Yolo County

The Detention Center

Monroe Detention Center (MDC); Leinberger Memorial Center (LMC)

• Operated byYolo County Sheriff's Office — Detention Division
• County publishes jail namesYes — both facilities are named and described on the Sheriff's Detention Facilities page
• Monroe Detention CenterOpened 1988; medium- to maximum-security; primary intake point for all bookings in Yolo County; 140A Tony Diaz Drive, Woodland
• Leinberger Memorial CenterOriginally completed 1992 with 142 beds; named for Deputy Sheriff Walter J. Leinberger, killed in the line of duty in 1943
• Leinberger status as publishedRebuilt facility is not yet housing inmates due to short staffing and a high employee vacancy rate
• State facility recordsBSCC facilities 6090 (Monroe Detention Center, Type II) and 6113 (Leinberger Detention Center, Type III)
• Rated capacity500 beds across 2 facilities

Source: Yolo County Sheriff's Office — Detention Facilities · checked 2026-08-23

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✓Deaths in custody
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✓Phone, video and commissary rates

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Yolo County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-23. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtMonroe Detention Center opened 1988; Leinberger Memorial Center originally completed 1992
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byMonroe Detention Center's 2018 remodel and expansion was funded through the AB 900 grant; the Leinberger replacement was funded under Senate Bill 863, which allocated $500 million statewide, of which Yolo County secured $30 million
• BedsMonroe Detention Center bed capacity 345 after the 2018 expansion; original Leinberger Memorial Center 142 beds; rebuilt Leinberger comprises three 30-bed dormitory units and one 60-bed dormitory

The Sheriff

Sheriff Tom A. Lopez

• Title as publishedSheriff — the Sheriff's Office also holds the Coroner and Public Administrator functions
• Also serves asCounty Coroner — the Coroner is a division of the Sheriff's Office, headed by Undersheriff-Coroner Dale Johnson
• Coroner division pagehttps://yolocountysheriff.com/organization/coroner/general-coroner-information/
• Career note as publishedFifth-generation Yolo County resident; joined the Sheriff's Office as a Reserve Deputy in 1980 and became a full-time Deputy in 1984
• Agency size as publishedNearly 300 full-time and part-time employees and volunteers, serving over 225,000 residents
• Also listed byCalifornia State Sheriffs' Association directory, as 'Tom Lopez', 140 Tony Diaz, Woodland

Source: Yolo County Sheriff's Office — Sheriff Tom A. Lopez · checked 2026-08-23

The Judges

The court's published 2026 judicial assignments name Department One as the Arraignment department, held by Judge Danette C. Brown — the bench most directly associated with bail setting. The Presiding Judge is identified on the court's homepage as Hon. Tom M. Dyer, who is also assigned to Juvenile. No Assistant Presiding Judge is named on the court's published pages.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-23

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners