Irwindale Police Jail

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The Irwindale Police Jail is located at 5050 North Irwindale Avenue in Irwindale, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Irwindale Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything related to the Irwindale Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Irwindale Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give info you need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Irwindale Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Irwindale Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get the same information on anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information quicker if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Irwindale Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Irwindale Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like your legal name, address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are released.

They will let you use the telephone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged will take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a bond amount or if a judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Irwindale Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Irwindale Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Irwindale Police Jail can change, so make sure that you call the official Irwindale Police Jail at 626-962-3601 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Irwindale Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Irwindale Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old and is not related to 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 Irwindale Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Irwindale 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 Irwindale 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 Irwindale 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the Los Angeles County court website or you can call the jail directly. 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. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Los Angeles County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket and any documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Los Angeles County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DWI or DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Irwindale Police Jail might change, so you should double check the Irwindale Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Irwindale 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 Irwindale Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 626-962-3601 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 Irwindale Police Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely 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 items that inmates can purchase if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

All phone calls from the Irwindale Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 626-962-3601

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Irwindale 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 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, 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 Irwindale Police Jail, click the link below.

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