Napa Police Jail

---

The Napa Police Jail is located at 1539 First Street in Napa, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Napa Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Napa Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Napa County court records, and lots more.

Top 10 Searches for Napa Police Jail

1. Napa Police Jail Information
2. Napa Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Napa County Inmate Search in Napa, CA
4. What Are the Visitation Rules for Napa Police Jail
5. Napa Police Jail Visitation Hours
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Napa Police Jail
7. Napa Police Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Napa Police Jail
10. How to Search Napa County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and tips that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Napa Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Napa Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can also find the same information about anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got the arrestee’s first and last name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Napa Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Napa Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you must answer some simple questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the date of your release, you should plan to be released that morning.

Napa Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Napa Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor must provide identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Napa Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at 707-257-9550 before you try to visit an inmate.

---

Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Napa Police Jail you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Napa Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Napa Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Napa 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.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Napa 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 Napa 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 find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear 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, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is in the 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 docket and all documents filed in your case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal histories from other states. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the Napa Police Jail is likely to change, so review the Napa Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Napa 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 Napa Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 707-257-9550 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 Napa Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have money in their account. These items 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 Napa Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are typically more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: 707-257-9550

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits 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 Napa Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 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 significantly on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where 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 cases like this, the facility has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

Return To Main Menu

3556