Los Gatos Police Jail

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The Los Gatos Police Jail is located at 110 East Main Street in Los Gatos, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about anything one might want to know about the Los Gatos Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Los Gatos Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Los Gatos Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info for anybody processed or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information fast if you enter the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Los Gatos Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Los Gatos Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take between 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. So, the quicker you post bail, the quicker you will get discharged. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to figure out your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Los Gatos Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Los Gatos Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Los Gatos Police Jail visitation procedures can change, so you should call the official Los Gatos Police Jail at 408-354-5257 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Los Gatos Police Jail you have to have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Los Gatos Police Jail, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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, this 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 Los Gatos Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Los Gatos 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 Los Gatos 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 Los Gatos 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 check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Santa Clara County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for DUI, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Los Gatos Police Jail are always changing, so visit the Los Gatos Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Los Gatos 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 Los Gatos Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 408-354-5257 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 Los Gatos Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These products 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

The only phone calls that Los Gatos Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 408-354-5257

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make from all 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 Los Gatos Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 learning 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money 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 money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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