Maricopa County Jail

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The Maricopa County Jail is located at 201 South 4th Avenue in Phoenix, AZ and is a medium security county jail operated by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Maricopa County Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Maricopa County Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find Maricopa County court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give info that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Maricopa County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Maricopa County Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. You can also get information about anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Maricopa County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Maricopa County Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First you have to answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, date of birth and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you use the phone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get released from jail. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a discharge date, expect to be released that morning.

Maricopa County Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide each visitor’s full name to the Maricopa County Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put into the visitation log for the requesting inmate. Each visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors showing up late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Maricopa County Jail frequently change, so call the jail at (602) 876-1239 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Maricopa County Jail you must be on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Maricopa County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 under the age of 18 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 Maricopa County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Maricopa County 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 Maricopa County 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 Maricopa County 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 arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Bear 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 know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access the court records on the website, or at the Maricopa County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to the Maricopa County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to Maricopa County Jail inmates is likely to change, so visit the Maricopa County Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Maricopa County 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 Maricopa County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (602) 876-1239 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 Maricopa County Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items 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

All phone calls from the Maricopa County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Maricopa County Jail phone number is: (602) 876-1239

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Maricopa County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 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 any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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