Los Angeles Bail Bonds

Finding out someone you care for has been arrested can be extremely distressing.  First and foremost you should try to remain calm.  If you’ve never needed to work with a bail bondsman before it might be reassuring to learn the process is far less complicated than you might assume.

When you call for Los Angeles bail bonds information the person you’re speaking with will ask you a few basic questions:

• What is the name of the defendant?
• Do you know their date of birth, or approximately how old they are?
• When were they arrested?
• Do you know how much their bail is?

If you don’t have all of the information, don’t worry.  The bondsman should be able to look it up while you’re on the phone.   If you decide to move forward with purchasing a bond Read more »

Baca Considers Closing Men’s Central Jail

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said he is reconsidering his position on shutting down the downtown Men’s Central Jail. Baca had previously tied a potential closure to the county paying for construction of a new, updated facility.   Now, however, Baca said his review of a special report commissioned by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which found that the county’s prison population could be reduced through early release of low-level offenders and the increased use of electronic monitoring programs, is leading him to consider other alternatives.

The Los Angeles Times said Baca is now looking into housing some inmates at fire camps or at jail facilities located in other counties.

The Men’s Central Jail facility is both the largest and most violent jails in the world.  It has been the subject of scrutiny for a number of years for prisoner violence, staff misconduct and poor supervision.  If shuttered, approximately 1,800 of the county’s most violent inmates would Read more »

Jails Focus On Expansion, Not Reduction

A recent report by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of California found that the county jails are focusing more on expansions than reducing inmate populations.

According to language within the report, expansion plans have “explicitly allocated between 16 and 18 percent of their realignment funds to increase jail capacity”.   The Huffington Post further pointed out that plans for “evidence-based alternatives”, which could include electronic monitoring or rehabilitation plans geared toward reducing recidivism rates, are lacking.

In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ordered California to reduce the state’s prison population by 30,000.  The state complied, moving to shift non-violent, non-serious and non-sexual offenders from state to county facilities.   Since that time each of California’s 58 counties have received additional funding in order to “cover costs”.

Roughly two-thirds of the counties have indicated they will be Read more »

Bail Bonds Service In Los Angeles

Most people who call to inquire about  bail bonds have never before needed to work with a bail bondsman.  Learning a friend or family member has been arrested and detained at one of the Los Angeles jails can be extremely stressful.  You might be wondering where to turn, who to call, and how difficult it will be to get them out of jail fast.

The good news is that Los Angeles bail bonds can be posted 24-hours a day.

After a person is arrested it is likely they will be given the opportunity to “bail out” before their trial. This allows the defendant to resume their day-to-day life and consult with a criminal defense attorney to help prepare their case.

A person’s bail is set based on the charge(s) filed against them, whether they have a prior history of arrest and whether they are considered to be a flight risk.  In the state of California, the Department of Insurance governs the bail industry and they set the rate at which bail bonds companies can charge for the service they provide.   California bail bonds cost 10% of the total amount of a defendant’s bail. This means that if bail has been set at $30,000 you can expect to pay $3,000 for a bail bond.

If you have questions about how bail works, how to get the process started and what responsibilities you’ll take on by co-signing a bail bond contract, call Tonya Page Bail Bonds now at 877-BAIL-BOND.  An expert Los Angeles bail bondsman is available to assist you 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.  We have more than 40 years of experience in helping get people out of Los Angeles County jails fast and will handle your call with the utmost confidentiality and care.  Call 877-BAIL-BOND now to get the process started.

LA Jail Oversight Commission Now Running

A seven-member jail oversight whose job it is to investigate claims of inmate abuse and employee misconduct is now up and running. The committee members consist of a jail safety expert, a police chief, four retired judges and a pastor.

Controversy within the Los Angeles County jails has been making headlines for most of 2011. The L.A. Times has reported there have been “numerous cases of abuse and violence by deputies, including a rookie who resigned after he was allegedly told by a supervisor to beat a mentally ill inmate”.   They further point to disciplinary action against approximately 30 inmates since 2009, many of whom were accused for beating inmates or covering up abuse by other deputies.

Although the scope of the commission’s authority is somewhat hindered in that it is unable to mandate the unsealing of internal documents and cannot actually govern Los Angeles County jails, it will be able to Read more »

California Jail Realignment Dips Prisoner Population

Since the Oct. 1 implementation of the California jail realignment program, reportedly approximately 8,000 fewer incarcerates are being housed in California prisons.

Many jails, however, are still detaining more than twice the capacity of inmates they were designed for.  At current, California is housing approximately 135,000 inmates.  Although this is a marked reduction from the 173,000 inmates being detained in 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court said that still-overcrowded conditions are inhibiting prisoners from receiving adequate and basic health care.

As a means of reducing state prison populations non-violent, non-serious and non-sexual offenders have begun being transferred from state to county facilities.  This has prompted county law enforcement officials to begin releasing some less-serious offending inmates earlier than originally anticipated. Sheriffs officials from throughout the state, including at the Los Angeles County Jail. LA Sheriff Lee Baca has said they are further considering other methodologies of keeping county prison populations under control, including early release with ankle-GPS bracelet monitoring and in some cases, house arrest programs.

In some counties, parolees Read more »

LA County Jails Could Soon Be Out Of Room

California’s recent prison reliagnment program, which shifted a number of inmates from state to county jail facilities, is continuing to cause strain to local law enforcement agencies.  Los Angeles County Sheriffs officials say that because as many as 8,000 offenders who would have normally been sent to state prisons now becoming the responsibility of the county, that the Los Angeles County Jails system could run out of room as soon as next month.

The L.A. Times has reported that although the Sheriff’s Department has secured funding to open an additional 1,800 beds, that this is “far below the number needed to accomidate the tide of state prisoners” coming their way.  Sheriff Lee Baca is concerned that this could lead to Read more »

LAPD Northeast Division Annual Open House

The LAPD Northeast Area Division of the Los Angeles Police Department has announced it will host its annual open house on Saturday, Oct, 29.

Taking place between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., community members are being invited to meet, greet, and interact with the officers who work to make their neighborhood safe.

Volunteer opportunity information, information regarding the LAPD Cadet program as well as information regarding the Police Activities League youth boxing program will be made available.

Members of the LAPD Central Bureau and the LA City Council will be on hand to answer questions and interested parties who wish to take a guided tour of the Northeast Detective Squad Room and the Watch Commander’s Office will be able to do so. The day will also feature a Halloween costume contest and a fun-prize raffle.

The annual open house will take place at Read more »

Jail Oversight Committee Approved for LA County

Just weeks after an FBI investigation into abuse allegations at Los Angeles County Jails, as well as reports by the LA Times and other organizations, county supervisors have voted to approve an outside jail oversight committee to oversee the troubled corrections system.

This vote may be viewed as a blow to Los Angeles County Sheriff, Lee Baca, who felt that there was no basis for the FBI’s investigation. He has, however, admitted that he has not done a good job of watching over the country’s biggest prison system.

Sheriff Baca did not attend the meeting with county supervisors.

An outside monitor made several recommendations, which were backed by Supervisor Gloria Molina. These include Read more »

How Long Does it Take to Post a Bail Bond?

Today’s question comes from Yahoo! Answers, where this was chosen as “Best Answer” by the “Asker”, Darrell.

Question:  How long will it take a bail bondsman to post a bail bond?

Answer:  That is a very good question and how fast the bail bonds process can be completed is top amongst the concerns of our clients.

Time to post a bond is primarily dependent upon the jail.  In general, the smaller local jails will accept a bond in a couple of  hours.  The larger jails, such as the Los Angeles County Jail (which is the world’s largest jail), can take up to 12-24 hours for processing before the bond will be accepted.

There are several other factors as well: the need for the arrestee to be interviewed by detectives (or not), meal times, shift changes in jail staff,  “counting times” (when every inmate is actually counted by the staff), potential problems with the computer systems, the number of other arrestees waiting to be booked and processed, etc.

In terms of the bondsman getting the bail bond posted, that is usually the quicker part of the process. However, I have personally sat at a jail for over an hour waiting for the jailer to come out and accept a bond.