Laguna Beach Police Jail

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The Laguna Beach Police Jail is located at 505 Forest Avenue in Laguna Beach, CA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Laguna Beach Police Department.

This guide tells you information about anything related to the Laguna Beach Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Laguna Beach Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give information and advice that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be welcome.

Laguna Beach Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Laguna Beach Police Jail Inmate Lookup is an online list of people who have been arrested and are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find information for anyone arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Laguna Beach Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Laguna Beach Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to make a telephone call so you can talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on if you have a bond amount or if the magistrate still needs to figure out how much your bail will be. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the discharge date, plan to be released that morning.

Laguna Beach Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to give each visitor’s name to the Laguna Beach Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put into a log of visitors for the inmate. Every visitor has to provide identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies change often, so make sure that you call the jail at 949-497-0701 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Laguna Beach Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Laguna Beach Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Laguna Beach Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Laguna Beach Police 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 Laguna Beach Police 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 Laguna Beach Police 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the Orange County court website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Orange County jail, by phone, in person, or you can check online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file containing a docket sheet and any filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on the internet, or at the Orange County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of a person’s criminal history. These databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Orange County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for crimes, which include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail might change, so we suggest that you review the Laguna Beach Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Laguna Beach Police 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 Laguna Beach Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 949-497-0701 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 Laguna Beach Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Laguna Beach Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Jail phone calls are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, your ability to use the phone could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 949-497-0701

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of 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 Laguna Beach Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning 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 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 money on your inmate calls, 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 can save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Laguna Beach Police Jail, click the link below.

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