Monterey Police Jail

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The Monterey Police Jail is located at 351 Madison Street in Monterey, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Monterey Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Monterey Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Monterey Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Monterey Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Monterey Police Jail Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also find the same information for anybody booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Monterey Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Monterey Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you will answer some basic questions, like your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency 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 released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone so you can get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. This process takes from 15 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be freed. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate still needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

Monterey Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Monterey Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. All visitors will be required to provide identification. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the official Monterey Police Jail at 831-646-3800 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Monterey Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Make sure to bring 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 Monterey Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 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 Monterey Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Monterey 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 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 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 Monterey County jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know 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 the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file containing a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. Go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for these crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Monterey Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you check the Monterey Police Jail website before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Monterey 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 Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 831-646-3800 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 Police Jail store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds 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

All phone calls from the Monterey Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . 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 you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Monterey Police Jail phone number is: 831-646-3800

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all of the 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 Monterey Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 finding out 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 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. 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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