San Benito County Jail

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The San Benito County Jail is located at 710 Flynn Road in Hollister, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the San Benito County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about anything related to the San Benito County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the San Benito County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the info that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

San Benito County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The San Benito County Jail Inmate List is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find information for anybody arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can locate their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

San Benito County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the San Benito County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

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

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the phone in order to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 30 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, you should expect to get discharged that morning.

San Benito County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name and date of birth to the San Benito County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log for the inmate. Every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at San Benito County Jail change often, so make sure that you call the official San Benito County Jail at (831) 636-4060 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the San Benito County Jail you must be on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at San Benito County Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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 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 magazines to an inmate at the San Benito County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the San Benito 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 San Benito 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 San Benito 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, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete 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 these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the San Benito County Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at San Benito 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 San Benito County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (831) 636-4060 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 San Benito County Jail store. Inmates can purchase several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need 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 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 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

All phone calls from the San Benito County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: (831) 636-4060

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly 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 these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 San Benito County Jail. 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges is 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. There are some circumstances 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 or prison has set their 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 San Benito County Jail, click the link below.

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