Kern County Inmate Search

Kern County, CA Jail Inmate Search

KERN COUNTY is located in California with an average daily population of 1810. The county has approximately 1652 confined in facilities with 1486 male and 166 female prisoners. That means that 90% of the confined population are male, and 10% are female.

22

(Jails)

2129

(Prisoners)

1810

(Average Daily Population)

How Does Kern County Inmate Search Work?

Inmate records for Kern County are freely accessible. All detention facilities in Kern County are governed by the Freedom of Information Act which provides publicly available information about inmates in the county.

Kern County Parole and Probation

Kern County Parole

If a prisoner has adhered to the regulations while serving their term, they may be granted parole and be released early. Who is granted parole and who is not is decided by a parole board. You may learn a lot about a parolee by looking through the Kern County parole records. There may be information regarding their sentence and offences in the Kern County parole files. You could also get to look through information regarding their detention location and parole conditions.

Kern County Probation

You should also be able to access Kern County probation records, which list men and women who were placed on probation rather than being imprisoned, in addition to those parolees who have already been freed. There are regulations that come with being on probation. In addition to adhering to other conditions, probationers are required to meet their probation officer once per week. Typically, Kern County criminal records will list the inmate's offences, probationary term, and the specifics of the justice department that sentenced them. You may also be able to view photographs, fingerprints, the probationer's physical characteristics, and other information in addition to these facts.

Kern County Booking

When researching statistics on whether or not a stranger has been arrested, Kern County bookings can help. A perpetrator's Kern County booking record is basically created when an officer arrests them, fills out the necessary papers, and places them in an imprisonment cell. It could also contain information such as fingerprints, photographs, physical characteristics, their name and address, the officer in charge, the specifics of the crime, the scene, and any trucks that were involved. The general public can access the copies of a person's Kern County booking records without requiring any kind of authorization.

Kern County Confined Population Statistics

In the past 6 years, the confined population in KERN COUNTY has dropped by 19.77% from 2059 each year to 1652 inmates. Men are still confined about 1486 per 100,000 U.S. residents annually in KERN COUNTY, despite the fact that women are the group confined at the fastest rate of growth.

Inmate Population in Kern County, CA

KERN COUNTY has only 1652 of the 2129 inmates are actually put in jail; the other 477 are under supervision; they are not currently confined.

Kern County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total Population	2937	2742	2474	n/a	2252	2129
Confined Population	2059	2055	1880	n/a	1769	1652
Non Confined Population	878	687	594	n/a	483	477

Kern County Confined Population by Gender

In KERN COUNTY, there are 1486 confined male inmates for every 100,000 male U.S. residents, and 166 confined female inmates for every 100,000 female U.S. citizens. The confined population of male prisoners dropped by 17.35% between 2016 and 2021, while the confined population of female dropped by 36.40%.

Kern County Female Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult Females	261	272	246	233	208	166
Females Under 18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Female ADP	276	265	263	n/a	204	186

Kern County Male Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Adult Males	1798	1783	1634	1659	1561	1486
Males Under 18	0	0	0	0	0	0
Male ADP	1921	1896	1752	n/a	1599	1624

Breaking Down Kern County Inmates By Race

In KERN COUNTY, the average confined population for White inmates is 465 per 100,000 white citizens, which is 35.44% higher than the confined population for Black or African American inmates. The number of Black or African American inmates who were confined went from 326 to 325 for every 100,000 black population of the United States between 2016 and 2021. The average Hispanic or Latino confined population in KERN COUNTY is 836 per 100,000 Hispanic Americans, while the average Asian confined population is 1 per 100,000 Asian Americans, accounting American Indian/Alaska Natives for just 4 residents of the county's confined population.

Kern County Confined Population by Race, for 2016-2021 years

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
White Inmates - Confined	722	718	629	n/a	487	465
Black or African American Inmates - Confined	326	317	327	n/a	333	325
Hispanic or Latino Inmates - Confined	955	998	892	n/a	905	836
American Indian/Alaska Natives Inmates - Confined	6	8	9	n/a	2	4
Asian Inmates - Confined	37	14	8	n/a	11	1
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Inmates - Confined	2	0	5	n/a	6	6
Two or more Races Inmates - Confined	0	0	10	n/a	25	15
Not Known (Race) Inmates - Confined	11	0	0	n/a	0	0

Kern County Prisons and Jails

Federal Jails

Wasco Jail

Address: 748 F Street, Wasco, CA, 93280

Phone: 661-758-7266

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