Wasco County Inmate Population Basics
Wasco County does not publish a separate county-branded jail population list. The public jail roster for Wasco County users is the NORCOR Adults in Custody roster, which covers the Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Adult Facility in The Dalles. NORCOR serves Wasco, Hood River, Sherman, and Gilliam counties, so its current count is a facility load count for a four-county regional jail. It is useful for checking who is held now. It is not a clean Wasco-only inmate population statistic.
The distinction matters for every custody question. A person arrested by the Wasco County Sheriff's Office, The Dalles Police Department, Oregon State Police, or a federal agency may be accepted at NORCOR and appear on the regional roster. A sentenced prison term is handled by the Oregon Offender Search, not by the NORCOR table. A federal sentence, federal pretrial hold, or immigration matter may require BOP, USMS, ICE, or court channels. The roster is the first stop, but it is only one slice of the custody map.
Wasco County Inmate Population Statistics
The best current number in the research is the NORCOR adult roster count captured from the public roster. On June 25, 2026 at 15:30, the roster listed 62 adults in custody. Because NORCOR is regional, that number should be described as a NORCOR adult custody count. Official Wasco-only average daily population, adult facility capacity, annual bookings, and aggregate jail demographics were not published in the current official sources reviewed.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current NORCOR adult roster count | 62 adults in custody | NORCOR roster, 06/25/2026 15:30 |
| Wasco-only jail average daily population | Not published in reviewed official sources | Wasco/NORCOR pages reviewed June 2026 |
| NORCOR adult facility capacity | Not published in reviewed official sources | NORCOR pages reviewed June 2026 |
| Oregon DOC statewide prison custody | About 12,000 adults in custody | ODOC About, current page reviewed June 2026 |
| Oregon annual local jail bookings | At least 42,000 people booked each year | Prison Policy Initiative Oregon profile |
The public NORCOR record is strongest as a present-tense roster. It can show booking dates, lead charges, bail, and scheduled release fields. It is weaker as a statistical dataset because it does not isolate Wasco County, can include holds from outside one county, and even contained a visible training entry in the captured roster.
Wasco County Inmate Population Trends
Wasco County trend data has to be framed with limits. The research did not locate a current official Wasco-only multi-year jail-population series. The available sources instead give one regional NORCOR snapshot, statewide ODOC context, statewide jail and incarceration indicators, and program material about NORCOR reentry. That still helps readers understand scale, but it should not be turned into a local trend claim.
| Year or Date | Count or Indicator | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| 06/25/2026 15:30 | 62 | Current NORCOR adult roster count, regional and not Wasco-only. |
| 2026 current ODOC page | About 12,000 | Adults in Oregon state prison custody across 12 institutions. |
| 2015 | 63% pretrial share | Statewide Oregon jail population share from Vera context, not a Wasco-only figure. |
| 2017 | NORCOR represented four counties | Regional jail appears in Oregon justice-reinvestment material for Hood River, Gilliam, Sherman, and Wasco counties. |
Program context points to repeat custody cycling as a local concern. The Oregon Knowledge Bank NORCOR reentry project says NORCOR saw repeat offenders and supervision violators with mental-health or substance-use needs, and it describes a reentry coordinator model meant to reduce returns to jail. That is a conditions and reentry fact, not a daily population count.
Who Is in Wasco County Custody
The NORCOR adult roster may include adults from Wasco County and the partner counties, people held on new criminal charges, probation violations, parole violations, post-prison supervision sanctions, bench warrants, scheduled-release cases, and federal U.S. Marshals holds. Visible roster charge examples in the research included probation violation, post-prison supervision sanction, federal hold, burglary, sex abuse, DUII, failure to appear, assault, and trafficking in persons.
Aggregate demographics were not published in the official Wasco or NORCOR pages reviewed. The individual detail record showed age, sex, height, weight, hair, and eye fields, but it did not publish a public aggregate table by race, age band, sex, charge level, pretrial status, or Wasco-only residence. Population statements should therefore stick to what the roster and official pages actually show.
- Adult in Custody
- Oregon's term for a person held in jail or prison custody.
- Pretrial
- Custody before a case has ended or before a sentence has been imposed.
- Post-prison sanction
- Custody tied to supervision after a person has served an Oregon prison sentence.
- Federal hold - USM
- A U.S. Marshals custody hold that may appear at NORCOR even when the case is federal.
Wasco County Inmate Population Laws
Oregon public-records and jail laws explain why some custody information is public and why other material is limited. The Wasco County Sheriff's Records Division says public access is handled under Oregon Public Records Law, but it also warns that reports may not be releasable until a criminal case is closed or adjudicated. NORCOR has a separate public-information path for NORCOR records.
Key Oregon rules:
ORS 192.311 to 192.478 governs Oregon public records, including access, exemptions, fees, and response duties.
ORS 169.076 requires local correctional facilities to maintain standards for staffing, supervision, policies, and operations.
ORS 133.870 restricts booking-photo release, so a public roster record is not the same as a public mugshot gallery.
OAR 291 Division 27 covers death-related duties for adults in custody in the state corrections context.
These rules support a practical order of operations. Check the current roster first. If the information is not online, use a written records request with the proper custodian. If the case is pending, expect limits. If the person has moved from jail to prison, use ODOC instead of asking NORCOR to supply prison-custody records.
Wasco County and State Prison
ODOC is the statewide prison system, not a Wasco County jail. Its official pages state that Oregon has 12 state institutions, about 12,000 adults in custody, more than 4,400 employees, and service coverage across all 36 counties. The prison-location page did not place a state prison in Wasco County. That means a Wasco County arrest may begin at NORCOR, but a later state-prison sentence is searched through the ODOC locator.
Wasco County Community Corrections also fits into the post-sentence picture. The county page describes community corrections as a partnership with ODOC that supervises probation, local control, and post-prison cases. A person may move from jail to court, from court to state prison, or from state prison to community supervision, and each step may have a different record keeper.
Wasco County Roster Screenshot
The NORCOR Adults in Custody page is the live current-roster source for the regional adult jail used by Wasco County.
The screenshot shows why the lookup is closer to browsing a current table than using a search form: the page has a timestamp, count, booking dates, charges, bail, and scheduled-release fields.
Search Wasco County Inmate Population
Start with NORCOR for current regional jail custody. The sheriff's public "How Do I?" material says Northern Oregon Corrections is the jail for Wasco County and points users to the NORCOR website or 541-298-1576. There is no current Wasco-only jail roster. Use browser find on the roster page, then open the person row for detail.
- Open the NORCOR Adults in Custody roster.
- Check the date, time, and inmate count at the top before relying on the table.
- Browse the list or use the browser find command for the person's name.
- Open the row to see the public detail record, including booking number, bail, charges, and dispositions.
- If the person is not listed, call NORCOR, use Wasco Sheriff Records, check ODOC, and then try federal or ICE locators as facts require.
For deeper booking-record questions, the Wasco County jail inmate records page explains the roster fields and fallback channels in more detail.
Wasco County Jail Roster Lookup
The NORCOR roster is a table, not a name-search form. Each row has a number, image column, name, booking date, charges, bail, and scheduled release. The inspected detail page displayed a no-photo placeholder, file number, arrest date, booking number, age, sex, physical descriptors, total bond, total bail, Telmate fee estimates, and charge/disposition rows.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time | Page metadata | n/a | Shows when the current roster was generated. |
| Inmate count | Page metadata | n/a | Current NORCOR adult table count, not a Wasco-only statistic. |
| Name | Clickable table row | n/a | Use browser find because the page has no search box. |
| Booking Date | Roster column | n/a | Shows booking date in MM/DD/YYYY format. |
| Charges | Roster column | n/a | Lead charge, warrant, supervision sanction, or hold. |
| Bail | Roster column | n/a | May be blank; NORCOR notes Telmate fees can apply. |
| Scheduled Release | Roster column | n/a | Shown only when a date is posted. |
Past Wasco County Inmate Records
The current NORCOR table is not an archive. If a person has been released, transferred, or sentenced, the public roster may no longer answer the question. NORCOR Public Information accepts requests in person, by mail, email, or fax. The Wasco County Sheriff's Records Division accepts written public records requests by email, fax, hand delivery, or mail for sheriff records and police reports outside The Dalles city limits.
Pending cases can limit what is released. The sheriff records page says that if criminal charges exist, a report will not be releasable until the case is closed or adjudicated. For incidents inside The Dalles, the sheriff page routes police-report questions to The Dalles Police Department. For formal court charges, use the Oregon Judicial Department records search and Wasco County Circuit Court.
Wasco County Jail vs Prison
Jail and prison lookups answer different questions. NORCOR is the regional jail for current local custody and holds. ODOC is the state prison system for sentenced prison custody. Federal BOP, USMS, and ICE systems cover separate federal or immigration custody.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Current regional jail custody | NORCOR Adults in Custody roster | Recent bookings, local charges, bail, scheduled release, USMS holds listed at NORCOR. |
| Oregon state prison custody | Oregon Offender Search | Adults sentenced to ODOC prison custody after court action. |
| Federal prison sentence | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Adults in ICE custody or CBP custody more than 48 hours. |
State and Federal Search
The Oregon Offender Search accepts first, middle, last, and SID fields. ODOC says partial names may be used and an asterisk can fill unknown portions. For federal custody, the BOP locator searches federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE ODLS uses either A-number and country or biographical data with country of birth.
A federal hold can still appear on the NORCOR roster. The research captured a "FEDERAL HOLD - USM" example, which means a person may be physically held at NORCOR under federal authority. That does not make BOP or ICE locators mugshot galleries, and it does not mean NORCOR controls federal case records.
Wasco County Detention Facilities
The facility map has two detention buildings in The Dalles. The adult facility is the primary custody source for the site's inmate-population and roster pages. The juvenile facility is included because it is a separate detention building, but juvenile records are restricted and should not be treated like adult public jail records.
- Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Adult Facility holds adults from the regional member counties, local charges, supervision sanctions, scheduled releases, and some federal holds.
- Northern Oregon Regional Corrections Juvenile Detention Facility is a secure juvenile detention facility at a separate Webber Street address, with public-record access far more limited than adult custody.
Wasco County Records Fallbacks
The Wasco County Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Lane Magill and maintains the records path for sheriff reports. Its Records Division cites Oregon Public Records Law and accepts written requests by email to sheriff@wascocountyor.gov, fax to 541-506-2581, hand delivery to 511 Washington Street, Suite 102, The Dalles, or mail to the same office. Records questions use 541-506-2580.
NORCOR Public Information is the custodian route for NORCOR facility records and accepts requests through NORCOR Administration at 201 Webber Street, The Dalles, by email to inquiries@norcor.co.wasco.or.us, or by fax to 541-298-1082. VINELink is available through Oregon victim-notification resources and NORCOR's victim-notification path for custody-notice registration.
Wasco County Court Path
An arrest and booking entry is not the same as the formal court case. The Wasco County District Attorney reviews investigative reports, decides whether prosecution is required, presents evidence to the grand jury when appropriate, and represents the State of Oregon in Wasco County Circuit Court. The court record is where filed charges, case events, dispositions, and judgments should be verified.
Wasco County Circuit Court is at 511 Washington Street in The Dalles, with phone 541-506-2700. Oregon Judicial Department offers free basic records search, OJCIN Online for registered users, and courthouse access terminals for most cases. For the arrest-to-charge sequence, use Wasco County court records after a jail arrest.
Wasco County Custody Services
NORCOR's local pages provide several practical custody services. Video visitation through Telmate/GettingOut is the main visit path. Lobby local video visits are listed Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., while remote visits are listed Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. In-person friend and family visits require at least 30 days in custody, an AIC request, sergeant approval, and scheduling through administration.
Phone calls are collect through Telmate, and NORCOR says no incoming calls are accepted. Personal mail moved to TextBehind digital processing beginning September 1, 2023, while legal, confidential, publisher, and approved direct mail have separate rules. Money and property pages describe GettingOut/Telmate deposits, JailATM care packs, outsideinside.com gift boxes, property-release limits, and medical-item approval rules.
Wasco County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Wasco County inmate population? The current official Wasco-only jail count was not published in the reviewed sources. The captured NORCOR adult roster count was 62 adults in custody on June 25, 2026 at 15:30, but that was a regional NORCOR count.
Is there a Wasco County Jail roster? Public county materials point users to NORCOR, not to a separate Wasco-only jail roster. Use the NORCOR Adults in Custody table first and call 541-298-1576 if a recent arrest is not listed.
Why are mugshots missing? The inspected NORCOR roster and detail sample used no-photo placeholders. Oregon law restricts booking-photo release, so public access to a roster does not mean public access to pre-conviction mugshots.
Does The Dalles Police app search inmates? No inmate lookup or warrant search was documented for The Dalles PD app. The app and tip411 path are for anonymous tips, alerts, crime map content, and police web or social material.
What if a person is sentenced to prison? Search ODOC. A person may leave NORCOR's current roster after sentencing or transfer and appear later in Oregon Offender Search after state intake and classification.
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