The Sutter County Jail Transportation Unit transports or provides arrangements for transporting all incarcerated persons for the Sutter County Jail to and from the Sutter County Courts. Court lists that classify incarcerated persons according to sophistication of their crimes are developed daily by the unit.

Incarcerated Persons are transported safely and securely to and from court two times per day, four to five days a week. The unit is responsible for picking up juveniles from the Bi-County Juvenal Hall for adult court proceedings and transporting them to ward facilities once they are sentenced as adults.

Additionally, the unit prepares prison packets, detainers, parole holds and transport incarcerated persons to State Prison. They fulfill court ordered removals and arrange for incarcerated person pick up. They arrange for pickup on warrant abstracts and schedule mental health pick ups and drop offs.

Monthly statistics on jail vehicles and incarcerated persons transported to and from court are compiled by the unit. In the year 2017, this unit was responsible for driving jail transportation vehicles 44,281 miles; transporting 2,989 incarcerated persons to court, and 146 incarcerated persons to State Prison.