Find Auburn Jail Releases

Auburn Jail Release Records

Auburn Jail is a Placer County Sheriff's Office facility, so its release records flow through the county's central jail record system. A recent Auburn Jail release may appear in the Sheriff's 24-hour Booking and Release Report. A person still held at Auburn Jail should be checked through ATIMS Who's In Custody. If the public report has rolled off, the release record is requested through the PCSO public-records portal.

The release wording matters. "Time Served" points to a sentence or custody-credit result. "Bail Bond" and "Cash Bail" point to a financial release. "Own Recognizance" or "Promise to Appear" points to a court order or pretrial path. "State Prison" means the person left Auburn Jail for CDCR custody, so the later prison release date belongs to CDCR rather than the county jail.

Confirm Auburn Jail Release

Use a source chain instead of relying on one missing roster entry. A released person may disappear from ATIMS before the release reason is clear. The Booking and Release Report may show the status for a short period, while the court case explains bail, dismissal, sentence, warrant recall, probation, or prison commitment.

1. Search the county's Booking and Release Report from the Law & Justice Information Portal.
2. Check ATIMS Who's In Custody for current Auburn Jail custody.
3. Use Placer County VINE or California VINELink for notification or status change.
4. Search Placer Superior Court for the case event behind the release.
5. File a narrow request at PCSO's public-records portal if the public report is no longer available.

Auburn Jail Contact

The official Auburn Jail page gives the facility's address and phone. Use the jail contact for custody and facility questions, but use the public-records portal for a formal copy of the booking or release record.

For a release-record request, include the person's full name, date of birth if known, approximate booking date, arresting agency, facility, and booking number if available. Ask for the time and manner of release or the booking and release record rather than a broad file.

Auburn Jail Facility History

The county says the present Auburn Jail opened in July 1985 with an original rated capacity of 108 inmates. It exceeded that capacity within two months and reached 272 inmates by 1990. A federal court order restricting daily population to 148 helped drive a 260-bed addition that opened in April 1992.

The expansion added medium-security dorms, a maximum-security module, and direct-supervision dormitory units. The Auburn page also notes that minimum-security barracks, originally housed in World War II Army warehouse buildings, closed on May 31, 2014, with inmates moved to South Placer Jail. That history matters because older Auburn Jail records can reflect capacity pressure, transfers, and realignment-era changes rather than only simple bail or time-served releases.

Direct supervision

A custody-unit model where staff work directly in or near custody units.

Transfer

A release from Auburn Jail custody to another agency or custody level.

Booking number

The identifier most useful for a Sheriff's records request.

Auburn Jail Release Requests

A clear Auburn Jail records request should ask for a specific record, not every file tied to a person. The research supports asking for the booking and release record, the time and manner of release, the release date and custody status, the booking sheet, or the custody-status history. California Government Code section 7923.610 is the useful public-records anchor because it names the time and manner of release as part of public arrest information, subject to exceptions.

When the release reason is unclear, include the source that led to the request. For example, say that the person was listed in the 24-hour Booking and Release Report, was formerly visible in ATIMS, or has a Placer Superior Court case number. The local court search detail can help: the research notes that Placer criminal case numbers normally start with 62 followed by seven numbers. A case number can connect an Auburn Jail release to a bail order, own-recognizance release, dismissal, sentence, warrant recall, probation order, or state-prison commitment.

Auburn Jail Property Timing

Placer's inmate rules give a practical release-adjacent clue for Auburn Jail families. Within the first 72 hours of booking, except during lockdowns, the county says an inmate may release motor vehicle keys only, all property except clothing, or money. After the first 72 hours, property release narrows to one complete property release, except clothing and money, and later property releases are handled at Auburn Jail and South Placer Jail during listed Friday through Monday morning hours.

Property handling is not the same as release confirmation. It can happen before the final custody status is clear, and it can also point to transfer. The same source says clothing is released only when the inmate has been sentenced to state prison and proof of sentencing is confirmed. If that is the issue, the Auburn Jail release record may show the county jail event, while CDCR becomes the next source for the later prison custody and release-date record.

Auburn Jail Release Paths

Auburn Jail is not a separate city-jail database. It is part of Placer County's Sheriff-run custody system. Releases from Auburn, South Placer Jail, and South Placer Minimum Security use the same primary county sources. The distinction is facility context: Auburn is the older jail, so historical facility notes and older booking context may point there even when later minimum-security custody moved south.

For a named-person search that needs the full county route, use the Placer County released inmates home page. For sibling facility context, South Placer Jail and South Placer Minimum Security are listed in the facility navigation. If VINE was active before release, the PIN and repeat-call rules can help confirm that a custody-status change notice was received, but the Sheriff's record or court case still explains why the release occurred.

Keep the county jail and prison paths separate. Auburn Jail can show the local release from Placer custody, while CDCR controls later prison custody, parole eligibility, and prison release processing after transfer.

Note: If an Auburn Jail entry says state prison, use CDCR for the next release-date question.