Homer Community Jail

Welcome to the Homer Community Jail.  Our facility is a seven bed, temporary housing detention facility owned and operated by The City of Homer, which under state contract, provides criminal detention services to the State of Alaska.  The jail is operated 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

The primary purpose of the Homer Community Jail is to provide short term housing to all persons arrested on state criminal charges, pending their arraignments, released on bail, or transferred to larger state facilities.  Additionally, the facility provides detention services for persons serving short term misdemeanor sentences (usually limited to 10 days).

Jail staff can be reached at 907-235-4158.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I call an inmate?

Prisoners in the jail are not permitted incoming calls.  If you would like to contact an inmate, you can call the jail at 907-235-4158.  The corrections officer will forward the information to that person as soon as convenient and they may call you if they chose to expend their outgoing telephone privilege.  Corrections staff is not required or obligated to convey personal telephone messages (other than those from counsel) to the defendant, other than the name and return telephone number of the calling party.  

All calls in/out of the jail are subject to monitoring other than those from attorney's, doctors or clergy. 

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How do I bail someone out?

All person's bailing from the Homer Community Jail must be under a .02% alcohol level.  Once the amount of bail is set and there is no third-party custodian requirement, persons can be bailed out with the appropriate amount of cash.  The Homer Jail does not accept credit cards, money orders or checks. 

A person charged with a crime involving domestic violence, a felony, violating conditions of their release or certain other crimes, may not be eligible for bail until seen by the appropriate judicial officer. 

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How do I remand after my case is adjudicated?

All persons remanding shall normally check into the jail facility at 9:00am on the assigned day.  Persons remanding may check into the facility at other times (except between 4:00am and 8:00am) only with the prior consent of the jail.  Persons remanding may not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. 

All persons checking into the Homer Community Jail must possess a legible copy of either their court judgment or a temporary order, which displays the court docket number, the length of sentence, the judge, magistrate, or clerks signature, and the court seal.

All medications brought by persons remanding are subject to DOC approval.  Medications approved will be held by Corrections and administered as directed by the prescription. 

Persons remanding may wear personal clothing provided their are no strings.  Personal toiletries, food and jewelry are not permitted.

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When can I visit someone in the jail?

Visiting hours are from 2:00pm to 5:00pm seven days per week.  Usually, the duration of visits will not by restricted unless other prisoners are waiting for the use of the visitation room; in which case visitation may be limited to 15 minutes. It is recommended that visitors arrive early if they wish to maximize their potential visitation opportunities.

General prisoner visitation is open to family and friends, and any other person(s) authorized by specific court order.  Visitation will be denied to anyone under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or any person suspected as a security concern.  Minors (under the age of 18) may visit only if accompanied with an adult.

All visitors must show valid ID and are subject to search. 

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