Robert Presley Detention Center
Located in the downtown area of Riverside, California, the Robert Presley Detention Center was opened in 1989 replacing the old Riverside County Jail. RPDC and the Hospital Security Unit at Riverside County Regional Medical Center are under the command of a Sheriff’s Captain and are administered under the direction of the Corrections Division Chief Deputy.
There are five jails, or correctional facilities, in Riverside County, all managed by the Sheriff’s Department Corrections Division, one of the largest jail operations in the state and throughout the country. Rules at the jail facilities are strictly enforced to protect visitors, corrections staff and inmates.
Each jail has unique rules and you should carefully review the requirements and restrictions listed at the right before visiting the jail or sending mail or money to an inmate.
Visiting Instructions
- Visiting at the Robert Presley Detention Center is by appointment only. Visitors must call the day before the requested visiting day to set an appointment. Each housing unit has specific days for visiting with appointments available in the morning, afternoon and evening.
- Inmates may have 2 visits in a seven-day visiting period; the seven days begin on the first physical visit.
- Visiting appointments are scheduled daily from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm by calling (951) 341-8888.
- A maximum of two adults and two children are allowed per visit. Visitor check-in begins 20 minutes before the visit start time and ends 10 minutes before the visit start time.
Metered Public Parking is available on streets surrounding the jail. Two separate Public Parking Structures are located at the corner of Lemon and 12th street (Downtown Parking Guide )
Mailing Instructions
Robert Presley Detention Center
(Inmate Name & Booking Number)
Robert Presley Detention Center
P.O. Box 710
Riverside, CA 92501
All inmate mail must have:
- Sender’s complete name and return address (no AKA’s, nicknames, monikers).
- Inmate’s complete first and last name under which he or she is booked.
- Complete and correct booking number.
- Mail with no return address will be placed in the inmate’s property.
- Stick-on return address labels are not allowed.
- To ensure delivery to the correct inmate, inmate’s name and booking number must match in our system.
- Booking numbers that are missing, incomplete or incorrect will be returned to the sender.
- Any mail that is dirty or stained will be considered contaminated and returned to the sender.
Mail that contains any of the following will be rejected:
- Care packages
- Greeting cards
- Flowers, candy, food, or any perishables
- Postcards, pamphlets, or business cards
- Mail written in crayon, paint, or colored pencil (colored copies from a copier are okay)
- Gel ink, marker, felt-tip or highlighter
- Mail with lipstick imprinted on it
- Items containing glue or white-out
- Blank stationery, envelopes, Post-it Notes
- Plastic or metal
- Glitter, Tape
- Craft materials
- Parchment or stock paper
- Colored paper (standard, white, 1-ply paper only, no legal size)
- Staples
- Paper clips
- Ribbons
- Cash or personal checks (U.S. Postal money orders only are accepted)
- 10 photos maximum per envelope, no larger than 4 x 6 inches.
- The pictures may not contain violence, nudity, sexual acts, or gang-related activities including hand signs.
- Odor-causing substances like perfume or cologne that permeate the mail
- Polaroids
- Phone cards
- Postage stamps (loose or book)
- Hardback or leather-bound books (see below for details)
- Torn-out book, magazine or newspaper clippings or pages
- Stickers, labels, or anything with adhesive
- Stick-on return address labels