San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility

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The San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility is located at 325 South Melrose Drive in Vista, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you info about anything you might need to know about the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility, such as how to locate an inmate at the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find San Diego County court records, and much, much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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10. How to Search San Diego County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility Inmate List is a list of people currently in custody, including custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find the same information for anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility takes you through the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the quicker you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you’ve got a bond amount or if a magistrate has to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will go in the visitors log for the inmate. All visitors has to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at (760) 940-4473 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation 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 the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to 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 even magazines to an inmate at the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility 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 San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility. 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 San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility 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 might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind 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 first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the San Diego County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the San Diego County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the San Diego County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records 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 Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility jail inmates are always changing, so you should review the San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility

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 San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (760) 940-4473 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 San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility store. Inmates can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, phone privileges might get reduced or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (760) 940-4473

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility. The prices 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at San Diego County Jail – Vista Detention Facility, click the link below.

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