Hemet Police Jail

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The Hemet Police Jail is located at 450 East Latham Avenue in Hemet, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Hemet Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything you might need to know about the Hemet Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be welcome.

Hemet Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Hemet Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info about anyone arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Hemet Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Hemet Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer a number of questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

They will allow you to use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Hemet Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Hemet Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered in the log for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Hemet Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 951-765-2400 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Hemet Police Jail you have to first be added to their approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

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

If a 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Hemet Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Hemet 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 Hemet 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 Hemet 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Riverside County jail website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Hemet Police Jail change frequently, so double check the Hemet Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Hemet 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 Hemet Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 951-765-2400 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 Hemet Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Hemet Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

The Hemet Police Jail phone number is: 951-765-2400

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Hemet Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 cases like this, 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 Hemet Police Jail, click the link below.

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