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Island County Jail Roster

The official Island County Jail Roster is the main online path for adult jail custody. It is published by the county through a Power BI government embedded report and is tied to the Island County Jail at 503 N Main Street in Coupeville. The adult jail is operated by the Island County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division under Sheriff Rick Felici. County research identifies Jose Briones as Chief Jail Administrator, with jail phone lines at 360-679-7317 and 360-679-7324.

The roster page has linked views or pages for the current jail roster, Recent Bookings, and Recent Releases. It also links the WA VINE desktop person search and VINELink mobile apps for custody notification. The county states that data is refreshed every 3 hours starting at midnight. A person arrested, released, bonded, transferred, or moved shortly before a search may not appear exactly as expected until the next refresh cycle.

The official Island County Jail Roster page is the source for the county's live adult custody report.

The roster page is the correct first source for adult county jail records, but the same person may later require a DOC, court, federal, immigration, or public-records search.

Use Island County Roster

The county roster does not behave like a simple statewide name box in the static source material. It loads as a Power BI report. Searchers should let the report load, use the full-screen view when needed, and check recent booking or release reports when current custody has changed. The roster is free and no public login requirement was visible in the static county page capture.

1. Open the official Island County Jail Roster page on the county website.
2. Let the Power BI report load before deciding the person is not listed.
3. Use the county's full-screen Power BI link if the embedded report is difficult to read.
4. Check the current roster first for adult jail custody at Island County Jail.
5. Check Recent Bookings if the arrest just happened or intake may still be new.
6. Check Recent Releases if the person recently left custody or no longer appears in the current roster view.
7. Call the jail at 360-679-7317 or 360-679-7324 when the event may have happened between roster refreshes.

Note: The adult jail roster does not cover youth held at the Island County Juvenile Detention Center.

Island County Search Fields

Research did not confirm row-level roster field labels because the embedded Power BI report did not expose its records in the static capture. That means the safest field inventory is an access-point table rather than a made-up name-search form. The confirmed items are the roster report, Recent Bookings, Recent Releases, VINE links, and full-screen Power BI link. The official bail page confirms that full name, charge, and bond amount can be located in the roster section for bonding-agent use.

The county's Recent Bookings page is a separate roster-section view for new jail intake events.

Recent Bookings helps bridge the gap between arrest and the next current-roster refresh.

Island County Record Fields

An Island County inmate record should be read with confirmed limits. The bail page confirms full name, charge, and bond amount as roster-section information. RCW 70.48.100 requires a public jail register with each confined person's name, time, date, and cause of confinement, plus discharge time, date, and manner. Static research did not verify mugshots, booking numbers, court dates, housing unit, or arresting agency fields in the Power BI report, so those details should not be assumed.

For booking photos, the more specific records path is covered by the Island County jail mugshots page, because Washington law treats booking-photo access differently from the public jail register.

Island County Access Channels

Every access channel has a narrow job. The online roster is first for adult county jail custody. The jail phone lines are the fallback for timing, spelling, and refresh issues. In-person help may involve the Island County Jail for jail inquiries or the Sheriff's Office at the Law and Justice Building for business-hour records matters. Public-records requests go through the Sheriff's Office public records page or county NextRequest portal. VINE is for custody status and notification, not a full jail file.

• Roster: official Island County Jail Roster, refreshed every 3 hours.
• Recent reports: Recent Bookings and Recent Releases for changed custody status.
• Phone: 360-679-7317, 360-679-7324, sheriff main line 360-679-7310, or Sheriff's administrative office 360-678-4422.
• In person: Island County Jail at 503 N Main Street or Sheriff's Office at 101 NE 6th Street in Coupeville, depending on the request.
• Records request: Sheriff's Office records page or NextRequest, selecting "Sheriff Office" for sheriff and jail records.
• Notifications: WA VINE desktop search, VINELink iOS app, and VINELink Android app; no Island County Sheriff inmate lookup app was found.
• Other systems: Washington DOC, WSP WATCH, BOP, and ICE when the county roster is not the right source.

The Sheriff's Office public records request page gives the county-specific records route for sheriff and jail material.

A records request is useful for historical or specific jail material, but it does not make confidential jail records public.

County State Federal Records

The Island County jail roster covers pretrial and sentenced adult local jail custody. It should not be described as a state prison locator. Once a person moves into state prison custody, the correct system is the Washington DOC incarcerated search. DOC results show DOC Number, Name, Age, and Location in the researched sample. No DOC prison is physically located in Island County, though DOC has a community field office in Oak Harbor for supervision services.

Federal and immigration custody are separate. BOP states that its inmate locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to present. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System can locate a person in current ICE custody or CBP custody for more than 48 hours, using A-number or biographical search. WSP WATCH is different again: it is a fee-based Washington conviction criminal history source, not a real-time jail or prison locator.

Note: A federal, DOC, or ICE hold can affect release even when a local bond appears on the county jail record.

Island County Jail Facilities

Island County detention facilities sit next to the law-and-justice campus in Coupeville, but they serve different populations. The adult jail is the roster facility. The juvenile detention center handles youth detention and juvenile-court matters, so it should not be searched through the adult jail roster. The two facility links below keep those record paths separate.

Island County Booking Process

Adult booking may begin with arrest by the Island County Sheriff's Office, Oak Harbor Police, Washington State Patrol, or another authorized agency. After arrest, the person may be transported to Island County Jail if the adult jail accepts the booking. The DOC Jail Bed Rate Study reported that limited capacity has caused booking limits, with misdemeanants rarely booked and the facility primarily accommodating felons. That local fact can explain why a lower-level case may show in court records without a long jail stay.

Intake typically involves identity checks, property inventory, safety and medical screening, and creation of a booking or jail-register entry. RCW 70.48.100 requires a timely public jail register. The roster may then update after the county's 3-hour refresh cycle. Property and mail rules add useful detail: rejected mail and removed items are placed in the inmate's property, personal checks mailed to the jail are placed in the property box rather than the inmate account, and remaining account funds are returned upon release.

After booking, the court path controls charges, bond, and release conditions. Oak Harbor's official criminal-case process says a case begins when a complaint or citation is filed with the court. Felony cases go through the Island County Prosecuting Attorney and Superior Court, while misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors may be in District or Municipal Court depending on the charge and location. For filed charges after jail intake, use Island County court records after jail arrest.

Island County Jail Visits

Island County Jail visitation is public, rotational, and last-name based. The jail permits one 30-minute visit per schedule session. Visitors from outside Whidbey Island may receive one 45-minute visit, but off-island visitors are told to coordinate with the inmate because only one session per day is allowed. Visitors need photo identification, must complete a visitation form, and submit it to the Main Control Deputy. No jail visitation occurs on county holidays.

The county's jail visiting page is the source for the last-name schedule and visitor rules.

Visit planning should happen after custody is confirmed because release, transfer, or a single daily visit session can change the practical options.

Contact Island County Inmates

Mail to the adult jail must use the inmate's name, Island County Jail, 1 NE 7th Street, Coupeville, WA 98239. Incoming letters must have a name and return address or they will not be delivered. Mail is opened and inspected for contraband. Legal mail from or to attorneys, courts, or elected federal, state, county, tribal, or city officials is inspected in the inmate's presence. Books, magazines, and newspapers are accepted only directly from a publisher, book club, or retailer through the mail, and hard cover books are not accepted.

Phone service uses CIDNET. Family and friends must create an account, wait for facility profile review, and fund the account after approval. Verification requires a State ID or Passport, and accounts without a completed profile and attached ID for review will not be activated. These phone rules are separate from the jail roster. Confirm custody first, then set up communication through the approved vendor.

Island County Inmate Funds

Island County allows inmates to hold money on account for purchases such as commissary items. Certified checks or money orders are preferred because they speed availability. They should be made payable to Island County Inmate Trust acct FBO with the inmate name, and the reference line should indicate the inmate name and inmate number when known. Cash or money may be delivered during visiting sessions to the main control deputy at the conclusion of a visit, with a receipt.

Personal checks are not placed into the inmate account. They are put directly into the inmate property box and returned on release. Commissary ordering uses Trinity Services SECUREPAK, also identified as Access Securepak by Trinity Services Group, for approved food, hygiene, writing, and common-use items.