Chelan County Inmate Population Overview
The Chelan County Regional Justice Center is the main custody hub for Chelan County inmates. County material describes it as an adult correctional facility in Wenatchee that supports court appearances for Chelan and Douglas County Superior and District Courts, plus East Wenatchee Municipal Court. The same jail also serves a regional role through contracts with Douglas County and the cities of East Wenatchee, Wenatchee, Cashmere, Entiat, Leavenworth, and Chelan. That matters for search. A person arrested by a city police agency or held on a Douglas County-related matter may still appear in the Chelan County jail population.
The local inmate population changes for several reasons. New arrests, warrants, first-appearance orders, release conditions, medical clearance, sentencing, and transfers all affect the count. Pretrial detainees and people serving local jail time are searched through the county jail roster. Sentenced people who move into Washington State Department of Corrections custody leave the county roster path and should be searched through the DOC locator. Federal sentenced prisoners, immigration detainees, and U.S. Marshals matters use still different systems.
Chelan County Inmate Population Statistics
The current county sources give a useful mix of capacity, booking, staffing, and medical-load data. The jail home page lists 267 beds. The jail FAQ reports a 2025 average daily population of 140 people, 3,924 total bookings, and 71 full-time employees. Those figures show that the Chelan County inmate population was below listed bed capacity on an average-day basis, but the county also reports a heavy detox, medical, and mental-health workload.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 140 people | Chelan Regional Justice Center FAQ, 2025 |
| Rated / listed capacity | 267 beds | Chelan Regional Justice Center home page, inspected 2026 |
| Total bookings | 3,924 | Chelan Regional Justice Center FAQ, 2025 |
| Full-time staff | 71 employees | Chelan Regional Justice Center FAQ, 2025 |
| Annual budget | $13.7 million | Chelan Regional Justice Center FAQ |
Chelan County Inmate Population Trends
The clearest local trend is not a published overcrowding crisis. It is an increase in bookings and a more complex medical population. The jail FAQ says 2025 bookings rose by 25 percent, or 787 more bookings, over 2024. It also reports daily elevated medical care, frequent withdrawal assessments, and broad use of medical sensor cells. A current roster count should not be treated as an annual population measure because the online jail list is a timestamped current list.
| Year | Measure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 234 ADP | Older public material cited in research; use as historical context only. |
| 2024 | About 3,137 bookings | Calculated from the FAQ statement that 2025 was 787 bookings higher. |
| 2025 | 3,924 bookings; 140 ADP | Current jail FAQ figures. |
| 2025 medical | 12 elevated medical care ADP | FAQ also reports 2,000 withdrawal protocol assessments. |
The jail FAQ screenshot source shows the local booking and operational statistics used for these figures.
Those county figures are the best source for Chelan County inmate population trends because they come from the jail's own operating summary.
Chelan County Jail Capacity and Care
Using the county's listed 267-bed capacity and 2025 average daily population of 140, the jail was not over capacity by that simple bed-count comparison. The more important local fact is operational pressure. The county says 60 percent of bookings admit drug or alcohol use within the prior 48 hours, and 60 to 70 percent of new bookings are immediately placed in medical sensor cells. It also reports 10 to 15 people per day in sensor cells for higher detox-related care.
Medical and safety statistics add context to the Chelan County inmate population. In 2025, the jail reported 12 Narcan saves, six suicide attempts, 72 people on suicide watch, 859 internal mental-health reviews, 49 ambulance transports, 158 outside medical appointments, 752 in-person sick-call visits, and about 300 medication deliveries each day. The county has also described 24-hour nursing, medical sensors, Narcan in general-population cells, a body scanner, a mail screener, scanned mail, and a narcotics-detecting K9 as part of the response to fentanyl and contraband risk.
Laws Governing Chelan County Inmates
Washington law makes part of the Chelan County inmate population visible to the public, but it does not turn every jail record into an open file. The county roster quotes the jail-register rule. Public-record requests also run through the Washington Public Records Act and county policy. Court charges, case files, and criminal-history data are separate record systems, so a jail roster entry should not be read as a conviction or a complete court record.
Key statutes:
RCW 70.48.100 requires a public jail register with core confinement information while treating other jail records as confidential unless an exception applies.
RCW 42.56 is Washington's Public Records Act for identifiable public records held by state and local agencies.
RCW 42.56.520 sets the prompt-response rule that Chelan's sheriff records form describes as a five-business-day response window.
RCW 70.48.510 covers unexpected fatality reviews for city and county jails.
Chelan County Inmate Population Region
The jail serves more than a single county arrest stream in day-to-day practice. The Regional Justice Center page says it serves more than 100,000 people across more than 5,000 square miles. The FAQ adds formal contracts with Douglas County and several cities. That is why a person connected to Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Cashmere, Entiat, Leavenworth, Chelan, or Douglas County court movement may need the Chelan County jail roster first.
The official Regional Justice Center page summarizes the jail's facility role and program links.
The facility page is also the starting point for visitation, commissary, work release, and current inmate list links.
Search Chelan County Inmate Population
The official custody lookup starts with the Chelan County Regional Justice Center Jail Registry / Inmate List. The roster is a current list table, not a full name-search database. It shows people currently residing at the jail in the last 24 hours, and the heading includes an "Inmates List as of" timestamp. The list view inspected for the research showed offender ID, name, age, birth date, and a VINE notification action.
- Open the official jail registry and check the timestamp before relying on the list.
- Scan the name table or use browser find because the roster does not publish a dedicated name-search box.
- Match by name, age, and birth date. Be careful with common names.
- Use the VINE icon for custody-status notifications, not as a full booking-record request.
- If the person is not listed, call booking or check DOC, VINE, BOP, ICE, and court search channels.
The official inmate list source shows the roster table and VINE action column.
The screenshot reflects the current-list design: useful for custody confirmation, but not a historical jail archive.
Chelan County Current Roster Fields
The roster does not ask for a last name or booking number in a public form. It publishes a table. The page source supports a booking-detail card with booking date, booking number, statute, offense or case number, and agency fields when available through the site behavior. The public table is still narrower than a full jail file.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offender ID | Table column | Not applicable | Numeric local identifier also used in VINE links. |
| Name | Table column | Not applicable | Displayed as the jail publishes it; use care with aliases and common names. |
| Age | Table column | Not applicable | Helps distinguish people with similar names. |
| Birth Date | Table column | Not applicable | Shown in MM/DD/YYYY format. |
| VINE notification | Link/action | Optional | Routes to custody notification for the listed person. |
Past Chelan County Inmate Records
The Chelan County inmate roster should be read as a current or very recent custody list, not a long-term booking archive. The page wording says current inmates in the last 24 hours, and no fixed released-person retention period was found in the county material. For a prior booking, start with jail records or sheriff records instead of assuming the person will remain visible online.
The Sheriff's Office records process is the main fallback for booking records not shown on the roster. Chelan County materials direct requests through the online public-records center, email at Sheriff.Records@co.chelan.wa.us, phone at 509-667-6875, mail to P.O. Box 36, Wenatchee, WA 98807, fax at 509-667-6860, or the counter at 401 Washington Street, Level 1. Identify the person, date, arresting agency, case or report number if known, and the record type requested.
Chelan County Inmate Record Details
A Chelan County inmate record in the public list is lean. It gives enough data to confirm that a person is in current custody or was recently listed, but it omits many details readers often expect. Booking photos, bond amounts, housing units, court dates, projected release dates, and arresting officer names were not visible in the captured table. The jail-register law also explains why broader jail records can be confidential even when the register is open.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Offender ID | Local jail identifier tied to the roster row and VINE link. |
| Name | The person's published roster name. |
| Age and birth date | Identity checks for people with similar names. |
| Booking date and booking number | Referenced in the site's detail-card code when booking detail is available. |
| Statute, offense, case number, agency | Referenced in the page code as detail fields, not visible in the top table rows. |
| Mugshot | Not visible in the roster table inspected. |
Chelan County Jail vs DOC
Lookup paths split by custody type. County jail custody covers pretrial detainees, people serving local jail time, work release or alternative placements, and regional contract holds. Washington DOC custody covers sentenced state prisoners and DOC warrants. Federal and immigration custody use separate federal systems, and those systems do not prove that the person is or is not in the Chelan County jail population.
| County Jail | Washington DOC | Federal / ICE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is covered | Current local and regional jail custody | State sentenced custody and DOC warrants | Federal sentenced or immigration detention |
| Where to search | Chelan jail registry | DOC incarcerated search | BOP locator or ICE ODLS |
| Best identifier | Name, birth date, offender ID | DOC number or name | BOP number, A-number, or biographical data |
| What it is not | A court record or prison locator | A county booking roster | A county mugshot source |
State and Federal Inmate Search
The Washington DOC incarcerated search uses DOC number, first name, and last name fields. The DOC warrant search separately covers outstanding secretary's warrants for people under DOC authority or supervision. No Washington DOC prison was identified in Chelan County, although DOC lists the Wenatchee Valley Reentry Center as a local reentry location rather than a jail or prison roster source.
Federal custody is outside the county roster. The BOP Inmate Locator is for federal sentenced prisoners. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System searches civil immigration custody by A-number or biographical data. No BOP or ICE detention facility was found in Chelan County; the relevant Washington ICE facility located in research was the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. Washington VINE remains a notification tool for custody changes, not a full record source.
Chelan County Detention Facilities
The Facility Map creates two local facility pages because the work release and alternative programs have distinct rules, fees, and eligibility even though they are tied to the Regional Justice Center.
- Chelan County Regional Justice Center holds adult local and regional jail inmates, including pretrial detainees, sentenced local custody, contract-city and Douglas County-related custody, and people waiting for court movement.
- Chelan County Regional Justice Center Work Release / Alternative Programs covers court-approved minimum-custody options such as work release, school release, electronic home monitoring, weekender, and alcohol monitoring.
Chelan County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Chelan County inmate population?
The jail FAQ reports a 2025 average daily population of 140 people and 3,924 bookings. The listed bed capacity is 267. A current roster count can change during the day, so it should be used for live custody checks rather than annual population analysis.
How do I search the Chelan County inmate population?
Use the official Chelan County Regional Justice Center inmate list first. It is a timestamped current roster table. If a person is not listed, call booking, file a records request, or check Washington DOC, VINE, BOP, ICE, and court search tools based on the custody type.
Does the roster show Chelan County jail mugshots?
The roster table inspected did not show booking photos. Washington law makes the public jail register available, but broader jail records and booking photographs can be limited. Requests for a specific booking photo should go through the sheriff or jail records process.
Is there a Chelan County Sheriff app for inmate search?
No official Chelan County Sheriff mobile app with roster or warrant features was located in the researched official sources. VINE has mobile notification tools, but VINE is a custody-notification service rather than the county jail roster.
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