San Jose is home to the Santa Clara County Jail. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in San Jose and Santa Clara County Courts and courts of other cities in the Santa Clara County area areas. It's important to call an inmate first to make sure they can receive visitors and that they are still at the facility. Santa Clara County Jail is located in San Jose CA, in the 95110-1712 Zipcode. This is in Santa Clara County CA. Before traveling or booking hotels, always verify with your inmate first.
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 Santa Clara County Jail. 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 Santa Clara County Jail. 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.
Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.
Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Santa Clara County Jail by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Santa Clara County Jail. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.