Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility Overview
Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility is a Type I municipal jail or holding facility at 945 5th Street, Los Banos, CA 93635. It is operated by the Los Banos Police Department, not by the Merced County Sheriff's Office. Research from the official Los Banos jail policy describes a rated capacity of eight persons and a layout that includes sobering cells, adult male and female holding cells, and juvenile temporary secure holding.
This facility needs careful wording because it is not a full substitute for the Merced County Sheriff's Main Jail or John Latorraca Correctional Center. A person arrested by Los Banos Police may be held briefly in the city facility, then moved into the county sheriff jail system for continued detention, court processing, housing, release, or transfer. The 2024-2025 Civil Grand Jury also noted that arrestees from several Merced County agencies, including Los Banos, are transported to the Merced County Main Jail rather than remaining in inspected city holding facilities.
The city police department's official page is at Los Banos Police Department. The county roster is the Merced County Sheriff Public Services inmate inquiry. The sheriff roster's Housing Facility dropdown includes L.B POLICE HOLDING, which is why this city holding facility belongs in the facility map even though it is not long-term county jail housing.
Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility Capacity and Population
The official Los Banos jail policy describes the facility as rated for eight persons. No live daily population feed or annual average population table for this city holding facility was captured in the research. Because the facility is designed for short-term holding, capacity should not be compared to the Merced County jail system's 753 rated beds at the Main Jail and JLCC.
For practical searches, the more important question is not how many people the city facility can hold. It is whether the person is still in short-term Los Banos police custody, has already been transported to the sheriff's Main Jail or JLCC, or has been released or cited. That is why the lookup path uses both city police contacts and the county public roster.
How to Look Up Someone Connected to Los Banos Police Holding
Start with the Merced County sheriff roster if the person may have moved into county custody. The Housing Facility dropdown may show L.B POLICE HOLDING, but the roster is still a sheriff public-services system, not a separate Los Banos long-term jail roster. The Los Banos Police Department official page also links Citizen RIMS, but no separate city inmate-roster field inventory was captured in the research, so it should not be presented as a confirmed inmate lookup replacement.
- Call Los Banos Police dispatch if the arrest or holding event is very recent.
- Search the Merced County inmate inquiry by name, booking number, or subject number.
- Use the Housing Facility option for L.B POLICE HOLDING only as a narrowing tool.
- If the person is moved, look for Main Jail or JLCC custody and confirm with the sheriff facility phone.
For county custody after a Los Banos arrest, the same booking profile can show booking history, charges, court date, bond fields, scheduled release date, and custody status. For police reports or incident information that is not shown in the sheriff roster, use the city police records route or the Sheriff's Records Bureau only when the record belongs to the sheriff's office.
Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility Address and Contact
Use the city police phone numbers for immediate questions about short-term Los Banos holding. Use Merced County sheriff facility phones once a person has been transported to the Main Jail or JLCC. This distinction matters because the city holding facility is not where long-term county jail visitation, county commissary deposits, or county classification decisions normally happen.
Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility
945 5th Street
Los Banos, CA 93635
Dispatch: (209) 827-7070 ext. 0
Administration: (209) 827-2545
Visiting Someone at Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility
The research does not support treating this facility like the Merced County adult jail visiting schedule. Los Banos Police holding is short-term. A person may be released, cited, transferred, or moved into the sheriff system before ordinary family visiting would make sense. For that reason, call Los Banos Police first if the person was just arrested, then call the sheriff facility if the county roster shows Main Jail or JLCC custody.
| Situation | What to Do | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Very recent Los Banos arrest | Call dispatch or administration for current routing | Police holding check |
| County roster shows L.B POLICE HOLDING | Confirm whether the person remains at the city facility or is being transferred | Short-term custody check |
| County roster shows Main Jail or JLCC | Follow Merced County adult jail visitor approval and housing-unit schedule | County jail visitation |
Mail, Phone, and Money for Los Banos Police Holding
Do not use Merced County jail commissary instructions as if they automatically apply while a person is still in Los Banos Police holding. The TouchPay/GTL Site ID 295340 belongs to Merced County adult jail funds for sheriff custody. It is useful only after the person is accepted into the county jail system and has the identifying information needed for deposits.
If the person is transferred to the Main Jail or JLCC, use the county's Inmate Funds page for TouchPay/GTL deposits and confirm custody first. If the question is about property, release, citation, or a short-term police hold before transfer, contact Los Banos Police directly. No official city mail, phone, commissary, or deposit schedule for this holding facility was captured in the research.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | No separate public mail format confirmed for short-term city holding |
| Phone / Video | Use Los Banos Police contacts for short-term custody questions |
| Money Deposit | Use Merced County TouchPay/GTL only after sheriff custody is confirmed |
Booking and Transfer After a Los Banos Arrest
A Los Banos arrest can produce several different outcomes. The person may be held briefly at the city facility, released, cited, moved to the Merced County Sheriff's Main Jail, or routed to JLCC after classification. Once the sheriff system creates a booking record, the New World inmate inquiry may show booking number, booking date, prisoner type, total bond amount, total bail amount, scheduled release date, court table, and charges table.
Classification and county housing decisions belong to the sheriff's adult jail system, not to the city holding facility. The Merced jail handbook says that after booking is completed and continued custody is determined, the person is scheduled for a classification interview. That interview can consider safety, behavior, age, gender identity, health needs, seriousness of charges, and other factors before housing is assigned.
About Los Banos Police Department Jail Facility
This page exists because Los Banos Police holding is a real local custody category and because the sheriff roster itself recognizes L.B POLICE HOLDING as a housing-facility option. The important limitation is just as important as the facility name: this is an eight-person Type I city holding facility, not a long-term county correctional center. Adult county custody usually belongs to the sheriff's Main Jail or JLCC, juvenile custody has different confidentiality rules, and federal prisoners at USP Atwater are searched through BOP.
Note: Confirm whether the person is still in city holding or has moved into sheriff custody before arranging travel or funds.