Twin Towers Jail Info – Visiting, Bail, Contacting Inmates

• 1. How can I post bail?
• 2. Is my loved one at Twin Towers Jail?
• 3. How can I make phone calls?
• 4. When can I visit my loved one?
• 5. How do I send mail?
• 6. How can I transfer money for commissary purchases?
• 7. What services does the jail provide?
• 8. How does my loved one release their property to me?

If, after reading this article, you would like more information, we invite you to contact us at Shouse Law Group.

Twin Towers Jail is located at 450 Bauchet Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012.

1. How can I post bail?

Once your loved one has been booked into the Twin Towers facility, you can pay bail 24/7 at the L.A. Inmate Reception Center (IRC) located in between the two towers. The IRC accepts:

1. cash paid in full
2. money orders or California bank-drawn cashier’s checks for the entire bail amount, made payable to the L.A. Sheriff’s Dept. (the check should include the inmate name and booking number)
3. bail bonds.

If you post bail by cash, money order, or cashier check, you will get your money back (minus an administrative fee) at the conclusion of the case as long as your loved one never misses court. Otherwise, your bail money is forfeited.

If you hire a bail bondsman (the most common way to post bail), you pay the agent a non-refundable fee of 10% of the full bail amount. As long as your loved one makes all required court appearances, you never have to pay the remaining 90% to the bail bondsman.²

Bail for Twin Towers Jail inmates is set according to the Los Angeles County bail schedule.

2. Is my loved one at Twin Towers Jail?

To check if your loved one is incarcerated at Twin Towers Jail, you can:

1. call the L.A. Inmate Reception Center (IRC) at (213) 473-6100 to speak with a sheriff deputy, or
2. search online at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s inmate information website.

The website will also provide you with your loved one’s booking number, next scheduled court date, and bail information.³

3. How can I make phone calls?

The Twin Towers Jail does not permit incoming calls for inmates. Instead, your loved one can call you.

All Twin Towers Jail visits must be scheduled online.

4. When can I visit my loved one?

You must schedule an appointment online to visit your loved one at Twin Towers Jail. Visiting hours are daily from 7am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.

Visits are limited to one adult and one child. General population inmates can have four 15-minute visits per week, and special handle inmates can have two 30-minute visits per week.⁴

5. How do I send mail?

If your loved one is at the Los Angeles County Twin Towers Correctional Facility, you can address letters to:

[Your loved one’s name and seven-digit booking number]
Terminal Annex
P.O. Box 86164
Los Angeles, CA 90086-0164

You may not send any items other than:

• the paper your letter is written on
• up to five photographs that are at least 3″x 5″ and no bigger than 4″ x 6″ and which do not contain any nude, sexually suggestive, or gang-related content,
• a money order or cashier’s check greater than $200.

As far as reading materials are concerned, you may send up to three softcover books per week and up to three magazines per week as long as they are mailed directly from the publisher or retailer. Plus, the materials cannot be sexually explicit in nature.

Even though you are personally prohibited from mailing packages, you can order a care package through the Keefe Commissary website.⁵

You may not mail packages, but you can order commissary care packages through Keefe.

6. How can I transfer money for commissary purchases?

To put money on your loved one’s books at the Twin Towers, you can go to the Inmate Reception Center located between the two towers. It is open 24/7.

Alternatively, you can mail a California bank-drawn cashier’s check or a money order to:

[Your loved one’s complete name and seven-digit booking number]
Terminal Annex
P.O. Box 86164
Los Angeles, CA 90086-0164

Though be sure to follow the rules/regulations described in the previous section regarding inmate mail.

Learn more in our article, How do I send money to an inmate in the Los Angeles County Jail?

7. What services does the jail provide?

Because the Twin Towers Correctional Facility is the world’s largest jail and the nation’s largest mental health facility, it offers a number of services to its inmates.

In addition to providing a variety of medical and mental health services, examples of some of these “extras” include:

1. a commissary where residents can purchase a variety of items such as food, reading materials, hygiene products, games, etc.,
2. outdoor recreational activities,
3. television privileges,
4. a library (and a law library for inmates who wish to represent themselves, otherwise known as “pro per” representation),
5. vocational training,
6. chapel services for all major religious denominations, and
7. Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and other substance abuse and alcohol counseling.

8. How does my loved one release their property to me?

Anyone booked at the Los Angeles Twin Towers Jail can sign a property release form designating you to pick up their belongings, which typically consists of their wallet and keys. You can then collect the property by going to the Inmate Reception Center located in between the two towers. For the most current instructions, call the property information line at (213) 473-6191.

If you are trying to get your loved one’s vehicle released, you must contact the arresting agency. They will be able to provide details about the particular vehicle in question, such as where the vehicle is located and whether or not it has been impounded (in which case, it may have to remain impounded for a specific period of time).

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