Siskiyou County Jail

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The Siskiyou County Jail is located at 315 South Oregon Street in Yreka, CA and is a medium security county jail operated by the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department.

This guide tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Siskiyou County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Siskiyou County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Siskiyou County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Siskiyou County Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes custody status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get the same information for anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Siskiyou County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Siskiyou County Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

They will let you make a telephone call so you can call a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a cash bond or if the magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, plan to get released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Siskiyou County Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s name to the Siskiyou County Jail before you can visit. This information will go in the visitors log as an approved visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Siskiyou County Jail can change, so we suggest that you call the jail at (530) 842-8157 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Siskiyou County Jail you must first be added to their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Siskiyou County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Siskiyou County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Siskiyou County court website or you can call the court. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and all filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records 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, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates at the Siskiyou County Jail are always changing, so be sure to visit the Siskiyou County Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Siskiyou 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 Siskiyou County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (530) 842-8157 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 Siskiyou County Jail store. An inmate can buy several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Siskiyou County Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly 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 are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (530) 842-8157

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 the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Siskiyou 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 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 facility has set their phone call 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 Siskiyou County Jail, click the link below.

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