The Clark County Detention Center

Las Vegas Jail -- Information for Family & Friends of Inmates

If you are arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, you will probably be held in custody at the Clark County Detention Center, commonly abbreviated CCDC. This is the primary Las Vegas jail facility. The jail is located in downtown Las Vegas at 330 South Casino Center Drive:

The Las Vegas jail houses persons who have just been arrested, who are awaiting trial, or who are serving short sentences.

This page provides information about finding, visiting, communicating with, transferring funds to and bailing out persons in custody at the Clark County Detention Center. There is also information about inmates’ rights and safety. If you are in need of criminal defense legal representation here in Las Vegas, contact our Las Vegas Criminal Defense Lawyers at 702-DEFENSE (702-333-3673) to schedule a free consultation.

Finding information on a person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail

When a person is in custody at the Clark County Detention Center, you can check their bail information, the nature of their case, their court dates, and their visiting hours by calling the information line at (702) 671-3900 or by using the Clark County Detention Center’s Inmate Search Page.

You must be able to supply the inmate's full name or inmate identification number or case number in order to receive any information. However, if the person in custody is under 18 years old or is under protective custody due to safety concerns, no information will be given.

Phoning a person in custody at the Clark County Detention Center

A person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail may not receive phone calls unless it’s an emergency, in which case you may call (702) 671-5700. The Clark County Detention Center will then verify if it’s truly an emergency situation.

A person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail may make outgoing collect calls to landline phone numbers, and the party accepting the call will be billed by the telephone company. However, persons in custody can not make collect calls to cellular phones, and they may not have prepaid calling cards.

There are a couple of ways persons in custody may try to talk with cellular phone users: One, the inmate makes a collect call to a friend who then three-ways the call to a cellular phone user. Or, the cellular phone user contacts Correctional Billing Services at 1 800 844-6591 to try to set up a prepaid account which accepts collect calls from the Clark County Detention Center.

Keep in mind that these phone calls are often recorded by the jail, so be careful not to reveal anything over the phone that may be construed as incriminating. The Clark County Detention Center is equipped with TTY machines to accommodate hearing impairment, and a telephone interpretation service is available to assist non-English speakers.

Visit the Clark County Detention Center’s webpage on phoning guidelines.

Visiting a person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail

Each person in custody at the Clark County Detention Center has a different visiting schedule. To learn the visiting hours, phone the Visiting Information line at (702) 671-5700 or (702) 671-5701 and be ready to provide the operator with the person in custody’s full name or the inmate identification number.

You can also learn a person in custody’s visiting hours by entering their name or inmate identification number at the Clark County Detention Center’s Inmate Search Page, where the hours are posted at the bottom of the page. Visitors must arrive one (1) hour prior to the visiting time in order to register. Be prepared for long lines.

Persons in custody at the Las Vegas Jail are never allowed in the same room with their visitors. Instead, the lobby of the Clark County Detention Center contains several booths where the visitor may communicate with the person in custody over close-captioned video for up to twenty-five (25) minutes.

Unfortunately, these booths are wide open, so anyone in the lobby may overhear the visitor’s side of the conversation. (Only attorneys on official business may meet with persons in custody in private rooms.) Beware that these video conversations may be monitored, so be careful not to reveal anything that may be construed as incriminating.

If you visit a person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail, you must produce identification. You will go through a metal detector, you are subject to searches, and you may be randomly checked for warrants.

You may not bring cell phones into the Clark County Detention Center, so the jail provides lockers where you may store them during your visit. All visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult, and minors must be attended to at all times. Eating, drinking and smoking are not permitted in the lobby. You may not bring gifts to a person in custody.

In order for you to visit a person in custody at the Clark County Detention Center, you must abide by a conservative dress code:

1. Shirts and shoes are required at all times.
2. All shirts and blouses must be long enough so they could be tucked in, and they can’t be sleeveless or include tube tops, tank tops or tops with "spaghetti straps."
3. Short-shorts and mini skirts are forbidden.
4. All hats are forbidden, including “do-rags.”
5. No underwear may be showing.
6. No clothes can show profane, offensive or sexual language.

Visit the Clark County Detention Center’s webpage on visiting guidelines.

Sending mail to a person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail

Persons in custody at the Clark County Detention Center may receive snail mail. The mailing address is:

Name, Inmate Identification Number
Housing Unit / Room
Clark County Detention Center
330 South Casino Center Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89101

All incoming mail is searched for drugs and other objectionable items prior to delivery. The only incoming mail which isn’t searched is correspondence from the inmate’s attorney, and it must be clearly marked "legal mail." Packages will be turned away unless the sender receives prior approval from the Bureau Lieutenant. Call (702) 671-5700 to contact the Bureau Lieutenant.

The following items may not be mailed to persons in custody:

1. Stamps that are not cancelled; stationery or cards that are blank; envelopes that are not addressed to the person in custody.
2. Any kind of pornographic material as well as photographs depicting nude, partly nude, or sexually graphic images.
3. Literature considered obscene.
4. Any item that may be considered a health hazard.
5. Any cards, letters, or photographs that are affixed together by glue, tape or staples; letters may not be written with metallic ink pens.
6. Any cards or photographs with dimensions larger than six inches by eight inches (6" x 8"); also, persons in custody may not receive more than fifteen (15) photographs at a time.
7. Items that cannot be easily identified as being acceptable.

Publishers and commercial dealers may send magazines, periodicals, soft-covered books and newspapers for distribution to all persons in custody at the Clark County Detention Center as long as the items being sent are clearly identified. Persons in custody may receive soft-covered books only from publishers and commercial dealers.

Visit the Clark County Detention Center’s webpage on mailing guidelines.

Transferring funds to and from a person in custody at the Clark County Detention Center

Every person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail has a trust account where funds may be kept in their name. Persons in custody often use the money in their books to make purchases through the jail’s commissary, which sells items such as prepackaged snacks, toiletries and stationery.

There are three different ways for an outside person to put money on a person in custody’s books: In person, through the mail, or Western Union Quick Collect. For each way, you must know the person in custody’s full name and inmate identification number.

If you wish to deposit funds in person, you may go to the public window at the Clark County Detention Center between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. or between 9:15 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. After completely filling out the "Leave Money Request Form,"; you may deposit only exact amounts of cash (no coins). Checks and money orders are not accepted. Deposited funds are posted immediately, and you as well as the person in custody will be given a receipt.

If you wish to deposit funds through the mail, you may send only money orders or institutional checks (funds that are transferred from other jails or prisons). Money orders must be made payable to the "CCDC Inmate Trust Account," and be sure to include the person in custody’s name and inmate identification number somewhere on the money order.

It will take one business day for the Business Office at the Clark County Detention Center to post newly received funds to the trust accounts. The address to deposit funds through the mail is:

Inmate Name and ID# (ID# must be on envelope)
Clark County Detention Center
330 S Casino Center Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89101

If you wish to deposit funds through Western Union Quick Collect, call 1-800-325-6000. Specify that the funds must be sent via Quick Collect, and include the person in custody’s full name and inmate identification number on the Quick Collect. Make the funds payable to:

Clark County Detention Center
Code City: Jail
State: NV

Once money is put on the books, only the person in custody may then release the funds to an outside person. If a person in custody transfers funds to an outside person, the funds are first held for twenty-four (24) hours unless the funds are meant for a bail bondsman, court fees, or an attorney, in which case there is no wait. Persons in custody are never allowed to transfer funds from their accounts into the accounts of other persons in custody.

Visit the Clark County Detention Center’s webpage regarding funds for persons in custody.

Shopping privileges for persons in custody at the Clark County Detention Center

The Las Vegas Jail has a commissary, which is a general store where persons in custody may buy items through a catalogue. Persons in custody may make purchases through the commissary twice a week depending on where they are housed:

Persons housed in the North Tower on the third and seventh floors may make purchases on Sundays and Tuesdays.

Persons houses in the North Tower on the second, fifth and ninth floors may make purchases on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Persons housed in the South Tower on the second, third, and sixth floors may make purchases on Sundays and Tuesdays.

Persons housed in the South Tower on the fourth and fifth floors may make purchase on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Goods available from the commissary at the Clark County Detention Center are subject to change but usually include an assortment of snack foods, toiletries, reading materials, and stationery.

Visit the Clark County Detention Center’s webpage on commissary privileges.

How to bail out a person in custody at the Las Vegas Jail

Bail may be posted by the person in custody upon booking or by family members, friends or representatives. Bail may come from personal funds or a bail bonds agency. The procedure for paying bail differs depending on whether the person in custody’s case is in Justice Court or in District Court.

Bail Procedures for Las Vegas Justice Court Cases

To post bail for Justice Court, go to the Pre-trial Services window at the Clark County Detention Center, located in downtown Las Vegas at 330 South Casino Center Drive (see map here). It is open twenty-four (24) hours, seven (7) days a week. Pre-trial Services accepts five methods of payment:

1. Cash as long as it’s the full and exact amount.
2. Visa or Mastercard up to $3,000.
3. Cashier’s check payable to "Las Vegas Justice Court." Make sure to include the person in custody’s full name and inmate identification number on the cashier’s check. Personal checks are not accepted.
4. Money order payable to "Las Vegas Justice Court," and make sure to include the person in custody’s full name and inmate identification number on the money order.
5. Western Union Quick Collect made payable to "Justice Court." The code City is "LV Township," and the state code is "NV," and make sure to include the person in custody’s full name and inmate identification number on the Quick Collect.

Bail Procedures for Las Vegas District Court Cases

To post bail for District Court during business hours (between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.), go to the Regional Justice Center. It’s located across from the Clark County Detention Center at 200 Lewis Ave. (see map here).

You may pay in cashier’s check or money order made payable to the "Clerk of the Court," and be sure to include the person in custody’s full name and inmate identification number on the cashier’s check or money order. Personal checks are not accepted.

To post bail for District Court after business hours, go to the Clark County Detention Center, located in downtown Las Vegas at 330 South Casino Center Drive (see map here). To pay cash, go to the Pre-trial Services window. To pay by bond, go to the reception area and speak with the clerks in the glass booth.

Visit the Clark County Detention Center’s webpage on bailing procedures. For more information, contact Pre Trial Services (702) 455-3462.

Safety and medical needs at the Clark County Detention Center

Las Vegas jail officials in the Clark County Detention Center provide constant supervision and weapons monitoring. They do not carry guns (so that persons in custody won’t be tempted to grab them), but they do carry pepper spray.

The jail is filled with surveillance cameras which monitor every room except the showers and single-person cells. Persons in custody each wear identical blue shirts and blue pants so that jail officials may easily identify them as inmates.

Persons in custody are usually housed with people accused of committing similar crimes and with similar criminal histories. It is against the law for prisons and jails to segregate its population along racial lines. However, for safety purposes, the sexes at Clark County Detention Center are separated. Members of rival gangs may be separated, too.

Persons in custody who behave well or who are accused of nonviolent crimes live in "open-dorm" areas, which house up to seventy-four (74) inmates. Persons in custody who misbehave or who are accused of more serious crimes stay in tiny isolation cells, where guards conduct room checks every two hours. Each person in custody has their own bed, desk and stool. Persons in custody under suicide watch are stripped of everything, including clothes, except for a bed and blanket.

The Las Vegas Jail may put an inmate in protective custody if his/her safety is threatened (transsexual and homosexuals are often placed in protective custody since they are frequently harassed). If you have a friend or loved one in custody at the Clark County Detention Center who you believe is being targeted or injured, call the Clark County Detention Center at (702) 671-5700 or (702) 671-5701.

The Clark County Detention Center is legally obligated to meet a person in custody’s "necessary" medical and prescription drug needs, and there are special medical wards for ill inmates. If you have a friend or loved one in custody at the Clark County Detention Center who you believe is being denied adequate medical treatment, call the Clark County Detention Center at (702) 671-5700 or (702) 671-5701.

If you are in need of criminal defense legal representation, contact our Las Vegas Criminal Defense Lawyers at 702-DEFENSE (702-333-3673) to schedule a free consultation.

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