Where Los Banos Holding Leads
The research identifies L.B POLICE HOLDING as a housing-facility option in the Merced inmate inquiry. That makes it part of the county custody search path, but not a standalone jail roster and not a 24-hour or 72-hour release feed. A person shown there may be in a short local processing stage. The next event could be release after processing, transport to the Main Jail, placement at JLCC, a court appearance, transfer, or another agency hold.
Because the status is transitional, readers should avoid reading too much into a single facility label. Release from local holding may mean the person left locked custody, but it may also mean the person was moved into another custody location. If the name disappears from the Los Banos holding filter, search the broader county inquiry and then use other official channels before deciding what happened.
Confirm the Holding Outcome
Start on the Merced released inmates search page and search by name, subject number, or booking number. If the person appears, open the detail page. Look for booking date, release date, scheduled release date, prisoner type, bond and bail totals, booking origin, charges, court date, and court department. A scheduled date can help with timing, but it is not the same as actual release.
If the person no longer appears under Los Banos Police Holding, search without narrowing to that housing facility. Then check California VINE for custody-status changes. If the issue is why the custody ended, use Merced Superior Court. The court research says criminal information is not available through the general public online case-records portal, and the Criminal Division points users to the records-search process and courthouse public computer for case lookup.
Los Banos Contacts
The Sheriff Records Request PDF lists the Jess Bowling Substation at 445 I Street, Los Banos, CA 93635, phone (209) 827-2110, fax (209) 827-1433. For court matters in Los Banos, the Superior Court's Los Banos Division is at the Robert M. Falasco Justice Center, 1159 G Street, Los Banos, CA 93635, phone (209) 725-4124, fax (209) 725-4125. Office hours in the research are Monday-Friday 7:45 a.m.-3:00 p.m., with walk-ins Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15 a.m., subject to change.
Contact Card
Jess Bowling Substation
445 I Street
Los Banos, CA 93635
Phone: (209) 827-2110
Fax: (209) 827-1433
Los Banos Division, Robert M. Falasco Justice Center
1159 G Street
Los Banos, CA 93635
Phone: (209) 725-4124
Formal release-record requests still route through the Sheriff's Records Bureau for Sheriff's records. The Records Bureau requires identifying information and a driver license or California ID copy, and requests without ID are returned.
About Los Banos Holding
This page should be read as a local custody-path page, not a jail-facility profile with a large resident population. The key fact is that the Merced inquiry exposes a Los Banos holding label. The label can help locate a person while they are active in the system, but release research should follow the person, not the label. The next official record may be a county booking detail, a court record, a VINE status, or a Sheriff's Records Bureau response.
The Los Banos court contact matters because the court record can explain bail, own-recognizance release, sentencing, credits, probation, dismissal, or transfer. If a person was cited, released, or ordered to appear, the court path may be more useful than a custody roster after the holding period ends.
Transfer Is Not Release
The Merced facility list includes categories such as OUT-OF-COUNTY, STATE HOSPITAL, SUPERVISED RELEASE, PASS, ESCAPE, and L.B POLICE HOLDING. Those labels show why a local holding result has to be interpreted carefully. Out-of-county means transfer may have occurred. State hospital means treatment placement may be involved. Supervised release means the person may be outside jail but still under conditions. Escape is not release.
If the person went from Los Banos Police Holding to Main Jail or JLCC, the release question remains open. Continue searching under the wider county inquiry, then use VINE, court, probation, CDCR, BOP, or ICE if the facts point to those systems.
ICE Detainer Note
Merced Sheriff materials say ICE detainers are received by one-way email, identified by fingerprints, and tracked on current jail bookings, while the office does not otherwise collect immigration status. The same presentation says the Sheriff does not transfer people to ICE without a federal warrant and releases from Sheriff correctional facilities are not delayed or stopped because of ICE detainers.
If immigration custody is suspected after a Los Banos or county jail event, use ICE ODLS separately. ODLS is a current immigration detention locator for adults in ICE custody or CBP custody over 48 hours, not proof of every county booking or release.
Los Banos Record Chain
The most reliable way to handle a Los Banos holding result is to build the record chain from the first visible custody label forward. The holding label can tell you where the person appeared during processing, but it may not be the final location. Search the county inquiry broadly after checking the L.B POLICE HOLDING filter, then look for Main Jail, JLCC, supervised release, out-of-county, or other status changes. If the person moved to court, the Los Banos Division or Merced criminal records process may explain what happened next.
This page also has a built-in limitation: the research did not identify a Los Banos 24-hour release feed, 72-hour release feed, or separate police-published release archive. The safe route is therefore official but layered. Use the inquiry while active, VINE for custody-status changes, court records for the reason, and the Sheriff's Records Bureau for a written release record if the online display no longer answers the question.
Los Banos Court Route
Los Banos custody questions often need the court route because local holding can be short. The research identifies the Los Banos Division at the Robert M. Falasco Justice Center, 1159 G Street, Los Banos, CA 93635, phone (209) 725-4124. That court location is separate from the Sheriff's booking system, but it may explain a release through a bail order, OR release, citation, dismissal, sentence, or later court date.
Use the county inquiry while the person is visible, then preserve any booking or subject number before the record becomes harder to find. If the local holding entry disappears, check whether the person moved to Main Jail, JLCC, court, or release. The Records Bureau request should identify the Los Banos booking path when known, including date, name variants, booking number, and any court or citation information.