Union City Police Jail

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The Union City Police Jail is located at 34009 Alvarado Niles Road in Union City, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Union City Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything related to the Union City Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation is welcome.

Union City Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Union City Police Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. You can also get information for anybody arrested and processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Union City Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Union City Police Jail includes the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you have to answer some basic questions, like your legal name, your address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the quicker you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Union City Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s full name to the Union City Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Union City Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so it would be wise to call the jail at 510-471-1365 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Union City Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Union City Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, this visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Union City Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Union City Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Union City Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Union City Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants online or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Alameda County jail, either by phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so be sure to check the Union City Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Union City Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Union City Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 510-471-1365 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Union City Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products including soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Union City Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden.

The Union City Police Jail phone number is: 510-471-1365

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Union City Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Union City Police Jail, click the link below.

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