Long Beach City Jail

In comparison with other city jails within the Los Angeles County, Long Beach City Jail is considered as large. It can accommodate up to approximately 202 inmates – 70 inmates for the women’s facility and 132 inmates for the men’s facility.

Long Beach City Jail is considered as a Type 1 facility. Non-sentenced detainees can stay here for up to 96 hours before they are bused out to a bigger county jail. However, sentenced detainees who volunteer as inmate workers are permitted to serve their time here.

Long Beach City Jail’s booking desk is one of the busiest in the Los Angeles County. Over 18,000 arrestees are being booked here each year. Persons who have been arrested within the city are brought here for booking.

The booking desk is also the area where a detainee’s release is processed. If a defendant is allowed to be bailed out, he or she will be released after the booking process has been performed by a detention staff.

Detention staff undergoes 200 hours of Adult Core Corrections Officer training for the first year of employment. They’re also obligated to take a 24-hour Standard Training for Corrections (STC) every year.

Aside from booking services and housing of adult inmates, the jail division of the Long Beach Police Department processes subpoenas (Court Affairs), transport inmates to the Long Beach Courthouse (Court Bailiff), transport inmates to the Los Angeles County Jail (Prisoner Transport Unit), and keeps the Civic Center Complex secured.

What happens if a defendant doesn’t post bail immediately?

The defendant will stay in Long Beach City Jail until his or her arraignment. Arraignment is the first court appearance of the defendant. It is during the arraignment when the judge informs the defendant of the charges against him.

Overcrowding often happens in city jails, even the bigger ones such as Long Beach City Jail. When this happens, the defendant will immediately be transferred to other county jails such as Twin Towers Correctional Facility or Men’s Central Jail after he has been booked.

We can still get your loved one out of a larger county jail, but the process will take much longer.

How much is the bond premium?

Under Section 1276 of the California Penal Code, the court can accept the bail without further acknowledgment as long as it comes from a licensed bail agent.

The bond premium – the amount that you need to pay the licensed bail agent for his services – is usually 10% of the bond amount. In special cases, we can lower down the bond premium to 8%.Contact us to know if you qualify for a lower bond premium.