Lookup Chelan County Regional Justice Center Inmates

Chelan County Jail Overview

The Chelan County Regional Justice Center is an adult local and regional jail operated by the Chelan County Board of County Commissioners through the Regional Justice Center. The official county page describes a 267-bed correctional facility in Wenatchee that serves a regional population of more than 100,000 people across more than 5,000 square miles. It supports court appearances for Chelan and Douglas County Superior and District Courts and East Wenatchee Municipal Court, so the Chelan County jail roster may include people arrested by more than one local agency.

The jail is the central booking and custody point for Chelan County inmate records, short local sentences, pretrial holds, and regional contracts. The county FAQ says the jail was built in 1984 and contracts with Douglas County and the cities of East Wenatchee, Wenatchee, Cashmere, Entiat, Leavenworth, and Chelan. That regional role matters when a family member searches by city name and still needs the Chelan County Regional Justice Center inmate list rather than a city jail page.

The official Regional Justice Center home page is a matching source for this facility image. It shows the county's own jail summary and program navigation before a user moves to the inmate list, visitation, or phone account pages.

The county page frames this as one regional jail with custody, court support, programs, and alternatives attached to the same agency.

Chelan County Jail Population

The clearest Chelan County Regional Justice Center population figures come from the county jail FAQ and the current facility page. The county publishes a 267-bed public capacity for the jail. For 2025, the FAQ reports an average daily population of 140 people, 3,924 total bookings, and 71 full-time staff. It also reports an annual budget of $13.7 million. Those numbers should be read as jail operating facts, not as a live count, because the online roster changes as people are booked, released, transferred, or moved to court.

Chelan County Inmate Lookup

The correct lookup path for this facility is the official Chelan County jail registry and inmate list. The page is a timestamped public table, not a full search form. It lists people currently residing at the jail in the last 24 hours, with visible columns for offender ID, name, age, birth date, and a VINE notification action. The page code also references booking date, booking number, statute, offense or case number, and agency details when expanded details are available.

1. Open the Chelan County Regional Justice Center inmate list and check the "Inmates List as of" timestamp.
2. Scan the public table by name, or use the browser find command because the county page does not publish a dedicated name-search box.
3. Match the person by name, age, and birth date before assuming the row is the right Chelan County inmate record.
4. Use the VINE icon for custody notifications, then call booking if the person is not listed or the arrest was very recent.

If the Chelan County jail roster does not show the person, the next step depends on custody type. County booking staff can check current local custody. Washington DOC handles sentenced state custody after transfer. BOP handles federal sentenced inmates, and ICE handles civil immigration detention. VINE is useful for notification, but it is not a full booking record or court file.

Chelan County Jail Contact

The Regional Justice Center contact page lists the jail's public address, booking numbers, records numbers, and lobby office hours. Use the booking line for current custody and intake status. Use jail records or the Sheriff's Office public-record process for records that do not appear on the inmate list, such as a booking document, report reference, or historical jail material subject to Washington public-record rules.

Chelan County Jail Visitation

The official visitation page gives a narrow in-person schedule for Chelan County Regional Justice Center inmates. Visits are by appointment only. Appointments are made by phone, not in person, and slots are first come, first served until full. The county says each incarcerated person is allowed one in-person visit per week, with the week made up of the Wednesday and Saturday visit periods.

Visitors must be named when the appointment is made, and substitutions are not allowed. Up to three visitors may attend a visit. Minor children must be accompanied by an adult. The county also warns that visitor nudity can lead to loss of video visitation privileges. Current custody, visit eligibility, and entrance details should be confirmed before travel.

Chelan County Jail Mail

The county's current phone and commissary page says money can be applied to phone and commissary accounts by phone, internet, or the jail lobby kiosk. For phone and tablet communications, Chelan County lists GettingOut and phone number 1-866-516-0115. For trust and commissary deposits, the current county page lists ConnectNetwork and 1-877-650-4249. Vendor names can change, so the county page should be checked before any deposit is made.

Mail rules are a major Chelan County jail detail. The county changed mailroom policy because of narcotic-soaked mail, so physical letters are no longer delivered directly to incarcerated people. The jail scans mail and makes it available digitally. That rule should be treated as a security policy, not a personal property or package rule.

Chelan County Booking Intake

Booking at Chelan County Regional Justice Center starts when an arrested person is brought to the jail or when a person reports under a court-approved sentence or program. Intake includes identity checks, local record creation, search and property handling, medical and mental-health screening, and classification. The county FAQ says every person booked receives a medical intake assessment, and a nurse completes that assessment when available under the expanded 24-hour nursing model.

The jail's current operating story is medical and detox pressure. The county reports that many new bookings involve recent drug or alcohol use, that many new arrivals are placed in medical sensor cells, and that the jail completed 2,000 withdrawal protocol assessments in 2025. Classification can affect housing, safety measures, medical sensor placement, and eligibility for work release or electronic home monitoring. A booking may appear on the public roster after processing, but the roster does not promise a fixed update interval.

About Chelan County Regional Justice Center

Chelan County Regional Justice Center publishes more condition detail than many local jails. Programs include volunteer inmate worker assignments, religious services and counseling, AA and NA meetings, educational services, release planning, work release, school release, electronic home monitoring, and weekender options. These programs do not erase custody status. They are tied to classification, court approval, jail rules, and public safety review.

The jail has also reported major safety and medical investments. The county says the facility uses medical sensors, 24-hour nursing, Narcan in general-population cells, an upgraded camera system, a body scanner, a mail screener, and a narcotics-detecting K9 program. In 2025, the jail received a Detention Facility Innovation Award for opioid-response technology and security practices. Recent county news also reported a 2026 in-custody death that the coroner attributed to acute fentanyl intoxication, underscoring why detox and contraband controls appear throughout the jail's public materials.