North County Detention Facility Inmate Lookup

North County Detention Facility Overview

North County Detention Facility, or NCDF, is operated by the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office Detention Division at 2254 Ordinance Road in Santa Rosa. Sheriff-Coroner Eddie Engram leads the sheriff's office, and NCDF is five miles north of the city next to Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport, off Airport Boulevard. NCDF should be understood as a sheriff-run county detention facility, not a separate city jail, state prison, or private detention center.

The facility's history is unusually local. The site was originally part of the Santa Rosa Army Airfield during World War II. After the airfield was deactivated and subdivided, one parcel became an honor farm for 35 minimum-security inmates in 1967. The facility later grew to a historical rated capacity of 559 inmates before 172 inmates were moved to the MADF expansion in April 1997. NCDF occupies 15.3 acres, including 9.62 acres for the facility and 5.91 acres for the Agriculture Program.

The official Sonoma Sheriff facilities page is the source for NCDF's Ordinance Road address, airport-area location, honor-farm history, acreage, and work-program background.

Those official details make NCDF a distinct facility page rather than a duplicate of the Main Adult Detention Facility page.

North County Detention Facility Capacity and Site Facts

The research supports historical NCDF capacity and site figures, but not a current NCDF-only population count. The sheriff's facility history says NCDF grew to a rated capacity of 559 inmates and that 172 inmates were moved to the MADF expansion in April 1997. Because that is a historical statement, it should not be read as a verified current operating capacity. Current Sonoma jail population figures should be checked through BSCC Jail Profile Survey data before making a current-count claim.

The acreage matters because the Agriculture Program is not incidental. The sheriff identifies 5.91 acres of the NCDF site for agriculture, while the rest supports the facility footprint and detention operations. That makes NCDF the page where Sonoma's work-crew and agriculture facts belong.

Work Crews, Agriculture, and Eligibility at NCDF

NCDF supports classified inmates and work crew programs. Official work details include MADF and NCDF laundries, commissary and food services, facility groundskeeping and janitorial, CalTrans, road and dump crews, equipment garage, fairgrounds, airport, supervised adult crew, and agriculture. The facility's airport-area location makes the fairgrounds, airport, road, and agriculture details especially relevant to this page.

Work crew eligibility is not automatic. The sheriff's research says eligibility is determined at booking and classification. Inmates cannot have violent charges, escape histories, or disciplinary behavior problems to qualify. That means a person may be in county custody and searchable through the public roster but still not eligible for NCDF-linked work details. Classification, conduct, charge type, and custody needs control placement.

How to Look Up an Inmate at North County Detention Facility

NCDF does not have a separate public roster in the research. Use the same county jail search that covers current in-custody people booked into Sonoma County Jail. Start at the Sonoma Sheriff incarcerated person search gateway, then open the official Sonoma County Jail Inmate Search. The roster is best for current county custody, including people assigned to, supported by, or moved through NCDF.

1. Open the sheriff gateway and continue through the "I agree" page to the county jail search.
2. Use last-name search when you do not have a booking number.
3. Use booking-number search when the number is known, especially before preparing mail.
4. Check the result fields for name, age, arresting agency, and booking number.
5. If the person is not listed, call detention at (707) 565-1400 or check court, CDCR, BOP, ICE, and VINELink channels based on custody status.

The countywide jail search page is the roster source for both sheriff detention facilities.

Because the search is countywide, absence from the roster should be handled as a custody-stage question, not as proof that NCDF never handled the person.

North County Detention Facility Address and Contact

Use the detention phone path for custody questions, visitation scheduling, and facility access. Records requests for sheriff-generated public documents use sheriff records channels, while filed criminal charges and case outcomes belong in Sonoma Superior Court records.

Directions and Parking for NCDF

The sheriff's directions page gives NCDF a cleaner driving route than the county-complex MADF route. From northbound U.S. 101, take exit 495B for Airport Boulevard and turn left. Before the airport, turn right onto Ordinance Road. From southbound U.S. 101, take the Airport Boulevard exit, turn right, and follow Airport Boulevard to Ordinance Road.

The official directions say the visitor parking lot is in front of the facility on the left and that no permits are required. That differs from MADF, where the county complex includes permit-only lots and construction-related parking limits. NCDF visitors should still confirm their appointment and lobby instructions before traveling, but the parking note is simpler and facility-specific.

The official detention directions source shows both MADF and NCDF routes, including NCDF's Airport Boulevard and Ordinance Road approach.

For NCDF, the airport landmark is useful because the facility sits beside Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport rather than in the Hall of Justice Complex.

Visiting Someone at North County Detention Facility

The research does not identify separate NCDF-only personal visiting rules, so use the detention-wide Sonoma Sheriff visitation process unless detention staff gives different instructions for a particular person or housing status. Personal visits require telephone appointments through (707) 565-1400. The scheduling call window is Tuesday through Friday, 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm, and the sheriff states there are no same-day signups.

Personal visits are on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Visits last 30 minutes, allow a maximum of two people, and are limited to one visit per incarcerated person per visitation day. Visitors must check in with the lobby 20 minutes before the appointment. Recently released visitors must wait 30 days from release before returning unless visiting a spouse, and convicted felons need prior written approval from the Facility Manager or designee.

The official visitation hours page is the source for the appointment window, personal-visit days, and professional-visitor schedule.

Because work crew status and housing placement can affect movement, confirm visit approval with detention before relying on a roster result alone.

Mail, Phone, and Money at North County Detention Facility

NCDF uses Sonoma County detention-wide mail, money, phone, and commissary rules. Every mail item must include the incarcerated person's booking number, which is why the roster search should be completed before mailing. Starting September 1, 2025, all non-privileged mail must be sent to Pigeonly. After October 1, 2025, non-privileged mail received at the facility is returned to sender. Privileged mail, official documents, and direct-from-publisher publications continue going directly to MADF or NCDF for the named person.

Commissary is operated at MADF, but NCDF inmates use the same county account framework. General-account deposits support commissary. Communication-account deposits support phone calls, tablet services, and text messaging. The sheriff's rules say post-booking deposits are not accepted when they would cause an account balance to exceed $1,000.

Booking, Classification, and NCDF Placement

NCDF placement is connected to classification. The Detention Division's Classification Deputy reviews charges, past in-custody behavior, gang affiliation, and other information to assign housing and monitor population levels, housing changes, and transfers. For work crew eligibility, the research is more specific: people cannot have violent charges, escape histories, or disciplinary behavior problems. The result is a facility whose population is shaped by classification and operational needs, not just by arrest location.

Detention Specialists support records, mail, booking, classification, cashier booth, lobby work, and detention alternatives across the system. Central Control coordinates alarm, security, safety, control, and communication systems for both MADF and NCDF. Those shared roles are why a person assigned through NCDF can still be searched through the same countywide roster and contacted through the same detention phone path.

About North County Detention Facility

NCDF's strongest distinction is its progression from World War II airfield land to honor farm to modern county detention support facility. The honor-farm origin began with 35 minimum-security inmates in 1967, and the later agriculture acreage and work crews remain central to the facility's identity. The sheriff's work-detail list is unusually concrete for a county jail facility: laundries, commissary and food services, groundskeeping, janitorial, CalTrans, roads, dump crews, equipment garage, fairgrounds, airport, supervised adult crew, and agriculture.

Custody searching still follows the same stage-based logic used for MADF. County jail custody uses the Sonoma Sheriff jail search. Filed charges and case outcomes use Sonoma Superior Court records. State-prison transfers use CDCR CIRIS. Federal sentenced custody uses the BOP locator. Immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. VINELink can help with release notification, but it should not replace the official sheriff roster for a current Sonoma County jail lookup.