Fortuna Police Jail

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The Fortuna Police Jail is located at 621 11Th Street in Fortuna, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Fortuna Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the Fortuna Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Fortuna Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Fortuna Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Fortuna Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Fortuna Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Fortuna Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will have to answer some basic questions, such as your full name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

They will let you make a telephone call to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged takes between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get discharged. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be released in the morning.

Fortuna Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to list information about each visitor to the Fortuna Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so it would be wise to call the official Fortuna Police Jail at 707-725-7550 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Fortuna Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No mobile phones are allowed at Fortuna Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. No personal belongings. Anybody parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Fortuna Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Fortuna 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 Fortuna 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 Fortuna 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants on the Humboldt County jail website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete 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 any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you double check the Fortuna Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Fortuna 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 Fortuna Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 707-725-7550 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 Fortuna Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

The only phone calls that Fortuna Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated altogether.

The Fortuna Police Jail phone number is: 707-725-7550

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 get to set the prices. The profits from all of the 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 Fortuna Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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