Seal Beach Police Jail

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The Seal Beach Police Jail is located at 911 Seal Beach Boulevard in Seal Beach, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Seal Beach Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Seal Beach Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Seal Beach Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask it, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Seal Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Seal Beach Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information for anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Seal Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Seal Beach Police Jail takes you through each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental 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 stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will allow you to make a telephone call in order to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 15 minutes to all day long. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get released. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and are given a release date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Seal Beach Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must provide information about each visitor to the Seal Beach Police Jail in advance. Your visitors will be entered in a Visiting log as an approved visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies can change, so it would be wise to call the jail at 562-594-7232 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Seal Beach Police Jail you must first be on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Seal Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Seal Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Seal 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 Seal 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 Seal 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the Orange County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

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

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a court docket and all documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so visit the Seal Beach Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Seal 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 Seal Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 562-594-7232 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 Seal Beach Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Seal Beach Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: 562-594-7232

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 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 Seal Beach Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 is an expert in keeping up 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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