General Info

The mission of the Yuma County Sheriff s Office Detention Center is to provide for the secure and humane detention of people who are arrested, awaiting trial and people sentenced and committed to the custody of the sheriff. The center is divided is divided into two sections. The custody section is responsible for classification, programs for offenders with mental impairments, special management development, jail industries, food service and the detention K-9 program. The support section provides administrative support, prisoner intake and exit processing, maintenance of prisoner criminal records, external prisoner transportation, grievance procedures and due process issues, commissary and laundry services, medical and substance abuse services and educational programs. The Yuma County Detention Center is located in Yuma, Ariz.