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 on September 23, 2026.
Sutter County, California, has about 99,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sutter County is held at the county jail, run by the Sutter 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.
Related guides: Sutter County public records, Sutter County arrest records, Sutter County warrants, Sutter County criminal records, Sutter County court records, California arrest records and California inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Sutter County
The county jail, run by the Sutter County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Sutter County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Sutter County Sheriff's Office at suttersheriff.gov/divisions/jail-division/corrections-section/inmat... (page title: Incarcerated Person Custody Status | Sutter County Sheriff, CA), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Sutter County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 210 people, down from about 220 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 394 beds, and it ran at 48 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sutter County has about 99,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sutter County Jail
The Sutter County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Yuba City make the arrests that end in a booking in Sutter County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Sutter County: Union Pacific Railroad in Sutter County (other agency); the Highway Patrol's Yuba-Sutter Area Office (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Yuba City's 2,837 for 2025 and the Sutter County Sheriff's Office's 1,018 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Sutter County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 3,855 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 Sutter County 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 Sutter County?
Ask the Sutter County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at suttersheriff.gov.
How many people are in the Sutter County jail?
About 210 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 394 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sutter 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 Sutter County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.