Manhattan Beach Police Jail

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The Manhattan Beach Police Jail is located at 420 15Th Street in Manhattan Beach, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Manhattan Beach Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything one might want to know about the Manhattan Beach Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that would be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Manhattan Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Manhattan Beach Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find info for anyone processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to get the information fast if you have their first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Manhattan Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Manhattan Beach Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, home address, date of birth and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to make a phone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process can take between 10 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must determine how much your bail will be. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Manhattan Beach Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Manhattan Beach Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitors will be entered into a Visiting log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Manhattan Beach Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so you should call the jail at 310-802-5140 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Manhattan Beach Police Jail you have to be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Manhattan Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of 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 Manhattan Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Manhattan Beach Police 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 Manhattan Beach Police 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 Manhattan Beach Police 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 on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to the Los Angeles County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you review the Manhattan Beach Police Jail site when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Manhattan Beach Police 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 Manhattan Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 310-802-5140 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 Manhattan Beach Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Manhattan Beach Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about 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, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 310-802-5140

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Manhattan Beach Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 figuring out how to decrease 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Manhattan Beach Police Jail, click the link below.

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