Lafayette Police Jail

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The Lafayette Police Jail is located at 3675 Mount Diablo Boulevard in Lafayette, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lafayette Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Lafayette Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Lafayette Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that could help others would be much appreciated.

Lafayette Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lafayette Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can also find information on anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Lafayette Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Lafayette Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You must answer some questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged will depend on whether you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out how much your bail will be. 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 know the release date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Lafayette Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Lafayette Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors has to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Lafayette Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 925-283-3680 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lafayette Police Jail you must first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Lafayette Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

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

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Lafayette Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 think you have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep 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, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Contra Costa County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the Contra Costa County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked and you can track criminal histories from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Lafayette Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so review the Lafayette Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lafayette 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 Lafayette Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 925-283-3680 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 Lafayette 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 probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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

The only phone calls that Lafayette Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 925-283-3680

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Lafayette Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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