The La Paz County Adult Detention Facility is in Parker near the sheriff's office. Jail: 928-669-5816. If that line is busy, the shared dispatch at 928-669-2281 can connect you.

The La Paz County Inmate Search link goes to a statewide custody search. Choose Arizona and enter the name. A call to the jail is often faster.

Quartzsite and Ehrenberg are 35 to 45 miles from Parker, and booking adds time. Parker staff at 928-669-5816 can search by name and birthday.

For lesser crimes, a Parker or Quartzsite officer may hand over a court summons on the spot. Family violence cases are booked instead.

Within 24 hours of the arrest. The judge sets release terms, often over video.

Release on recognizance is the default. A bond or other conditions come only when the judge finds them needed, and the gravest charges can mean detention after a hearing. Read our La Paz bail guide.

Ask 928-669-5816 what the bond is and what forms of money Parker takes. Bondsmen keep a fee for posting.

Felonies go to La Paz County Superior Court in Parker. Justice courts in Parker, Quartzsite and Salome hear misdemeanors; Parker and Quartzsite have town courts too. See the La Paz court steps.

When money for a lawyer is short, a La Paz judge can appoint the public defender; raise it at that first appearance. Lawyers can set up jail meetings by calling 928-669-5816.

Visits are set by appointment at least 24 hours ahead through 928-669-5816. Ask too about remote video sessions. See La Paz visitation and remote visits.

Prepaid accounts cover calls. Money for the store goes in online. Guides: La Paz calls, messages, tablets, deposits, La Paz commissary.

Add the inmate's name and your return address. See La Paz inmate mail.

Call 928-669-5816 and ask to reach medical about prescriptions or suicide risk.

La Paz minors are sent through juvenile court and a youth center, never the Parker adult jail. See our La Paz juvenile page or ask the sheriff.

Much of the Parker area is CRIT reservation land. The tribes run their own police and court, and their jail is separate from the county's.

Callers asking for wires or gift cards are scammers. Parker deputies never collect that way.

Ring the La Paz County Adult Detention Facility, 928-669-5816, to be sure your relative hasn't moved or been released, and to get the bond figure.

A federal case often starts after Homeland Security Investigations, the FBI, or the ATF carry out an arrest. Major crimes on Colorado River Indian Tribes land may be charged federally. Federal hearings in Parker cases are held at the federal courthouse in Phoenix, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003, part of the Phoenix Division (District of Arizona). Clerk's phone: 602-322-7200. Soon after booking, they see a federal magistrate judge. Bail isn't set off a chart in the federal courts. Under the federal Bail Reform Act, a judge leads a bail hearing then rules on release or detention. Expect questions from pretrial services before court.

During the case, U.S. Marshals usually hold the person in a nearby jail. Search the local roster, where a Marshals hold can be listed. Otherwise phone the Marshals office for Arizona in Phoenix at 602-382-8768 (401 West Washington Street, Suite 270, Phoenix, AZ 85003). Those sentenced to federal prison leave the county jail to the BOP later. Locate them by using the federal locator.

• ICE learns about most arrests from fingerprints staff send. Then ICE might issue a detainer.
• Paying bail won't remove the detainer.
• With the I-247A, ICE requests that the sheriff push back the person's release for at most two days. A holiday won't stop the clock.
• Officers from ICE may take custody in person before the 48 hours end. If they don't come, the sheriff has to release the person.
• To see where ICE took them, open the ICE locator and enter their A-number and their birth country. Families lacking the A-number can enter the name they were booked under plus home country and birth date.
• Only ICE picks the detention center.
• Every Arizona case goes to the Phoenix field office: 2035 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, tel. 602-257-5900.

A state prison sentence is spent in the custody of the state corrections department (ADCRR). Until then, most people wait in the Parker jail until the ADCRR has room, sometimes for months. The ride ends at reception, where they are checked in. Prison staff review everyone based on their medical and mental health, any gang affiliation, and their risk level. Their last step is a unit that suits their rating.

Check the ADCRR inmate search to follow the move. Our Arizona prison page covers each unit.

Unposted mugshots are handled by the sheriff's office; reporters can phone 928-669-2281. For an immigration mugshot, send ICE's FOIA form; ICE must sign off. U.S. mugshots are kept private. The U.S. Marshals take those photos and share one only for an escaped prisoner, for urgent public safety, or when the photo helps make an arrest or alert neighbors.

• Parker Police, dispatch: 928-669-2281
• Quartzsite Police: 928-927-4644
• La Paz County Sheriff's Office, dispatch: 928-669-2281

Ehrenberg, Salome, Bouse, Wenden and Cibola are sheriff's areas.