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Woodland, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yolo County Sheriff's Office at yolocountysheriff.com/organization/jail (page title: Detention Services | Yolo County Sheriff’s Office), phone 877-411-5588, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 877-411-5588.
The Yolo County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 270 people, down from about 330 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2018, the last year with a capacity figure, was 452 beds, and it ran at 77 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Yolo County has about 225,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Yolo County Jail
The Yolo County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Woodland (filed by the FBI as Woodland Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Woodland.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Yolo County: the Highway Patrol's Woodland Area Office (state police); Union Pacific Railroad in Yolo County (other agency); the University of California at Davis (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Woodland's 1,730 for 2025, Davis's 1,076 for 2025 and the Yolo County Sheriff's Office's 954 for 2022.
Together, the three agencies in Yolo County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,690 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 Woodland arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists its inmates at cdcr.ca.gov/search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Woodland?
Ask the Yolo County Sheriff's Office at 877-411-5588; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yolocountysheriff.com/organization/jail.
How many people are in the Yolo County jail?
About 270 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 452 beds.
What is the phone number for the Yolo County jail?
877-411-5588, the number on the page of the Yolo County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Yolo 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 Woodland 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.