Category : Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz County Jail

General Information

Santa Cruz County Main Jail
259 Water Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 454-2420
Bail Bonds for Santa Cruz Jail

The Santa Cruz Main Jail facility is the main jail for Santa Cruz County and is the only booking facility within the County. It has an average daily population of approximately 400 inmates. 

When someone is arrested in Santa Cruz County, men will typically be transported to the Santa Cruz Main Jail for booking and processing. (Woman will likely be transported to the Blaine Street Jail in Santa Cruz.)

Rules for Visiting Santa Cruz Main Jail:

All visitors must be approved in advance by appointment. Call (831) 454-2420 between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm to set up the visit.

Be advised that the inmate is responsible for submitting a Visitor Clearance Form. Appointments must be made at least 24 hours before the visit occurs. Visits will last approximately 45 minutes.

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Rountree Medium Facility Jail

General Information

Rountree Medium Facility
90 Rountree Lane
Watsonville, CA. 95076
(831) 454-5112

The Rountree Detention Center has two jail facilities (a medium facility and minimum facility), located in southern Santa Cruz County. Both facilities house inmates convicted and sentenced for up to one year in jail.

The medium security facility houses inmates who require incarceration and/or segregation from other inmates and those with court cases pending.

The minimum security facility houses inmates who do not have a high level of criminal sophistication and those who do not pose a threat to other inmates. They may also qualify for the Work Furlough program.

Once a bond has been posted, release can take anywhere from 2 to 4 hours or more, depending upon their individual situation. We can post a bond 24 hours a day.

Rules for Visiting Rountree Medium Facility:

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Blaine Street Jail

General Information

Blaine Street Facility
141 Blaine Street
Santa Cruz, CA. 95060
(831) 454-2177

Blaine Street Facility in Santa Cruz only houses minimum and medium security female inmates. The facility has been in operation since 1984 and is adjacent to the Santa Cruz Main Jail.

The Blaine Street Jail is designed for women inmates who have been screened as minimum security risks. Low risk medium security women may also be assigned to this facility.

During processing of the female defendant, bail will be set. The amounts for bail in Santa Cruz are set by the county judges.

Rules for Visiting Blaine Street Facility Jail:

All visitations must be approved 24 hours in advance.

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Santa Cruz Sheriff Office Offers Auto Body Repair To The Public

Here’s something that you may not often see: The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, located in Watsonville offers a fully operational, open to the public auto body repair shop.

The auto repair shop operates in partnership with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and is part of the auto body repair training program in the County. They offer a full range of auto body repair, welding, fabrication, frame straightening, restoration, sandblasting, auto painting, along with auto detailing, wash & wax and much more.

Appointments for estimations can be made on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays by calling between the hours of 8AM and 10AM and from 1PM  to 3PM.

For payment they take cash, money orders and personal checks which are cleared prior to the start of any work. No insurance payments are accepted.

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