San Joaquin County South Jail

San Joaquin County South Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 209-468-4676

This facility is for adult inmates.

The San Joaquin County South Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 999 W Mathews Rd French Camp, CA which is operated locally by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. San Joaquin County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the French Camp Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The facility serves as a county intake center and provides for the detention of unsentenced persons and for the incarceration of sentenced offenders. The jail is a new generation jail managed under the Direct Supervision concept. Inmates housed here will be confined in the least restrictive conditions, based on past and current behavior. Those housed here that follow the rules and the directions of the staff and not cause problems will be provided free access to make collect phone calls, visiting, recreation, religious and educational services. For inmates that display disruptive behavior will have restrictions on some or all of the privileges afforded tot he well-behaved.

Health care services are available seven days a week. The facility operates a full pharmacy for the dispensing of prescribed medicines, Over-the-counter medications are available through the inmate commissary.

• San Joaquin County South Jail – Inmate Rules

visitation Info

San Joaquin County South Jail – Visitation

• Monday – Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
• (Wednesday Only open 9:00 am to 7:00 pm)
• Closed from 10:45 am to 11:45 am

Inmate visiting starts at 9:00 am and the last inmate visit (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday through Sunday is at 5:00 pm

• On Wednesday the last visit is at 7:00 pm
• Visits are 45 minutes long starting on the hour
• Inmates housed get two visits per week
• The visiting week starts on Monday

General Guidelines

• A visitor may only visit once daily at any of the three facilities
• Only three visitors per inmate (including children and infants)
• No eating, drinking or smoking allowed
• If a visitor leaves the visiting room once the visit has started, they will not be permitted to return
• No handbags, diaper bags, strollers, infant seats or other large containers may be taken into the visiting room. These articles must be kept outside the facility. A limited number of lockers are available to secure small personal items. A key in exchange for ID may be obtained from the visiting officer. Visiting staff will not be responsible for these items. Failure to comply will result in exclusion from visiting 
• If you have a baby, you may bring a clear plastic bag containing 1 bottle, 1 small blanket, 1 diaper, and wipes to complete a diaper change
• Visitors under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be excluded from visiting and may be subject to arrest
• Visitors are subject to search of their persons and effects
• Visitors serving probation, parole or other conditional release from custody, may be required to provide written permission from their supervising agency in or to visit. Visitors convicted of a felony, on parole or probation or who have been released by any San Joaquin County custody facility within the past 30 days will be excluded fro visiting
• Visitors determined to be a victim or are named in an active protective order prohibiting contact of the inmate they are attempting to visit will be prohibited from visiting that inmate
• Visitors with active warrants shall not be allowed to visit and may be detained and/or arrested. Documented proof of a scheduled court date to appear on the warrant will not be sufficient
• Visitors shown to be of harmful effect to the inmate, or who constitute a threat to the security of the institution shall be excluded from visiting. The Facility Commander may suspend visiting privileges of an individual member of the public indefinitely.
• An officer may suspend visiting privileges of an individual for one week per incident (Violations deemed serious in nature may be referred to the shift supervisor, visiting supervisor or facility commander pending further review and may result in a greater suspension period up to and including an indefinite ban).
• Visitors not approved for a visit or having a visit terminated will be told the reason for the exclusion or termination of the visit. Appeals of the suspension or termination will be directed to the Duty Sergeant for review and forwarded to the Facility Commander.