Pima Police Jail

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The Pima Police Jail is located at 136 West Center Street in Pima, AZ and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pima Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Pima Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Graham County court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might help others would be appreciated.

Pima Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Pima Police Jail Inmate List has information about people currently in custody, including current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can also find info about anybody arrested and booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Pima Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

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

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, it can depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, plan to get discharged in the morning.

Pima Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Pima Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s information will go in the visitors log as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so you should call the jail at 928-485-9454 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Pima Police Jail you must have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be 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 phones are allowed at Pima Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Pima Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pima 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 Pima 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 Pima 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 find out by checking the court records online or you can call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to the Graham County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Pima Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you review the Pima Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pima 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 Pima Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 928-485-9454 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 Pima Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Pima Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Pima Police Jail phone number is: 928-485-9454

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Pima Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails figuring out 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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