Plumas County Correctional Center

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The Plumas County Correctional Center is located at 1400 East Main Street in Quincy, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Plumas County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you information about everything you might want to know about the Plumas County Correctional Center, such as how to locate an inmate at the Plumas County Correctional Center, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Plumas County court records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Plumas County Correctional Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Plumas County Correctional Center Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to get information for anybody who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Plumas County Correctional Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Plumas County Correctional Center takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will then be allowed to use the telephone 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 able to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it depends on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, plan to be released that morning.

Plumas County Correctional Center Visitation

The inmate have to give information about each visitor to the Plumas County Correctional Center in advance. Your visitor’s information will be entered into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor has to provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the jail at (530) 283-6267 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Plumas County Correctional Center you have to be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Plumas County Correctional Center, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 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 Plumas County Correctional Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Plumas County Correctional Center 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 Plumas County Correctional Center. 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 Plumas County Correctional Center 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 can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Plumas County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. Arrest records are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file that contains a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These state databases are connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to the Plumas County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates can change at any time, so you should review the Plumas County Correctional Center site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Plumas County Correctional Center

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 Plumas County Correctional Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (530) 283-6267 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 Plumas County Correctional Center store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want 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 items that inmates can buy 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

All phone calls from the Plumas County Correctional Center are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Plumas County Correctional Center phone number is: (530) 283-6267

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 of the 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 Plumas County Correctional Center. The prices 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Plumas County Correctional Center, click the link below.

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