North Kern State Prison is located in Delano, a city located in Kern County, CA that serves as the prison facility for Kern County and surrounding areas. North Kern State Prison is a minimum to medium prison facility. One of several in CA In order to visit inmates at North Kern State Prison, you'll be traveling to Delano, CA, 93215-1821 in Kern. The address of this facility is listed as 2737 W Cecil Ave. But it's important that you verify that your inmate is at this location before making travel arrangements.
Prisons in CA, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of North Kern State Prison. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here:
send postcards. Calling your inmate is the best way to get details about mail and visitation rules for North Kern State Prison. They can provide you with their individual allowed prison call times and visitation hours and open days. Every prison facility in CA has its own rules. Your loved one will generally be informed of the rules for that facility and any individual restrictions applied.
North Kern State Prison is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at North Kern State Prison will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.
North Kern State Prison is located in the PST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current North Kern State Prison warden is Kelly Santoro. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. North Kern State Prison currently holds around 4171 inmates. At full capacity North Kern State Prison was built to hold 2694. How crowded North Kern State Prison is at any moment can significantly affect living conditions. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in North Kern State Prison by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at North Kern State Prison. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.