Yakima County

The Detention Center

Yakima County Department of Corrections — Main Facility, Annex, and Yakima County Correctional Center (YCCC)

• Operated byYakima County Department of Corrections
• Who runs itJeremy Welch — Director, Yakima County Department of Corrections (listed as Interim Director in the department's own staff directory), appointed by the Not found — the county does not publish the appointing authority; the Board of County Commissioners is the county legislative authority that created the department
• Department address111 N Front Street, Yakima, WA 98901 — 509-574-1700; visit scheduling 509-574-2929
• Main FacilityBuilt 1984, maximum capacity 586, indirect supervision housing
• Annex FacilityBuilt 1993, maximum capacity 408, indirect supervision housing
• Yakima County Correctional Center (YCCC)Built 2007, maximum capacity 288, direct supervision housing
• State returnADP 542.6, 474 beds reported, 6,897 admissions, average length of stay 35.1 days, in-custody deaths 'Yes' (WASPC 2025)
• Security upgradeA $6 million upgrade of the Main Facility and Annex: new cell doors with cuff ports, facility hardening, a recording camera system, new security electronics and control rooms, updated fire suppression, three new elevators and new courtroom cells
• Bed rental contractsThe county reported 53 bed rental contracts, including the Washington State Department of Corrections, a YCCC competency restoration program with DSHS and Comprehensive Healthcare, and the U.S. Marshals Service and Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• Phone ratesIn-state calls $1.50 for the first minute and 12 cents a minute after; out-of-state 12 cents a minute on debit or prepaid collect and 14 cents on standard collect; 15-minute limit; provider Securus Technologies
• Original cost / fundingNot found — checked the Corrections pages, the County Budget page and the county document centre

Source: Yakima County — Corrections · checked 2026-08-23

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

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Yakima 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 builtMain Facility 1984; Annex 1993; Yakima County Correctional Center 2007
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsMaximum capacities published by the county in 2017: Main Facility 586, Annex 408, YCCC 288. The department reported 474 beds to WASPC for 2025 against an average daily population of 542.6.

The Sheriff

Sheriff Robert C. Udell

• Runs the jailNo — Yakima County created a Department of Corrections, so under RCW 70.48.090(4) that department, not the Sheriff, has charge of the jail
• What the Sheriff doesThe county's own description of the office is police services in the unincorporated county — patrol, criminal investigation and emergency response; the jail is not listed
• How the office is filledElected countywide in a partisan race to a four-year term; the county lists the office as (R) with the term ending in 2026
• Office1822 S 1st Street, Yakima, WA 98901 (mailing PO Box 1388, Yakima, WA 98907) — 509-574-2500
• One jail link that remainsPublic PREA reports about the jail go to 509-574-2985, which rings at the Sheriff's Office, and the Sheriff's Office investigates them

Source: Yakima County — County Offices · checked 2026-08-23

The Judges

Washington Superior Court judges are elected in nonpartisan countywide races and District Court judges in nonpartisan district races; court commissioners are appointed by the judges. All are state judicial officers, not county officials, even though county offices are partisan in Yakima. A judge sets bail; the Department of Corrections holds the person. The Administrative Office of the Courts' directory names no presiding judge for Yakima County.

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 →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →