Signal Hill Police Jail

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The Signal Hill Police Jail is located at 1800 East Hill Street in Signal Hill, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Signal Hill Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Signal Hill Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Signal Hill Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others is much appreciated.

Signal Hill Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Signal Hill Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can get info for anybody who has been arrested or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get the information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Signal Hill Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Signal Hill Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a number of questions, like your full name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. In other words the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, it depends on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a release date, plan to get released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Signal Hill Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Signal Hill Police Jail in advance of any visit. This information will go in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor must provide proof of identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so you should call the jail at 562-989-7200 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Signal Hill Police Jail you have to first be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Signal Hill Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Signal Hill Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records via the internet, or at the Los Angeles County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

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

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Signal Hill Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Signal Hill 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 Signal Hill Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 562-989-7200 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 Signal Hill Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products 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 Signal Hill Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much pricier than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep 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 cut back or cut altogether.

Phone Number: 562-989-7200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from 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 Signal Hill 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be 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 has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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