The City of Seattle has a jail roster on its website. You can browse the roster by the following options in the inmate lookup system:

• Everyone in custody

• Released in the last 24 hours

• Booked in the last 48 hours

• Booked in the last 24 hours

You will be able to search for an inmate at Seattle City Jail by the inmate’s last name. You can narrow your search with the following information:

• Inmate’s First Name

• Date Of Birth

• Gender

You will be able to see the inmates information including custody status, charges, bail, visiting schedule and release type. The Seattle City Jail roster is generally updated every 10 minutes so the information is not in real time.

Mail is returned to sender if it requires to have extra postage. Please keep mail the size of a business envelope or smaller or it will be returned to the sender.

Inmates at Seattle City Jail are not allowed to receive the following items in the mail:

• Money

• Money Orders

• Prohibited Pictures

• Stationary

• Stickers

• Other Prohibited Items

Most of the time inmates need money to make purchases from the commissary where they can buy day to day life items.

JPay and Western Union are services that are accepted at Seattle City Jail to transfer funds electronically to an inmate’s account.

If you would like more information about funding an inmate’s account you can call the jail at 206-787-3490.

Inmates at Seattle City Jail are allowed to make collect phone calls to loved ones, however, they are not allowed to receive phone calls. When an inmate makes a collect call the individual receiving the call is the one responsible for the charges that are associated with the call.

Before you will be allowed to visit the inmate at Seattle City Jail, you will need to fill out a visitors list information with your full name, date of birth, address and telephone number.

Be sure to have your valid government-issued photo identification card with you. Children under the age of 18 are required to be accompanied by a legal guardian. The legal guardian needs to have documentation proving their guardianship.

Visiting Hours at Seattle City Jail are determined by the inmate’s last name.

VISITATION HOURS

• Monday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

• Tuesday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

• Wednesday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

• Thursday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

• Friday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

• Saturday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

• Sunday

  9:00 AM to 6:00 PM