San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail

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The San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail is located at 1173 Front Street in San Diego, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you information about everything a person needs to know about the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, how to find San Diego County court records, and lots more.

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4. San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail Visitation Rules
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6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail
7. San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail Care Packages
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail
10. How to Search San Diego County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others would be much appreciated.

San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info on anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information fast if you have their name, date of birth, or arrest number.

San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail is made up of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

The first step is that you must answer some basic questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to use the phone to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail will take anywhere between 10 minutes to all day. In other words the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on your bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail change often, so call the facility at (619) 615-2700 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail you have to be on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must 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 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 San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central 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 Diego County Jail – San Diego Central 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 Diego County Jail – San Diego Central 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 can check the arrest warrants on the website or call the jail. 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. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the San Diego County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the San Diego County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to inmates might change, so it would be best to visit the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central 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 Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (619) 615-2700 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 Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail store. You can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (619) 615-2700

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all 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 San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central 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 finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at San Diego County Jail – San Diego Central Jail, click the link below.

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