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1100 West Mallon
Spokane, WA
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Detention Services

Our Mission

The Spokane County Sheriff's Office Detention Services Bureau will ensure the safety of the community by managing safe, secure, humane, and fiscally responsible institutions for inmate housing.

Our Goals

  • Maintain compliance with all local, county, state, and federal laws and standards.
  • To encourage our employees to provide input, to participate in problem solving and decision making; and to share responsibility for the implementation and accountability for outcomes of decisions.
  • Develop cost-effective programs and alternatives to incarceration in cooperation with staff, the support of the community and the Criminal Justice System.

Inmate Information

By selecting from the topics listed on the left you can learn a great deal about the Detention Services system and the programs and services available to inmates. In most cases your questions about mail, visiting, phone calls, and more can be answered by visiting these pages.

If you cannot find the information you need you may call:
Spokane County Jail 509-477-2278 or
Geiger Corrections Center 509-477-3259

  Detention Services Commander Captain John McGrath 
Detention Services Commander
Captain John McGrath