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Visits will resume at San Diego County Jails the week of July 27, 2009.
In order to minimize the risk of introducing infection into our system, the following precautionary
measure should be followed:
If you have had an influenza-like illness (ILI) in the 7 days prior to your visit which includes fever,
cough and/or sore throat, you should not enter the facility.
Inmates are allowed two
social visits per week, each visit lasting 30 minutes. For the
purpose of counting weekly visits, the week begins on Sunday and
ends on Saturday. Inmate workers are allowed additional visit
time, but their visit schedule is dependent on their work
schedule. Social visits are normally non-contact, conducted
through a visit window using telephone handsets. Contact visits
are allowed at the East Mesa and Facility 8 Detention
Facilities.
Each facility has a visit schedule. You can get visit
information specific to each facility by selecting the facility
below:
The following guidelines are important to remember when
visiting:
Reservations should be made one day in advance by calling the
number listed on the facility visit page.
When calling for a visit reservation, please have the following
information available for each visitor:
- Full name
- Date of birth
- Home address
- Telephone number
When visiting, each visitor
age 16 and older must have one of the following unexpired types
of identification:
- Driver's license
- Federal, state, local government identification card (any state)
- Military identification
- Passport
- U.S. Immigration identification (including visas)
- Border crossing card issued by the United States Department of Justice
- Current high school identification
- Matricula Consular ID card issued after April 22, 2002 by the Consul General of Mexico
Walk-in visits will be accepted, on a space available basis—and
first come, first served—as long as the visitors check in one
hour before the visit time. Once a visit is scheduled, no
“add-ons” will be made over the phone. Additional visitors may
be allowed, up to the maximum of three, by arriving one hour
prior to the visit and checking in with the other visitors.
Cancellations are not accepted over the phone. Due to security
reasons, East Mesa and Facility 8 Detention Facilities do not accept "walk-in" visits.
While we attempt to honor all visit reservations, visits may be
changed or cancelled without notice. Also, changes in the
inmate’s housing assignments may automatically cancel a
scheduled visit. Visits will not be scheduled if the inmate has
been previously scheduled for court on the same date.
Visitors must check in together one hour before the scheduled
visit. If a visitor is late, the visit may be cancelled.
A maximum of 3 visitors (including children) may visit an inmate
at any one time, and only one visit is allowed per day.
Minors must be accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.
Visit times are subject to change or cancellation due to
facility security or disciplinary reasons.
Disabled access visiting areas are available. If you have
special needs, please inform our staff when you reserve the
visit.
If you are on probation, Watch Commander approval is necessary
to visit.
There is no expectation of privacy in a jail facility. Social
visits may be monitored or recorded.
If you have previously been convicted of a felony and served
time in state prison, you may not enter the grounds of a county
jail without the permission of the Facility Commander. That
permission should be obtained in writing before attempting to
schedule a visit. Entry to the facility grounds without such
permission is a felony (California Penal Code §4571).
An excessive pattern of late arrivals or “no-shows” for visits
will result in the loss of phone reservation privileges or the
suspension of visits.
RULES FOR EAST MESA AND FACILITY 8 DETENTION
FACILITIES
Due to the privilege of having contact visits at these
facilities, the following additional visit regulations must be
observed:
- Nothing is to be brought into the facility except I.D. and car
keys. One blanket, one diaper, and one bottle can be brought in
for a baby. The following items are specifically prohibited:
purses or bags, food or beverages, pets, firearms, knives, or
other weapons, drugs or alcohol, and cigarettes. Keys are to be
hung on board provided. All visitors must have a reservation to
visit. Visits may be cancelled due to inclement weather.
- Dress Code: No strapless garments, no halter-tops, no bare
midriffs, no see-through, wrap around skirts, tops or dresses.
No mini-skirts or short dresses. Shorts must not be shorter than
mid-thigh in length. No slits on skirts or dresses. No latex or
skintight pants, skirts or shorts.
- No reclining together on the grass or tabletops. Visitors and
inmates must sit across from each other, no laying or sitting on
laps, no draping of legs, no body rubs/massages, no hugging, no
straddling benches.
HOSPITAL VISITS
Occasionally, inmates may be admitted to hospitals for medical
treatment. Visits may be allowed for hospitalized inmates,
subject to approval of the Watch Commander. Persons wishing to
visit a hospitalized inmate must check in at the San Diego
Central Jail and register for the visit. The Watch Commander
will be consulted concerning the inmate’s suitability to have
visitors. If the visit is approved, a visit pass will be issued,
which can be taken to the hospital and presented to the assigned
Deputy or Guard. In addition to normal visiting guidelines, the
following rules apply to visits occurring in hospitals:
- All visits must conform to the hospital’s regular visiting hours
and policies
- Only two visitors are allowed at a hospital visit for the
duration of 30 minutes.
- Two visits per week are allowed, Sunday through Saturday.
- Inmates cannot receive items of any type from social visitors.
- Any deviation from the above rules requires Watch Commander
approval.
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