Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center

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The Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center is located at 29320 The Old Road in Castaic, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the info that you need to make the process a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others will be appreciated.

Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center Inmate Locator is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can get info for anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information faster if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer some basic questions, such as your full legal name, your address, date of birth and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. 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 to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also will depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should expect to be discharged in the morning.

Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center before you can visit. This information will be entered in the visitors log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

The Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center visitation procedures are always changing, so call the official Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center at (213) 473-6080 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center, and you will be searched before entering. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not 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 younger than 18 years old and is not a family member of 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 magazines to an inmate at the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess 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 Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess 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 Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess 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 have a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Los Angeles County jail website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. They include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in your case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Los Angeles County Courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee 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 crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center might change, so check the Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess 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 Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (213) 473-6080 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 Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely want to use 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 inmates can purchase if they have enough money in their 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 Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone calls might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess Detention Center phone number is: (213) 473-6080

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each 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 inmate phone calls 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 Los Angeles County Jail – Pichess 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 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 finding out how to lower 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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