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How to Talk to Friends or Family in Custody
Inmates are not allowed to receive incoming telephone calls. They can make personal outgoing calls, which are recorded phone calls among family and friends, or legal outgoing calls, which are non-recorded phone calls with legal counsel. Do not discuss your loved one’s case over the phone. Do not allow your loved one to become negative…
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How to Post Bail
In order to notify family members or friends of their arrest, inmates are given access to a telephone in order to place collect calls. Questions regarding an inmate’s initial arrest should be directed to the arresting agency, if it can be done without doing further harm to the inmate’s case. Bonds and fines may be paid…
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How to Visit an Inmate in a Maricopa County Jail
Obtain the name, booking number and/or date of birth of the incarcerated person by calling Sheriff’s Information Management Services at 602-876-0322. Before visiting an inmate, contact the jail’s visitation phone number to find out if any housing units are on visitation restrictions: 4th Avenue Jail 602-876-1239 Lower Buckeye Jail 602-876-1236 Estrella Jail 602-876-1222 Towers Jail 602-876-1679…
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What is a Veteran’s Court?
A few cities in Arizona have established Veteran’s Courts in order to focus on rehabilitation and restoration for veterans who find themselves facing criminal charges. The Facts: There are over 140,000 veterans incarcerated to date. Veterans continue to come home with similar conditions to those of veterans who served in Vietnam. In 1958, 21% of all…
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How To Apply for a Good Cause Exception with the Board of Fingerprinting
To apply for a Good Cause Exception, complete the following application and submit it to the Arizona Board of Fingerprinting: https://www.azbof.gov/forms/appgce.pdf You should not download the application and submit it until your application for a fingerprint clearance card has been denied, or your card has been suspended. Do not submit an application until you receive the…
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Do You Qualify for a Good Cause Exception with the Board of Fingerprinting?
41-619.55. Good cause exceptions; expedited review; hearing; revocation The board shall determine good cause exceptions. The board shall determine a good cause exception after an expedited review or after a good cause exception hearing. The board shall conduct an expedited review within twenty days after receiving an application for a good cause exception. Within forty-five…
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What Criminal Offenses Will Preclude You from Obtaining a Fingerprint Clearance Card in AZ?
From 41-1758.03. Fingerprint clearance cards; issuance; immunity A person who is subject to registration as a sex offender in this state or any other jurisdiction or who is awaiting trial on or who has been convicted of committing or attempting, soliciting, facilitating or conspiring to commit one or more of the following offenses in this…
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Will Your Fingerprint Clearance Card Be Suspended or Revoked?
41-1758.04. Denial, suspension or revocation of fingerprint clearance card The division shall deny the issuance of a fingerprint clearance card to any person who is awaiting trial on or who has been convicted of an offense listed in section 41-1758.03, subsection B or C or section 41-1758.07, subsection B or C. The division shall revoke…
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Medical Alternatives to an Ignition Interlock Device (Update 06/2015)
You may apply for use of a CAMP device (ankle bracelet) instead of an ignition interlock device for medical reasons if unable to provide a breath sample. To apply, please follow the guidelines below: ALCOHOL MONITORING DEVICE APPLICATION The ignition interlock device is a breath alcohol sensing instrument installed in a motor vehicle and connected…
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How Long is SR22 Insurance Required?
Typically, you must maintain SR22 for three years from the date of suspension in Arizona.
