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Blythe Jail Overview

Blythe Jail is operated by the Riverside County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division. The official facility page listed Captain Michael Moulton as commander in the inspected source material. Blythe Jail was built in 1964 and is adjacent to Colorado River Station. Its local role is different from the larger Riverside, Banning, Murrieta, and Indio facilities because it serves the far eastern Palo Verde Valley side of a very large county.

Older official review material describes Blythe Jail as a Type II, small full-service jail and local booking facility. It reported men housed and no women in that review, with limited medical and mental-health staff noted. The key custody distinction is important in Blythe: the county jail is searched in JIMS, while Ironwood State Prison and other CDCR placements are searched through CDCR CIRIS. A person in state-prison custody will not be found through the county jail roster just because the prison is near Blythe.

The official Blythe Jail source captured in the image manifest is available at the Riverside Sheriff Blythe Jail page.

The screenshot supports the facility-specific facts used here, including the official jail page, history, contact path, and parking note.

Blythe Jail Capacity

Blythe capacity should be written with a clear source caveat. The 2016 sheriff service inventory lists 115 inmate beds. The 2016 review gives a BSCC-rated capacity of 79, and the BSCC 2022 rated-capacity list also reports 79. Because the research has a current BSCC rated-capacity list, 79 is the best comparison figure for Riverside County jail capacity tables, while 115 should be described as the older sheriff inventory bed count.

Blythe Jail is much smaller than Robert Presley, Larry D. Smith, Cois Byrd, and John J. Benoit. That does not make the JIMS lookup different. A current county booking should still be checked in the same sheriff system. Facility-level housing can change based on classification, court needs, transport, medical status, and available beds, so the Current Facility field should be checked before relying on any one facility page.

Search Blythe Jail Custody

Use the Riverside Sheriff JIMS Inmate Information System for Blythe Jail. The sheriff's inmate information page links to JIMS for booking-number lookup. JIMS is the county jail lookup system. It is not the correct system for Ironwood State Prison, California Rehabilitation Center, federal BOP custody, or ICE detention.

1. Open the JIMS public inmate information form.
2. Enter the last name, the only field marked mandatory.
3. Add first name and date of birth when known.
4. Set Gender to Any if the default selection may miss the person.
5. Open the booking-number profile and confirm Blythe Jail in Current Facility.

Observed JIMS result rows showed Booking No., Name, D.O.B., Sex, and Incustody. Public profile pages showed arrest and booking dates, current facility, court date, and other identity fields. The inspected profiles did not show mugshots, charges, bond amount, housing unit, projected release date, or detainer flags. For filed court charges, use the Riverside Superior Court system after the case is filed.

Blythe Jail Contact

Call the facility when JIMS does not answer a current custody question, when a recent booking may not yet appear, or when visitor entry details should be checked before travel. The official source says public parking is in front of the jail. No official parking rates, transit route, or detailed ADA entry instructions were located in the research.

Blythe's distance from the county seat makes confirmation more important before a trip. The jail serves the Palo Verde Valley and Colorado River side of Riverside County. Visitors should use the official Spring Street address, plan for screening and possible warrant checks, and confirm any accessibility needs directly with the facility.

Blythe Jail Visiting

Blythe Jail uses Riverside Sheriff county jail visiting rules. Visits must be scheduled by phone from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and are usually set one day before the desired visit. County rules generally allow two visits per week, about 45 minutes each. Visitors must bring valid government picture ID and can be searched and checked for warrants.

Visitors may not bring weapons, alcohol, illegal drugs, O.C. or tear gas dispensers, cameras, knives, smoking items, food, or drink into visiting areas. Clothing must cover the upper torso and lower or mid body, and short skirts, shorts, dresses, or slits may be rejected if too high above the knee.

Blythe Mail Money

Regular mail for Blythe Jail follows the countywide inmate mail policy. Ordinary letters go to Jailhouse Mail in Clearfield, Utah, not the Spring Street jail address. Inmates may send and receive unlimited letters, but incoming mail is inspected for contraband and safety threats. Legal mail marked Legal Mail is opened or inspected in the inmate's presence.

Online Access Corrections fees in the research range from $2.95 to $7.95 by amount. Phone deposit fees range from $3.95 to $8.95. Cash kiosk fees range from $1 to $3. The money page says funds may be used for snacks, hygiene items, phone cards, and writing materials. No official phone-call vendor, video-visitation vendor, tablet program, or commissary order limit was located.

Blythe Booking Intake

Blythe Jail is a small local booking and court jail for the Palo Verde Valley side of Riverside County. JIMS can show a booking number, arrest date and time, booked date and time, arresting agency, arresting location, current facility, and next court date when available. The booking number is useful when calling the jail, scheduling a visit, mailing a money order, or making a records request.

Because Blythe is also associated with nearby state-prison geography, custody system choice matters. Ironwood State Prison is a CDCR facility and is searched in CIRIS, not JIMS. Chuckawalla Valley State Prison is physically in Blythe but was listed by CDCR as deactivated in November 2024, so it should be handled as closure history rather than an active Riverside County jail lookup path.

Blythe Jail Records Fallbacks

Blythe Jail serves the Palo Verde Valley and Colorado River side of Riverside County, which makes facility confirmation important before travel. JIMS is the correct public lookup for a Riverside Sheriff booking, booking number, custody indicator, current facility, arrest and booking data, and next court date when populated. If a person is not found, try a last-name-only search with Gender set to Any, then call the facility when the arrest is recent or the travel distance makes confirmation important.

For public records that are not visible in JIMS, use Sheriff ISB Records or the GovQA Public Records Center. A request should include the person's name, date of birth if known, booking number, arrest date, and Blythe Jail connection. Formal charges, court dates, warrants that appear in a case history, and case disposition belong with Riverside Superior Court public access. If a person is sentenced to state prison from a Blythe-area case, do not keep checking Blythe Jail alone. Use CDCR CIRIS for state custody, BOP for federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.

Because Blythe is far from the county seat, confirming the source before travel is more than a convenience. A JIMS result, a court portal result, and a CDCR result can all point to different stages of the same case.

About Blythe Jail

Blythe Jail's local identity is the far-eastern Riverside County role. It was built in 1964, sits adjacent to Colorado River Station, and serves the Palo Verde Valley and Colorado River side of the county. The practical details from the research are the Spring Street address, public parking in front of the jail, the countywide visit scheduling phone, and the need to separate county jail custody from CDCR custody near Blythe.