Lassen County VINE Coverage
California VINE is the statewide custody-status and notification layer used through VINELink. It is useful when a person may be released, moved, returned to custody, or otherwise changed in a participating agency's feed. For Lassen County, that means VINE is a practical alert channel beside the Lassen Sheriff's CitizenRIMS portal, the Lassen Superior Court case record, CDCR's CIRIS search, and direct jail contact.
VINE is not a certified Lassen County release record. A release alert can show that a custody change occurred, but the official proof still comes from the originating office. For a county jail booking, that is the Lassen County Adult Detention Facility or the sheriff's records process. For a state prisoner at High Desert State Prison, it is CDCR, CIRIS, DAPO, or Board of Parole Hearings material. For FCI Herlong, VINE is not the federal source; the BOP Inmate Locator handles federal custody.
California VINE should also be separated from the public jail roster. Lassen CitizenRIMS says it lists current in-custody inmates and recent bookings at the Lassen County Jail. It does not operate as a certified notification registry. VINE fills a different need: a user can look for one person and, when the feed supports it, register to be told about a release or transfer without refreshing the jail page.
The California VINE landing page is shown in this capture from the official state search path: California VINE.
The state-level search matters in Lassen County because local jail, state prison, and court records often need to be reconciled before a release is treated as confirmed.
Search a Lassen County Inmate
Start with the person's full name and any known booking or offender identifier. A VINE inmate check is strongest before release because the person may still be linked to a custody feed. If no result appears, do not treat that as proof of release. Lassen CitizenRIMS may still show a current county-jail record, the court may show bail or own-recognizance release, and CDCR or BOP may be the right system for a prison case.
- Open California VINE and search by name or ID if one is known.
- Select California and narrow by facility or statewide group when the interface offers that choice.
- Compare the name, age, custody status, and listed facility before relying on a match.
- Open the person record and read the custody-status language, not just the search result row.
- If the person is not found, check the Lassen County jail record path through Lassen County released inmates and the court case before assuming a status.
Multiple people can share a name. The safe check uses the facility and case context. A local arrest by the Sheriff's Office, CHP, Susanville Police, Probation, CDCR, Cal Fire, Herlong Security, FBI, or another agency may create different follow-up paths after the jail booking.
If the person was arrested in Lassen County but moved quickly, the booking agency matters. A CDCR-related arrest, a federal-local handoff, or a probation violation may leave clues in the court case or jail booking record that do not appear in VINE. Use VINE to catch the custody change, then use the local record to learn whether the release was bail, own-recognizance, time served, transfer, parole, or another route.
Lassen County Release Fields
VINE fields are notification fields, not a full jail booking record. They help identify the person and tell whether an alert can be registered. For the complete Lassen County release record, use the sheriff, jail, or court record process. For a state-prison release, use CDCR and BPH terms instead of forcing all records into one "release date" label.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name or ID | Helps match the person to the correct custody record when the feed has a result. |
| Custody status | May show in custody, released, moved, or no longer active depending on timing and feed rules. |
| Facility | Can distinguish the Lassen County jail from state prison or another participating facility. |
| Notification option | Shows whether phone, email, text, or another alert path can be registered. |
| Custody event | May support alerts for release, transfer, escape, return to custody, or a similar change. |
CDCR has its own vocabulary. CIRIS and BPH may use EPRD, MEPD, NPED, YPED, EPED, or a controlling parole eligible date. A VINE alert should not replace those state records when the person is in CDCR custody.
For a Lassen County jail record, CitizenRIMS fields can be more detailed than a VINE notice. Research found booking date and time, arrest date and time, booking agency, arresting agency, arrest location, status, charges, bail, and total bail fields in the public data model. Those fields help confirm that the VINE result belongs to the same event, even when no photo or release-only roster is published.
Lassen County Release Alerts
Register before the expected release whenever possible. VINE works best as an advance alert tool. If a person has already left custody, the same registration workflow may not be available, and a released result may disappear or stop returning an active match. Older California VINE instructions also reference telephone registration through 877-411-5588.
- Search for the person in California VINE and open the correct detail record.
- Choose notification registration if the result offers it.
- Enter the phone, email, text, or other alert channel shown by the system.
- Create the four-digit PIN used for phone notification calls.
- Submit the registration and keep the PIN available for later calls.
- When VINE calls after a custody change, enter the PIN to confirm receipt and stop repeat calls.
The PIN step is documented on the VINELink support material captured here: VINELink support.
The PIN is a notice-control tool. It does not turn a VINE alert into a certified Lassen County release record.
Lassen County Custody Split
Lassen County has more than one custody system. A person booked into the Lassen County Adult Detention Facility is checked through CitizenRIMS while still listed, by jail phone at 530-251-5245, through VINE when the feed supports it, and through court or sheriff records after release. A person released from High Desert State Prison is a CDCR case. A person released from FCI Herlong is a BOP case.
| Custody source | Best release check | VINE role |
|---|---|---|
| Lassen County jail | CitizenRIMS, jail phone, court file, sheriff release record | Alert and status layer if the person is trackable |
| CDCR state prison | CIRIS, CDCR records, DAPO, BPH records | Possible custody-notice channel, not the release calculation |
| FCI Herlong | BOP Inmate Locator and federal court/USMS context | Not the federal release source |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Not a substitute for ICE custody checks |
Note: A missing VINE result can mean no feed match, not that the person is free from all custody or supervision.
Before a Lassen Release
Registering before the expected release is the strongest use of VINE in Lassen County. Once a person leaves a jail or prison feed, the public search may stop returning a trackable result. That is why VINE works best with the court and jail record. If the court has set bail, ordered own-recognizance release, imposed a sentence, or scheduled a hearing, VINE can be the alert layer while the official record remains with the agency.
For families and other people trying to reconnect after release, timing can be tight. The Lassen County jail is a local Type II facility, and its public portal is current-custody and recent-booking focused. A person who is released from the jail may fall out of the roster before a user sees the page. A VINE notice can reduce that gap, but the sheriff's release record is still the source for the time and manner of release.
For CDCR cases, BPH records can matter before release. A suitability grant is not instantly final because BPH decisions go through additional review. A VINE alert may mark a custody change later, but CIRIS, DAPO, and BPH explain the state-prison path that led to that change.
Confirm Lassen County Release
A VINE release alert is useful, but confirmation still depends on the record type. The sheriff's office holds county jail booking and release information. Lassen Superior Court records can show bail release, own-recognizance release, sentencing, probation, warrants, and later disposition. CDCR and BPH hold state-prison release and parole-eligibility information. BOP handles federal release status.
Use VINE for custody alerts, then verify official proof through the jail, court, CDCR, or BOP record that created the custody event.
California Megan's Law is a separate registry for qualifying registrants whose information is public. It is not a general released-inmate search and should not be used to infer that a person was or was not released from Lassen County custody.
The most reliable final check uses two sources. For example, if VINE sends a release alert for a county jail booking, call the Lassen County Adult Detention Facility or request the public arrest and release information from the sheriff. If VINE or CIRIS points to a state-prison release, use CDCR records and parole information instead of the county jail roster. If the person was in FCI Herlong, use BOP first and then check whether another agency took custody.
If a release is disputed or unclear, ask for the record that names the release method. California law makes the time and manner of release a key public arrest-record fact, subject to limits. That phrase is more precise than asking whether someone is "out," because it can distinguish release to the community from transfer to another agency.