Southwest Area Jail

Southwest Area Jail is Southwest Community Police Station’s on-site jail. It is located at West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

The Southwest Community Police Station – under the Operations-South Bureau of the Los Angeles Police Department – provides policing services to the following areas:

• Adams-Normandie
• Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Village
• Baldwin Vista
• Crenshaw
• Exposition Park
• Jefferson Park
• Leimert Park
• Union Square
• University Park
• Village Green
• West Adams

If a person has been arrested in the mentioned areas, he or she will be detained at Southwest Area Jail.

Upon arrival, the arrestee will undergo a series of procedures that involve jailers taking a record of an arrested individual for identification purposes. This is called booking.

As part of the booking process, the arrestee’s fingerprints will be scanned, personal belongings will be searched, a mug shot will be taken, and the arrestee’s medical condition will be assessed among others. The arrestee will be checked for any outstanding warrants as well.

The arrestee will be allowed to call three persons during the booking process: a family member, his attorney, a bail bondsman.

What should I prepare before calling a bail bondsman?

Time is of the essence when it comes to bailing someone. Our goal is to get the defendant out as quickly as possible.

If the defendant is not released from Southwest Area Jail, there’s a big chance that the defendant will be quickly transferred to larger county jails after the booking process. This is especially true on days when overcrowding becomes a problem.

It is usually a family member or a significant other of the detainee who gives us a call. If you’re loved one is being held in Southwest Area Jail and would like us to bail him or her out, you need to prepare these things before phoning us:

• The reason for the arrest
• The full name of the person who was arrested
• The amount of bail that was set for your loved one
• The booking number of the person who was arrested

If you are not sure about the information that was given to you by the detainee because he or she was in a hurry, you can check it with Southwest Area Jail. You can give them a call for verification purposes.

Confirm if your loved one is really at Southwest Area Jail and not in another city jail.

If you feel that there are other important information that will be helpful, please do not hesitate to tell your bail bondsman about it.

Before we bail your loved one out, there is paperwork that you need to complete. You don’t have to worry because the entire process is fast and easy.

There’s no need to go to our office to fill out the forms as everything will be done online.