Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility

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The Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility is located at 12000 Marsh Creek Road in Clayton, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility, such as how to locate an inmate at the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Contra Costa County court records, and much more.

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8. What is Inmate Commissary?
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10. How to Search Contra Costa County Arrest Records

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the advice and information that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a question, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might help others would be much appreciated.

Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility Inmate List is a roster of people currently in custody, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to get their inmate information faster if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if a magistrate has to decide on how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, expect to get discharged in the morning.

Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility Visitation

The inmate need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility in advance of the visit. This information will be entered in the log for the requesting inmate. All visitors is required to provide identification. Any visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures change often, so call the facility at (925) 646-5700 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility you have to be added to the inmate’s visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility. 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility 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, you are able to check the court records on the Contra Costa County jail website or you can call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Contra Costa County jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Contra Costa County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility inmates are always changing, so we suggest that you check the Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility

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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (925) 646-5700 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility store. An inmate can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or eliminated completely.

Phone Number: (925) 646-5700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility. 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 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 figuring out 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 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 in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility 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 Contra Costa County Jail – Marsh Creek Detention Facility, click the link below.

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