Yavapai County Jail

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The Yavapai County Jail is located at 2830 North Commonwealth Drive Suite 105 in Camp Verde, AZ and is a medium security county jail operated by the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Yavapai County Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be much appreciated.

Yavapai County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Yavapai County Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times you can visit. You can also find info for anyone arrested and processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Yavapai County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Yavapai County Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your legal name, your address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged may take from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, it depends on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a judge needs to decide on the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to be released in the morning.

Yavapai County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name to the Yavapai County Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be put in the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so call the jail at (928) 567-7734 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Yavapai County Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Yavapai County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the Yavapai County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Yavapai 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 Yavapai 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 Yavapai 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 might have an outstanding warrant, you can access arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for crimes, which include, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Yavapai County Jail can change at any time, so be sure to check the Yavapai County Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Yavapai 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 Yavapai County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (928) 567-7734 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 Yavapai County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Yavapai County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are generally more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Yavapai County Jail phone number is: (928) 567-7734

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 the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Yavapai County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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