Locate Plumas Correctional Inmates

Plumas Facility Sierra Role

Plumas County Correctional Facility is operated by the Plumas County Sheriff at 56 Abernethy Lane in Quincy. Sierra County's temporary holding page names Plumas County Jail as an occasional housing location for Sierra County inmates. That word matters. Plumas is not the normal first place to search for a Sierra arrestee. The usual route is Sierra temporary holding first, then Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada County for primary contracted housing. Plumas becomes relevant when Sierra or another official source indicates the person was routed there.

For a Sierra County case, the custody location and the court location can split. A person may be physically housed in Quincy while formal Sierra charges, court dates, and dispositions remain in Sierra Superior Court. Plumas staff can answer some jail-status questions under Plumas rules, but Plumas should not be treated as the court clerk for a Sierra prosecution. That split is especially important for family members looking for release information, court calendars, bail, or a copy of a charging document.

The matching facility source is the Plumas County Jail page, which lists the correctional facility contact information and public information limits.

The Plumas page is useful for Sierra readers because it states what jail staff can release and what must be confirmed through other offices.

Plumas Capacity Caveat

A Sierra-specific capacity or current population figure for Plumas County Correctional Facility was not located in the Sierra research sources. That should be handled as a caveat, not a blank to fill. The relevant Sierra fact is that Plumas is an occasional contracted housing destination. It may hold Plumas County inmates and may hold a Sierra County inmate when Sierra's custody routing points there. A missing Plumas result does not prove release, and a Plumas custody answer does not turn a Sierra case into a Plumas court case.

The safest workflow is to confirm location through Sierra County Sheriff-Coroner, then use Plumas only if the person is actually housed there. This matters for visits and mail because Plumas rules differ from both Sierra's no-visitation temporary holding rules and Wayne Brown's Nevada County rules.

Look Up Plumas Inmates

The Plumas lookup path for a Sierra County inmate is phone-first. Call Sierra County Sheriff-Coroner at 530-289-3700 if the arrest was recent or if the only known fact is that Sierra County made the arrest. If Sierra indicates that the person was sent to Plumas, call Plumas County Correctional Facility at 530-283-6267. Plumas states that officers are limited in what they can release. They can release an inmate's charges and bail amounts, but they will not give out court dates or release information for safety purposes.

1. Start with Sierra County Sheriff-Coroner when the current housing location is not confirmed.
2. Ask whether the person is still in Sierra temporary holding, at Wayne Brown, at Plumas, released, or transferred.
3. If Sierra identifies Plumas, call 530-283-6267 and ask for allowed custody information.
4. Use Sierra Superior Court for Sierra case dates and filed court records.
5. Use VINE for custody notifications when available, and CDCR CIRIS only after a state-prison transfer.

Plumas Facility Contact Card

Use Plumas contact information only after there is a reason to believe the person is housed in Quincy. For general Sierra custody routing, the Sierra Sheriff phone line remains the first step. For Sierra court records, use Sierra Superior Court. For Plumas court matters, Plumas points court-information questions to the Plumas Superior Court clerk, but that does not replace Sierra court routing when the arrest and prosecution are in Sierra County.

Plumas Visitation Rules

Sierra County's public custody page says visitation for inmates housed outside the county is at the discretion of the individual facility and that those facilities should be contacted directly regarding days and hours. For Plumas County Correctional Facility, that means do not use Sierra's Downieville rules and do not assume Wayne Brown's Tuesday-Friday schedule applies. Call Plumas before planning a visit, especially because Sierra inmates are not routinely housed there.

Note: Plumas is outside Sierra County, so weather, road conditions, and custody changes should be checked before travel.

Plumas Property and Money

Plumas posted guidance says only medications and seeing glasses will be accepted over the counter, and other items are denied. That is a narrow property rule and should be treated as current only after direct confirmation, because operational notices can change. The same Plumas guidance mentions AccessCorrections and jailfunds or VendEngine for money and video visitation during a no-contact period. Those references are useful, but they should not be treated as a substitute for calling the facility before sending funds or scheduling video.

Plumas Booking and Transfer

A Sierra County inmate reaches Plumas only after a custody decision routes the person there. Sierra's primary contract housing is Wayne Brown, so Plumas should be treated as a secondary possibility. If a name does not appear on the Nevada County in-custody report, call Sierra before concluding that Plumas is involved. The person may still be in temporary holding, may not yet be processed into a public list, may have been released, or may be in another custody system.

If Sierra confirms Plumas housing, Plumas controls jail-level issues such as allowed property, jail phone procedures, visit status, and money deposit options. Sierra still controls many origin-case questions, including arresting-agency records, Sierra case filing, and local court records. The custody flow can be read as: Sierra arrest or court action, Sierra temporary holding or routing decision, Plumas housing if used, and Sierra Superior Court for Sierra case records.

Occasional housing

A custody destination used sometimes, not the usual Sierra housing route.

Bail amount

A financial amount tied to release conditions that Plumas says officers can release.

Release information

Timing or planned release details that Plumas says it does not give out for safety.

Plumas Court Records Routing

Plumas public guidance directs court-information questions to the Plumas Superior Court clerk, but that instruction applies to Plumas court matters. For a Sierra County arrest or prosecution, formal court questions usually belong with Sierra Superior Court. The filed complaint, plea, disposition, minute order, and calendar status are court records, not jail roster fields. A jail can confirm limited custody information, but it cannot replace the court clerk's case file.

That routing is important because Plumas says it can release charges and bail amounts but not court dates or release information. A charge relayed by jail staff may be a custody or booking charge, while the filed charge is what the prosecutor puts before the court. For Sierra cases, use Sierra court research and copy procedures when the goal is a formal record. For custody notification, use VINE and facility contact rather than repeated court calls.