Estrella Jail Inmate Lookup

Estrella Jail Overview

Estrella Jail is operated by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office at 2939 West Durango Street in Phoenix. MCSO identifies it as the women's jail in the county system, housing unsentenced and sentenced female inmates.

The facility includes all female classifications described in the research: minimum, medium, maximum general population, administrative restrictive housing, nature-of-charge, disciplinary restrictive housing, administrative no-work, and closed custody. MCSO lists five tower housing units and ten dormitories.

Estrella Jail Capacity and Population

MCSO lists Estrella Jail at approximately 1,503 beds. A current facility-only population count was not located, so the countywide FY 2024 adult jail ADP of 7,582 should be treated as system context only, not an Estrella count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Estrella Jail

Use the official MCSO Inmate Information search for Estrella Jail custody. The official search requires either the booking number or exact name and date of birth. If the person has been sentenced to state prison, use ADCRR instead of the county lookup.

1. Open MCSO Inmate Information and choose booking number or name/DOB search.
2. Enter the booking number in the required one-letter, six-number format, or enter first name, last name, and DOB as YYYYMMDD.
3. Complete reCAPTCHA and verify the facility assignment shows current MCSO custody.
4. For no result, call 602-876-0322 and check mugshots, court records, VINELink, ADCRR, BOP, or ICE ODLS as needed.

Estrella Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail information line for custody confirmation, facility assignment, and general MCSO jail questions. Questions about the initial arrest may need to go to the arresting agency rather than Estrella staff.

Visiting Someone at Estrella Jail

MCSO's inspected visitation material routes non-legal visits through ViaPath/GettingOut remote video and says onsite video visits are currently suspended. Visitor accounts must follow identification, age, dress, conduct, and recording rules. Rule violations can end a visit or restrict future access.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Estrella Jail

General incoming MCSO inmate mail uses the Lower Buckeye Jail central mailroom address, not the Estrella street address. Non-legal mail must be standard postcards unless it falls under approved book, publication, photograph, or legal-mail rules. Inmates cannot receive incoming telephone calls.

Verify current rules through MCSO's Information for Families, Visitation, and Inmate Account pages before mailing, visiting, or depositing funds.

Booking and Intake at Estrella Jail

Arrestees are generally booked through the Intake, Transfer and Release Facility first. After booking, classification and custody needs determine whether a female inmate is housed at Estrella, Lower Buckeye medical or mental-health areas, or another MCSO location. Releases still process through ITR.

Classification is especially important for Estrella because the research describes all female classifications, from minimum custody through closed custody and disciplinary restrictive housing. A booking at ITR does not prove that the person will remain at Estrella, and a court hearing can change release conditions before a housing assignment becomes stable. Use the MCSO lookup and SIMS before mailing anything or planning a remote visit.

People searching after a Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, Tempe, Glendale, DPS, tribal, or other local arrest should distinguish the arresting agency from the holding agency. The city or state agency may hold the police report, while MCSO controls jail custody and housing. If the woman is sentenced to state prison, the custody search moves to ADCRR, not Estrella.

About Estrella Jail

Estrella Jail programs identified in the research include Choose to Change, Mosaic, and Girl Scouts Beyond Bars. MCSO also notes sentenced female work assignments that support jail operations and skill building, with staff coordination involving Correctional Health Services, Maricopa County Human Services Department, and the Custody Support Division.

MCSO lists Estrella at approximately 1,503 beds, five tower housing units, and ten dormitories. Those capacity facts are facility-level facts, not a live count of women in custody on a given day. The countywide adult jail ADP belongs to the whole MCSO system, and the research did not locate a current Estrella-only population count. For a current custody answer, the official MCSO search or SIMS line is more useful than facility capacity.

Mail, phone, and money rules also follow the MCSO system rather than a separate Estrella-only policy. General incoming mail uses the Lower Buckeye central mailroom, outgoing personal calls are handled through GTL, and non-legal visits are remote video through ViaPath/GettingOut. Current fee amounts, account limits, or vendor changes should be checked through MCSO before funds are sent.

Estrella's women's-custody role also affects how users interpret a no-result search. A person might still be in ITR booking, housed temporarily in a medical or mental-health area at Lower Buckeye, released, transferred to ADCRR after sentencing, or listed under different identifying information. The official MCSO name and DOB search requires exact fields, so common-name searches should be confirmed with booking number, date of birth, SIMS, or court records.

For court status, Estrella is only one custody location. Formal felony charges belong in Superior Court or MCAO records, misdemeanors may be in Justice or municipal courts, and a booking photo is not proof of conviction. If the case is sealed, restricted, dismissed, or amended, the court record and records custodian process control what can be confirmed publicly.

Family members should also avoid relying on third-party roster summaries for Estrella custody. MCSO's own search warning says information may be incomplete or outdated and that true identity can require fingerprint comparison. When the exact identity matters, use the booking number, DOB, court case number, and originating agency rather than a name-only match.

Program participation at Estrella should not be inferred from custody alone. The research names programs and work assignments, but eligibility, availability, discipline status, medical status, sentence status, and classification can affect access. Confirm program questions through official MCSO channels.

Use the current housing result before sending postcards, photos, books, or account funds.

Call SIMS when timing matters.

Keep the booking number available.

Use official channels first.