Crook County Jail Roster Overview
The official Crook County inmate records starting point is the Crook County Jail Viewer, linked by the county jail page as Crook County Inmate Inquiry. The viewer is the EIS JMS Web Jail Viewer and is free to use without a public login. It covers people who have been booked into the Crook County Sheriff's Office jail, including local pre-sentenced detainees, people serving local supervisory-authority sentences, and people held on parole or probation sanctions when they are in the Crook County Jail system.
The roster warning is as important as the search form. It says Crook County inmate records may include person descriptive data, mugshot images, and arresting-agency offenses, but the sheriff's office does not guarantee that every listed fact is complete or current. A roster entry is not a conviction. It is a jail booking record tied to an arrest, warrant, sanction, or commitment. For final case results, use Crook County Circuit Court records rather than relying on the roster charge text.
Searches can fail for plain reasons. A name may be misspelled, the person may have been released, a booking may not be public, or custody may have moved to Oregon Department of Corrections, federal custody, or ICE. When a Crook County jail roster search returns no match, use the jail phone, written records request, court search, Oregon Offender Search, VISOR, BOP, and ICE channels in that order as the facts require.
Use the Crook County Roster
The Crook County Booking Search Query accepts names, booking dates, release dates, and custody status. The form says a person may search by any single field or any mix of fields. It also allows the percent-sign wildcard in names, which helps when spelling is uncertain or a last name may include a space, hyphen, or uncommon ending.
- Open the Jail Viewer home page, read the warning, and use the Access Site button to reach the booking search form.
- Enter the last name or first name when known. Use the percent sign wildcard for partial spelling, such as M% or sm%th.
- Use booking date fields when the arrest date is known. Use release date fields when checking a past Crook County custody period.
- Leave Status on IN CUSTODY for current jail records. Change it to ALL or OUT OF CUSTODY for broader or released-person searches.
- Review the sortable result grid. If a match appears, use the View column to open the detailed record if one is available.
- If no match appears, call Crook County Jail at 541-416-3620 or use the Sheriff's Office records process for non-roster jail records.
The visible result columns are built for quick screening rather than final legal proof. Booking number, name, date of birth, race, sex, booking date, release date, and scheduled release date can help confirm whether the person is likely the same person being searched. The public inspection did not produce a live profile row, so Crook County inmate records should not be described as showing unverified fields such as bond, housing unit, court date, or warrant number.
Crook County Roster Search Fields
Crook County inmate records in the Jail Viewer are searched through a compact form. The fields are optional or not marked as required, so a narrow search can start with one name, one date range, or a status choice. Broad searches should be read with care because common names and date ranges can return people with similar details.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional or unspecified | Maximum length 20. Percent-sign wildcard allowed, such as M% or sm%th. |
| First Name | Text | Optional or unspecified | Maximum length 20. Percent-sign wildcard allowed. |
| Booking From Date | Text/date picker | Optional or unspecified | Date validation is present. The datepicker format is mm/dd/yy. |
| Booking To Date | Text/date picker | Optional or unspecified | Use with a booking start date to narrow recent Crook County jail records. |
| Release From Date | Text/date picker | Optional or unspecified | Useful for released-person or past-custody searches. |
| Release To Date | Text/date picker | Optional or unspecified | Use with release start date when checking older custody windows. |
| Status | Dropdown | Optional or unspecified | ALL, IN CUSTODY, or OUT OF CUSTODY. IN CUSTODY is the selected default. |
The image captured from the Crook County Booking Search Query shows the roster form that supports name, booking-date, release-date, and status searches.
The form layout matches the field inventory above and reinforces that wildcard name searching is part of the official Crook County jail roster workflow.
Crook County Inmate Profile Fields
The full Crook County inmate profile could not be opened during the research inspection because current and broad date searches returned zero candidates. The safe field inventory is therefore limited to what the warning page and result table documented. The result grid is enough to confirm a likely booking event, but it is not enough to make claims about bond, court deadlines, housing, or release rules without calling the jail or checking the court case.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| View | Control intended to open a detailed Crook County jail record when a row exists. |
| Booking # | Jail-assigned booking number, sortable in the result grid. |
| First / Middle / Last Name | Name fields used to identify the person listed in the public result table. |
| DOB | Date of birth field shown in the result grid. |
| Race / Sex | Demographic fields shown for public roster matches. |
| Booking Date | Date tied to the jail intake event. |
| Release Date | Release date field when the person has a release recorded. |
| Sch Rel Date | Scheduled release date field shown as a result-table column. |
| Mugshot | The warning says mugshot images may be included, but no live Crook County photo field was confirmed. |
| Charges / Offenses | The warning says arresting-agency offenses may appear, but court disposition must be checked separately. |
Key terms help keep the record straight. A booking is the jail intake event. A charge is an alleged offense listed by an arresting agency or prosecutor. A disposition is the final court outcome. A detainer is a hold or request from another agency, and classification is the jail process that affects housing and visit access.
Crook County Custody Lookup Channels
Crook County inmate records split by custody system. The county roster is for people booked into the Crook County Jail. It is not the correct search for a person already transferred to state prison after a felony sentence, a federal sentenced inmate, or a person moved to immigration detention. Roster disappearance after sentencing or transfer does not prove release.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Crook County Jail Viewer | Local bookings, pre-sentenced detainees, local supervisory-authority sentences, and sanctions. |
| Jail phone | 541-416-3620 | Specific custody, bail, release, and technical roster questions. |
| Written records | Sheriff's Records Division | Written or in-person records requests, including adult jail requests when releasable. |
| State prison | Oregon Offender Search | Sentenced ODOC custody and some state supervision information. |
| Victim notification | Oregon VISOR | Custody or supervision search and optional notifications. |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal sentenced inmates from 1982 to the present. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator | People in ICE custody, searched by A-number or biographical data. |
Oregon VISOR is a useful supplement when a person may be in custody or under supervision and notification is the goal. The research found no official Crook County web page linking a county-branded sheriff app or an app-only roster feature. Generic Sheriff Connect listings were checked, but no official county app source was verified for the Crook County inmate records workflow.
Crook County Jail Contact
The county has one official local adult detention facility. Crook County Jail is operated by the Crook County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division and is the correct facility for local roster searches, jail information, video visitation questions, inmate mail routing, commissary deposits, and adult jail records requests. The official jail page states that the facility opened in 2019, has 86 beds, and is led by Lieutenant Andrew Rasmussen as jail commander.
Crook County Jail
308 NE 2nd Street
Prineville, OR 97754
Jail information: 541-416-3620
Fax: 541-416-8390
Public counter hours listed by county pages: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-5:00 pm.
Crook County Sheriff's Office
260 NW 2nd Street, Suite 100
Prineville, OR 97754
Main phone: 541-447-6398
Fax for records requests: 541-416-0353
Sheriff John Gautney is the sheriff named on county pages.
For a jail record not shown in the roster, the Crook County Sheriff's Office public records request form asks for the requester's contact details, requested delivery method, and a detailed description of the record. The form lists an Adult Jail Request research fee of $25 per hour. Juvenile records, active investigations, personnel or facility security issues, and other exemptions may limit release.
Crook County Jail Visits
Crook County Jail uses video visitation through Smart Communications. Visits occur every day, but the available time for a specific person depends on housing unit, classification, day-use time, approval status, and discipline status. A visitor must establish a connection request, submit a visitation application, and upload readable photo ID. If approved, the person in custody sends the visitor an invitation to accept.
| Item | Crook County Jail Rule |
|---|---|
| Visit type | Video visitation. |
| Days | Every day of the week. |
| Time range | Times vary from 6:00 am to 9:45 pm. |
| Scheduling basis | Housing units, classification, and inmate day-use time. |
| Visitor setup | Connection request and application through Smart Communications. |
| ID | Readable photo ID or driver's license must be uploaded. |
| Weekly limit | Two visits per week, 15 minutes each. |
| Custody waiting period | Visits after seven days in custody if the person is not on disciplinary restrictions. |
Visitors may be denied or removed for rule violations. The county rules prohibit food, drink, and tobacco in the Sheriff's Office lobby, unattended property in the lobby, items handed to staff for inmates, intoxication, explicit conduct, and aggressive or disruptive behavior. People on active parole or probation, listed victims, people incarcerated in the last 90 days, and minors without a legal guardian are among the groups not approved for visits.
Crook County Jail Mail
Mail, funds, and phone access are separate from the public jail roster, but they often become the next task after Crook County inmate records confirm custody. Ordinary postal mail goes to Smart Communications-Crook County Jail, Attention To: inmate name-ID number, P.O. Box 9121, Seminole, FL 33775-9121. It is scanned and made available through kiosks or tablets. Original ordinary mail is destroyed, so important originals should not be mailed.
Legal mail goes directly to Crook County Jail at 308 NE 2nd Street, Prineville, OR 97754 and must be clearly marked as legal correspondence from an allowed source such as an attorney, courthouse, governor's office, attorney general, Department of Corrections, or Parole Board. Deposits can be made through JailATM.com or the lobby kiosk. Care packs are not available, commissary orders are once per week for qualifying incarcerated people, and the jail does not accept money orders by mail.
Note: Confirm custody and the correct inmate ID before sending mail, placing funds, or scheduling a Crook County Jail visit.