Lassen County Jail

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The Lassen County Jail is located at 1415 Sheriff Cady Lane in Susanville, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Lassen County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about everything a person needs to know about the Lassen County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Lassen County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Lassen County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lassen County Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who are in jail, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can get information about anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can get their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Lassen County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lassen County Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

You have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will be allowed to make a phone call so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes from 30 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Lassen County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide each visitor’s name to the Lassen County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Anyone showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so you should call the official Lassen County Jail at (530) 251-5245 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Lassen County Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Lassen County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. 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 the 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Lassen County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lassen County 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 Lassen County 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 Lassen County 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the 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 ask them. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to the Lassen County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, 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 process for sending money to inmates at the Lassen County Jail could change, so be sure to visit the Lassen County Jail website when you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lassen County 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 Lassen County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (530) 251-5245 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 Lassen County Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their 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 Lassen County Jail inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep 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 eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (530) 251-5245

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make 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 Lassen County Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out 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 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 will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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