Lookup Santiam Correctional Institution Inmates

Santiam Correctional Overview

Santiam Correctional Institution is an ODOC minimum-security prison at 4005 Aumsville Hwy. SE in Salem. The Oregon Blue Book lists phone 503-378-5558, Superintendent Kimberly Hendricks, operations since 1992, and capacity for 440 adults in custody. Its location is one of the most confusing facts in Marion County correctional searches because it is near the county jail, the Transition Center, and the Criminal Court Annex. A person may be on the same corridor but in a different legal system.

SCI is for sentenced adults in custody under Oregon Department of Corrections control. It does not book new Marion County arrestees. When police arrest someone in Marion County, the first search is usually Marion County Jail Viewer or the RPS roster. When the person has been sentenced and transferred to SCI, Oregon Offender Search is the correct locator. This prevents the common mistake of treating all Aumsville Highway custody sites as one jail campus.

Santiam Capacity and Custody

The sourced Santiam Correctional Institution capacity is 440 from the Oregon Blue Book DOC subdivisions source. The facility is minimum security, which distinguishes it from Oregon State Penitentiary's multi-security role and Oregon State Correctional Institution's medium-security role. Capacity is not the same as a live count. The research did not locate a current public daily population dashboard for Santiam, so the page uses the official capacity and avoids estimating the number of people housed on a given day.

Santiam's capacity also should not be mixed into Marion County Jail statistics. The jail's capacity and current housing number describe sheriff custody. Santiam's capacity describes ODOC custody. Both facilities sit in Marion County, but they serve different stages after arrest, charging, sentencing, and transfer.

Search Santiam Inmate Records

Use Oregon Offender Search to look up a person at Santiam Correctional Institution. ODOC's locator accepts first name, middle name, last name, and SID or State ID. Partial name searches can use an asterisk for unknown parts of a name. The result should be checked for the facility name because the same locator covers all ODOC prisons in Oregon.

A Marion County Jail roster result can be relevant before state transfer, especially because the sheriff says the jail holds people sentenced to a state correctional facility or penitentiary while pending transport. After the person is accepted into ODOC custody and assigned to Santiam, the jail roster is no longer the right location tool. VISOR can supplement lookup by sending custody-change notices.

For a local arrest or jail transfer question, check the Marion County Sheriff's Office jail overview, the Marion County Web Jail Viewer, and the RPS current-inmate roster. Sheriff Nick Hunter's office operates the jail custody channels. ODOC operates Santiam Correctional Institution.

1. Open Oregon Offender Search for sentenced ODOC custody.
2. Search by full name, partial name with an asterisk, or SID when available.
3. Confirm Santiam Correctional Institution as the facility in the result.
4. Use ODOC visiting, mail, and money channels after location is confirmed.

Oregon Offender Search is the correct statewide locator for Santiam prison custody.

Review the listed facility carefully because ODOC results can point to a different prison than the one expected.

Santiam Correctional Contact

Use Santiam contact information for prison-specific questions after ODOC placement is confirmed. Use Marion County Jail lines for recent arrests, blank jail-roster location questions, or county custody. Use ODOC headquarters for agency-level questions, visiting applications, or records routing that does not belong to one facility.

Santiam Visiting Schedule

ODOC visiting requires approval before a person visits Santiam. Applications can be submitted online, faxed to 503-373-1173, or mailed to ODOC Visiting Services in Salem. The ODOC visiting-hours page lists Santiam weekend visiting on Saturday or Sunday with two sessions. The researched schedule notes rotating unit schedules published for specific months, so the day and unit assignment should be checked before travel.

Do not use the Marion County Jail last-name visiting chart for Santiam. SCI is an ODOC prison, not the sheriff's jail. Visitors need ODOC approval, and the schedule depends on prison rules and rotating unit information. When the person has recently moved from jail to Santiam, wait for the ODOC facility assignment and then confirm visiting status.

ODOC publishes Santiam visiting with the other Salem-area prison schedules.

Confirm the active unit schedule before each visit because Santiam visiting rotates by published prison rules.

Santiam Mail and Money

Mail, phone, and money for Santiam Correctional Institution follow ODOC rules. The research did not provide a Santiam-specific fee schedule, so fee amounts are not stated. Use ODOC's current facility instructions before mailing funds, books, photos, or packages. Include the adult in custody's correct ODOC identifying information, and do not use county jail package rules for this state prison.

The Marion County Jail uses local jail policies and vendor services for its own custody population. Santiam does not use those jail-specific rules just because it is nearby. Oregon Offender Search confirms location, VISOR provides notification, and ODOC facility pages provide the prison-specific visiting, mail, and money instructions that should be followed.

Santiam Intake and Transfer

Santiam intake occurs after sentencing and ODOC placement. It is not the first stop after an arrest. A person arrested in Salem or elsewhere in Marion County may first appear in Marion County Jail records. After court sentencing, the jail may hold the person briefly while waiting for state transport. When ODOC assigns the person to Santiam, the statewide prison locator and ODOC rules become the correct source.

Minimum-security custody usually means more structured movement and program expectations than open community supervision, but less restrictive custody than medium or multi-security prison settings. The exact classification decision is not made from the public county roster. It comes from ODOC intake, sentence information, prison placement, and security review.

Minimum security

A prison custody level with ODOC controls, but less restrictive than medium or high-security placement.

Transfer

Movement from county jail to ODOC custody after sentencing or state acceptance.

VISOR

Oregon's custody notification system for release, transfer, escape, or death alerts.

About Santiam Correctional

Santiam's Aumsville Highway address places it near the Marion County Jail and Transition Center. That creates a local "same road, different custody system" problem. A family member may hear Aumsville Highway and assume jail, when the person is actually in state prison. The safe way to sort it out is to match the custody stage with the correct locator: county roster for local custody, Oregon Offender Search for ODOC prison custody.

Mill Creek Correctional Facility should not be confused with Santiam. The research notes that Mill Creek near Salem closed June 30, 2021 and should not receive a current facility page. Santiam remains a current ODOC minimum-security prison, and it uses ODOC visiting and lookup systems.