Clark County Detention Center

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The Clark County Detention Center is located at 330 South Casino Center Boulevard in Las Vegas, NV and is a medium security county jail operated by the Clark County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Clark County Detention Center, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give info you need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and any tips or comments that could be beneficial to others will be much appreciated.

Clark County Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Clark County Detention Center Inmate Lookup is a roster of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Clark County Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Clark County Detention Center is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer some questions, such as what is your legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

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

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 15 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get discharged from jail. It also will depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if the judge needs to figure out how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to get discharged in the morning.

Clark County Detention Center Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name to the Clark County Detention Center in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Clark County Detention Center frequently change, so call the facility at (702) 671-3900 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Clark County Detention Center you must first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Clark County Detention Center, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 younger than 18 years old 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 Clark County Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Clark County Detention Center 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 Clark County Detention Center. 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 Clark County Detention Center 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 think you might have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check arrest warrants on the Clark County court website or call the court. You have to have the person’s 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 a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Clark County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are accessible to anyone.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of people’s criminal past. These databases are all linked so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to the Clark County Courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so you should check the Clark County Detention Center site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Clark County Detention Center

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 Clark County Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (702) 671-3900 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 Clark County Detention Center store. Inmates can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products including 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

The only phone calls that Clark County Detention Center inmates are allowed to make are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges could be reduced or totally denied.

The Clark County Detention Center phone number is: (702) 671-3900

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from 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 Clark County Detention Center. 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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 inmate phone calls. 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 jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Clark County Detention Center, click the link below.

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