Why This Site Exists
California makes many custody and court records available in some form, but a released person is often harder to trace than a person still in jail. San Mateo County uses a current-custody locator, the Sheriff's Criminal Records Bureau uses the local term booking chronology, CDCR runs CIRIS for state-prison custody, and San Mateo County Probation or CDCR parole may supervise a person after release. This site brings those release paths, search tools, and request steps into a single reference point.
What Is Included
The pages focus on release confirmation and record access, not sensational coverage.
- Help with the full released-inmate search path on the home page, plus projected release date, VINELink check, and parole and probation topics.
- Facility pages for Maguire Correctional Facility, Maple Street Correctional Center, the Transitional Housing Unit, and the Alternative Sentencing Bureau.
- Plain-language notes on the county jail locator, court records, CDCR, BOP, ICE, and VINE.
- Records-request wording for booking chronologies, release records, and booking-photo requests when those records are available.
What This Site Cannot Do
This is a privately run reference site. It is not connected with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, San Mateo County Probation, CDCR, BOP, ICE, any jail, any court, or any government agency.
- It cannot release, hold, transfer, or locate a person in real time.
- It cannot post bail, schedule visits, send money, or handle property pickup.
- It cannot give legal advice or interpret a court order for a specific case.
- It cannot guarantee that an address, phone number, fee, or public portal is current.
Only the originating sheriff, court, corrections department, or supervision office can confirm current custody, charges, release, or official records.
Search Partners
Some pages include search boxes or sponsored tools supplied by third-party providers. Those providers set their own pricing, account terms, and result rules. If a visitor chooses a paid signup through one of those tools, this site may receive a referral fee that helps keep the reference pages available. The site does not control partner pricing, partner data, or partner results.