Yakima County, WA Jail and Prison System

YAKIMA County has 759 jails with an average daily population of 326 inmates with a total of 838 jail population. When breaking down the YAKIMA County jail population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners and make 14% with 121 female and 672 male inmates.

How Does Yakima County Inmate Search Work?

Yakima County inmate records are public files that anyone can acquire easily. The Freedom of Information Act governs the rules regarding Yakima county inmate records which provide a lot of useful insights about a person.

Yakima County Parole and Probation

Yakima County Parole

Parole is when an incarcerated person is allowed to leave their sentence early because they have followed the rules while serving their time. A parole board rules on who gets to receive parole and who does not. You can review Yakima county parole records and find out a lot about a parolee . Some things contained in the Yakima county parole files may be information about their punishment and their crimes. You might also get to review details about where they were held and the terms of their parole.

Yakima County Probation

Along with those parolees that have been released, you might also be able to review Yakima county probation records detailing men and women who were not incarcerated but instead was put on probation. Probation does not come without some rules . Probationers must see a probation officer once a week plus follow other rules. Typically,Yakima county criminal records will show the criminal’s crimes, their probationary sentence, and the ruling justice department details who sentenced them. Along with that facts , you may see images , fingerprints, physical details about the probationer , and other details.

Yakima County Booking

Yakima county bookings are also helpful when looking for stats on whether or not a stranger has been arrested. When a perpetrator is arrested, the officer fills out paperwork and then holds them in a incarceration cell , which essentially becomes their Yakima county booking record. It may also include things like fingerprints, photos , physical details, their name, and address, officer in charge , the details of the crime, the location, and any trucks that were involved. The general public has the ability to get a copy of someone’s Yakima county booking records without any type of approval .

Yakima County Incarceration Statistics

Over the past 45 years, the incarceration rate in YAKIMA County has increased by 462% going from 149 inmates yearly to 838 inmates.

Even though women are the fastest growing group of inmates in YAKIMA County, men still make up the vast majority of inmates admitted to prison each year - nearly rate of 871 per 100,000 U.S residents yearly across the county.

Inmate Population and Incarceration Rates in Yakima County, WA

YAKIMA County has th highest jail incarceration rate across Washington, yet from the total of 759 inmates only 838 are currently confined, the rest 3,009 are pretrial inmates and are awaiting trial, being tried, or awaiting a verdict.

Yakima County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2010-2015 years

Yakima County Incarceration Statistics by Gender

In YAKIMA County, males are incarcerated in jail at a rate of 1,282 per 100,000 male U.S. residents, which is nearly 5 times more than female incarceration rate, of 159 per 100,000 female U.S. residents. From 2010 to 2015, the male incarceration rate increased by 32%, while the female incarceration rate grew by 17%.

Yakima County Female Population, Rate & Count for 2010-2015 years

Yakima County Male Population, Rate & Count for 2010-2015 years

Breaking Down Yakima County Inmates By Race

In YAKIMA County, white people are incarcerated in jail on average at a rate of 480 per 100,000 white U.S. residents, which is higher by 84% from incarceration rate of black people. From 2010 to 2015, the incarceration rate of black people declined by 60%, going from 7,581 to 3,009 per 100,000 black U.S. residents. The Hispanic incarceration rate in YAKIMA County is on average at a rate of 585 per 100,000 Hispanic U.S. residents, while the Asian incarceration rate has an average rate of 1,687 per 100,000 asian people U.S. residents making only 234 from incarceration rate in YAKIMA County.

Yakima County Incarceration Rates by Race, for 2010-2015 years

Yakima County Prisons and Jails

Yakima County Sheriff Offices and Police Departments