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Sierra County Jail Information

Address

Sierra County Jail
100 Courthouse Square
Downieville, CA 95936

Phone Number

Phone Number: (530) 289-3700

The Sierra County Jail is located at 100 Courthouse Square in Downieville, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Sierra County Sheriff’s Department.

This site tells you info about everything you might want to know about the Sierra County Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Sierra County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Sierra County court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to offer info that you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Sierra County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and want to contact them? Do you know someone that has been arrested and you want to locate them?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Sierra County Jail you will need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sierra County Jail Inmate List is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find information about anybody processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find the information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Sierra County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Sierra County Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You have to answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to leave jail. Getting discharged from jail takes from 30 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will be released. It also depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a judge needs to figure out the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be released in the morning.

Sierra County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s full name to the Sierra County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate. Each and every visitor will have to provide identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Sierra County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at (530) 289-3700 before you go to visitation.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Sierra County Jail you must first be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Sierra County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Sierra County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sierra 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Sierra County Jail, use this address:

Sierra County Jail
100 Courthouse Square
Downieville, CA 95936

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Sierra County Jail
100 Courthouse Square
Downieville, CA 95936

The Sierra County Jail inmate mail policy is always changing, so it would be best to review the the Sierra County Jail website when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Sierra 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 Sierra 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 think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the website or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Sierra County jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the Sierra County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Sierra County Jail might change, so you should review the Sierra County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sierra 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 Sierra County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (530) 289-3700 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 inmateâ€™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 Sierra County Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products such as 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 Sierra County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically pricier than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Sierra County Jail phone number is: (530) 289-3700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Sierra County 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 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 learning 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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