This is a private reference site, not a Whitman County government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or retrieve an official booking record. For those actions, use the official agency or locator that maintains the record.
Where to Direct a Whitman County Custody Question
Whitman County Jail
411 N Mill Street
Colfax, WA 99111
Jail and inmate information: 509-397-5585
Whitman County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Brett Myers
Phone: 509-397-6266
Public hours: 8 am to 4 pm
Whitman County Government
400 N Main Street
Colfax, WA 99111
Main phone: 509-397-4622
For written public-records requests, Whitman County maintains a request page at whitmancounty.gov/527/Public-Records-Requests. Washington's Public Records Act is chapter 42.56 RCW, but court records are handled outside the county PRA request route.
- For someone believed to be in the Whitman County Jail, start with jail inmate records and the county roster at whitmancountyjail.org.
- For booking-photo questions, use the jail roster mugshots page and confirm availability with the jail or records custodian.
- For criminal charges or filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest; court records do not move through the county PRA request page.
- For facility-specific details, use the Whitman County Jail page and then confirm visit, mail, and release details with the jail.
- For a sentenced Washington prisoner, use the Washington Department of Corrections incarcerated search at doc.wa.gov/records/incarcerated-data-search/incarcerated-search.
- For federal custody, use the BOP locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at locator.ice.gov. Washington VINE is available at vinelink.vineapps.com/state/WA/ENGLISH or 877-846-3492.