Orinda Police Jail

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The Orinda Police Jail is located at 22 Orinda Way in Orinda, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Orinda Police Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might need to know about the Orinda Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Orinda Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give advice and information you need to make going to jail easier. If you have a question, please feel free to ask them, and also any comments or tips that might help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Orinda Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Orinda Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can get info on anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Orinda Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Orinda Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you will answer some simple questions, such as what is your legal name, street 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 ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process may take between 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get released. It also will depend on whether you have a cash bond or if the judge must figure out how much your bail will be. For a minor charge, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, you should expect to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Orinda Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give each visitor’s full name to the Orinda Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone showing up late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Orinda Police Jail frequently change, so call the official Orinda Police Jail at 925-254-6820 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Orinda Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No phones are allowed at Orinda Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor 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 magazines to an inmate at the Orinda Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Orinda 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 Orinda 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 Orinda 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, you can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Contra Costa County court website or call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Contra Costa County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Contra Costa County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Orinda Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to review the Orinda Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Orinda 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 Orinda Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 925-254-6820 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 Orinda Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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 Orinda Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

Phone Number: 925-254-6820

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls are split 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 Orinda Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 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 Orinda Police Jail, click the link below.

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