Fresno County North Annex Jail Overview
Fresno County North Annex Jail is operated by the Fresno County Sheriff-Coroner's Office at 1265 M Street, Fresno, CA 93721. It is a county adult detention annex, not a court record system, state prison, or federal facility. The Sheriff's jail overview says the North Annex was built in 1993 and is part of the current downtown jail system with Main Jail and West Annex Jail. People held in this system may include pre-trial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, and people moving through court, release, classification, or transfer steps.
The North Annex address needs special care because Fresno Superior Court also lists Jail Annex criminal departments at 1265 M Street, with court phone (559) 457-2000. Court departments 95 and 96 are court business, not jail housing lookup. For custody status, use the Sheriff's Inmate Info Center or jail information phone numbers. For hearing calendars, filings, and public case information, use Fresno Superior Court resources.
The Sheriff's system-wide overview is available from the official Fresno County jail overview page.
The overview confirms that the North Annex is part of the broader jail system, so building-specific custody details should be verified through the roster and jail information line.
Fresno County North Annex Jail Capacity and Population
The research did not locate a separate current rated-capacity figure for North Annex alone. The Sheriff's jail overview gives the combined open-floor capacity for Fresno County's jail system as 2,427, and the live jail population statistics showed 2,428 total people in the jail system as of May 31, 2026 at 6:40:54 AM. Those are system-wide numbers and should not be assigned entirely to North Annex.
North Annex capacity should be discussed in relation to the downtown jail system unless Fresno County publishes a building-specific figure. Public roster profiles may show housing-location codes, and a sample profile reviewed in the research displayed a code beginning with NJ. Without an official legend, do not decode exact floor, pod, or cell meaning from those abbreviations. Use the code as a prompt to call Inmate Info if the specific housing assignment matters for visiting, release planning, or delivery timing.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Fresno County North Annex Jail
The correct lookup path for North Annex is the Fresno Sheriff Inmate Info Center. There is no North Annex-only public roster. The search covers people in Fresno County sheriff custody and may show booking number, Jail Identification Number or Person ID, charges, bail, housing location, arresting agency, projected release information if known, and a VINE link for custody-status notifications.
- Open the Fresno Sheriff Inmate Info Center or the Sheriff's current in-custody A-Z application.
- Search by booking number if known, or use last name and first name in the name fields.
- Review the housing-location field, but avoid decoding abbreviations beyond what the Sheriff officially explains.
- Call Inmate Info at (559) 600-8600 or (559) 475-9491 when a housing assignment, release, or visiting issue is unclear.
The legacy search form is documented in the official Inmate Info Center search page.
The form is countywide. It is the right route for North Annex custody, while CDCR CIRIS and the BOP locator serve state and federal custody.
Fresno County North Annex Jail Address and Contact
For jail custody questions, use the Sheriff's jail information contacts. For court departments at the same address, use the Fresno Superior Court contact information. Mixing the two can lead to wrong directions: the court can answer court-business questions, while the jail information line handles custody, housing, visiting, and release-status issues within the sheriff system.
Fresno County North Annex Jail
1265 M Street
Fresno, CA 93721
Inmate Info: (559) 600-8600 or (559) 475-9491
Watch Commander: (559) 600-8440
Court departments at this address: Fresno Superior Court Jail Annex, (559) 457-2000
Visiting Someone at Fresno County North Annex Jail
North Annex visiting follows Fresno County Sheriff's general visiting rules plus the North Annex schedule on the Sheriff's visiting schedule page. Visits are 30 minutes and first come first served. Only two visitors are allowed for each incarcerated person, and one may be a qualifying minor. Adult visitors need proper picture identification, and visitors must pass through a metal detector and may be searched. Medical or disability assistive devices are allowed when needed, but they are subject to inspection.
Visitors should not bring personal items into the visiting area. The Sheriff's rules ban purses, backpacks, cameras, cell phones, food, beverages, cigarettes, weapons, strollers, and car seats or carriers. A cell phone violation can trigger a 90-day visiting ban, and repeat violations may lead to prosecution and permanent expulsion. Visiting can also be denied or stopped for inappropriate clothing, false identification, intoxication, refusal to search, attempted contraband, disruption, or rule violations.
North Annex schedule details are posted on the official Fresno County jail visiting schedule page.
Check the North Annex portion of the schedule before traveling, because the Sheriff publishes separate schedule images for the jail buildings.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Use current North Annex schedule | In-person social visiting, when available |
| Wednesday | Use current North Annex schedule | In-person social visiting, when available |
| Friday | Use current North Annex schedule | In-person social visiting, when available |
| Saturday | Use current North Annex schedule | In-person social visiting, when available |
| Sunday | Use current North Annex schedule | In-person social visiting, when available |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Fresno County North Annex Jail
North Annex uses the Fresno County Jail money and commissary system. A money account is opened when a person is booked, and deposits can be made through TouchPay kiosks in jail lobbies, online at TouchPay, or by phone at (866) 232-1899. Online and phone deposits require facility number 293721 and the person's booking number. Because the booking number is required, confirm the person's record through the roster before trying to deposit funds.
Commissary orders are weekly. Basic hygiene and writing supplies are issued at intake, and an indigent package is available weekly on request for people without funds. The weekly combined commissary and internet purchase cap is $175 unless the person is on disciplinary status. MyCarePack gift packages are available and distributed on the person's scheduled delivery day. Official mail and phone pages exist in the Sheriff's jail navigation, but exact current mail format and phone pricing were not captured in the research, so use the official pages rather than relying on old instructions.
The Sheriff's commissary page describes supplies, MyCarePack, and the weekly spending cap.
For North Annex, the key practical step is matching the deposit or package order to the correct booking number from the county roster.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Use the Sheriff's current incarcerated-person mail page for the current format. |
| Phone / Video | Use the Sheriff's telephone and contacting pages for current rules. |
| Money Deposit | TouchPay kiosk, online, or (866) 232-1899; facility number 293721 and booking number required. |
Booking and Intake at Fresno County North Annex Jail
North Annex housing is part of the broader Fresno County jail intake and classification system. After booking, people may receive medical screening, disability accommodation review, classification assessment, and housing placement based on objective risk factors. The research notes that Population Management considers violence, criminal history, previous escapes, and institutional behavior. Classification concerns can be submitted through an Incarcerated Person Request Form.
A roster profile can change as a person moves through booking, court, housing, release, or transfer. If the person has a court appearance at the Jail Annex criminal departments, that court setting is separate from the jail's housing assignment. Fresno Superior Court records are the route for case status, while the Sheriff roster is the route for current custody and booking information.
About Fresno County North Annex Jail
North Annex is one reason Fresno's jail campus can be confusing to visitors. It shares the downtown justice area with Main Jail, West Annex, sheriff offices, and court locations. The Sheriff's overview identifies North Annex as a jail building constructed in 1993, but the court system also uses the Jail Annex label for criminal departments at the same street address. For public use, that means every errand should begin with the right agency: custody and visiting with the Sheriff, case information with the court.
Fresno's jail system also operates under long-running capacity controls. The Sheriff's overview states that a federal consent decree has controlled how many people may be held since 1993 and that each incarcerated person must have a bed. When population is near system capacity, housing assignments and visiting logistics can be especially important to confirm before travel.
Note: Confirm custody, schedule, and whether your destination is jail visiting or court business before going to 1265 M Street.