Chula Vista Jail

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The Chula Vista Jail is located at 315 Fourth Avenue in Chula Vista, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Chula Vista Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Chula Vista Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to others would be welcome.

Chula Vista Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Chula Vista Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You can get the information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Chula Vista Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Chula Vista Jail takes you through each of 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.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to make a telephone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes anywhere between 30 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate needs to determine the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Chula Vista Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Chula Vista Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors for the inmate. All visitors will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so we suggest that you call the facility at (619) 691-5220 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Chula Vista 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 visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Chula Vista Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a family member of 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Chula Vista Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Chula Vista 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 Chula Vista 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 Chula Vista 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Calaveras County court website or call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken 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, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to the Calaveras County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates might change, so be sure to check the Chula Vista Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Chula Vista 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 Chula Vista Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (619) 691-5220 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 Chula Vista Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 enough money in their 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

All phone calls from the Chula Vista Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are a lot pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: (619) 691-5220

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, 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 Chula Vista Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to lower 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 calling 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 will not be able to save you any money, 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 Chula Vista Jail, click the link below.

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