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Detention Bureau

Captain Richard Hodges Main Phone: (775) 328-2971

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DETENTION BUREAU

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office operates the only adult detention facility for pretrial detainees within Washoe County. The Washoe County Detention Facility currently accepts detainees from over thirty law enforcement agencies, including those at the local, state and federal levels.

The inmate population level maintains a range of 1000+ inmates. The Sheriff’s Office continues to strive to reduce the inmate population with innovative and proactive inmate release programs. These programs include court-sponsored pretrial releases, house arrest and community-based work programs which are coordinated through the Sheriff’s Office.

In 1999, one of the housing units was remodeled to accommodate inmates with special needs. Mental health workers and Sheriff’s Deputies staff this extended medical treatment unit. This new unit helps treat those inmates with special needs who cannot or should not be housed in general population.

Designed as one of the first direct-supervision detention facilities in the nation, the Washoe County Detention Facility has become a model facility for jails in the United States. The detention facility is routinely used as an example for other governmental agencies that are planning to construct new jails. Additionally, due to the proximity of the National Judicial College on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno, the facility functions as a stop for judges throughout the world. The facility has also served as host to governmental and social dignitaries from around the world.