Monterey Park Police Jail

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The Monterey Park Police Jail is located at 320 West Newmark Avenue in Monterey Park, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monterey Park Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Monterey Park Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Los Angeles County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be welcome.

Monterey Park Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monterey Park Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you are able to find info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Monterey Park Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Monterey Park Police Jail takes you through these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

You will get to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process may take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. Also, it can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the release date, plan to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Monterey Park Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Monterey Park Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be entered into a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the facility at 626-307-1211 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Monterey Park Police Jail you must be 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 visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Monterey Park Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not 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 younger than 18 years of age 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Monterey Park Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monterey Park 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 Monterey Park 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 Monterey Park 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the court records online or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Los Angeles County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if it was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Monterey Park Police Jail are always changing, so it would be best to visit the Monterey Park Police Jail website when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monterey Park 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 Monterey Park Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 626-307-1211 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 Monterey Park Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Monterey Park Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are typically more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when and 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 are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 626-307-1211

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all 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 Monterey Park Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances 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 cases like this, the facility has set their phone call 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 Monterey Park Police Jail, click the link below.

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