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Southwest Area LA Jail

Address:
1546 West Martin Luther King Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90062
Phone:
213-485-2615

Schedule a Video Visit with an Inmate at the Southwest Area LA Jail

Southwest Area LA Jail values the importance of keeping inmates connected to their families and friends. Maintaining close relationships with loved ones is crucial for an inmate's successful reintegration upon release and helps reduce the likelihood of reoffending.

One way Southwest Area LA Jail supports this (or will soon) is by offering remote video visitation. This system allows loved ones to connect with inmates via video kiosks inside the jail or through tablets, provided by a third-party service working with the facility.

The benefits of video visitation include:

It boosts inmate morale.
Enables inmates to maintain contact with family, friends, and children.
Reduces the time and cost required for staff to manage in-person visits.
Generates revenue for the facility.
Helps prevent the spread of illnesses.
Limits the possibility of contraband entering the jail.

For more information on video visits, call the facility at 213-485-2615, or scroll down for answers to Frequently Asked Questions.

Frequently Asked Questions about Remote Video Visits

What is a video visit, and how do they work?

Who are the companies that facilitate video visits?

What is a video visit, and how do they work?

Video visitation, also known as remote visitation, is quickly becoming the preferred method for visiting an inmate in jail or prison for the following reasons:

•   It requires little to no staff, versus the staff required to move inmates to and from the visit and watch over the visit. It saves the Southwest Area LA Jail money.
•   It removes any opportunity for contraband (drugs) to enter the facility.
•   It can become a profit center for the facility, given that the revenue generated by visits is shared with the jail.
•   While inmates prefer to see family and friends in person, video visitation allows them to visit with them more often, and on a whim.
•   Video visitation gives the inmates and their visitors the feeling of more privacy.

Video visitation from the perspective of the visitor allows them to visit from their home, their car, at work, and even allows them to take their device to a family or religious gathering. It allows them to give their inmate the feeling of belonging and not being forgotten.

Video visitation can take place on a computer, a tablet or a phone.

Video visitation saves time. Instead of spending hours driving to the jail, checking in, filling out paperwork, potentially being searched, waiting, and then having a 15–30-minute visit, if it isn’t cancelled at the last minute, the visit can be done from anywhere during a short break in the visitor’s day.

If the visitor does not have access to a phone or computer, they can make an appointment ahead of time and use terminals in the lobby of the jail.

You must also be on the inmate's approved list, even for a video visit.