San Francisco Sheriff’s Office Prisoner Legal Services

San Francisco Sheriff’s Office Prisoner Legal Services (PLS) is a prisoner advocacy unit at the SFO Sheriff's office. PLS works to protect your rights while incarcerated and helps you remove roadblocks to your reentry. PLS staff, with help from law school interns, answer hundreds of requests for legal information and assistance each month from people in San Francisco County Jail custody. PLS helps people in custody start and reply to court actions covering many legal issues. The legal topics could be criminal law and state legal processes, California minimum standards for local detention facilities, SFSO and California Department of Corrections regulations and policies, protecting the rights of people in custody. PLS also operates law libraries in the jails so you may conduct your own research or PLS staff can answer your legal questions, too. They can also assist you with resources, or direct you toward community organizations, to support your successful reentry. Common areas of need include help with preserving your housing while you’re in jail, managing child custody and support matters, dealing with out-of-county warrants and clearing up traffic fines. PLS also assures voter registration for reentering citizens. For more information on services of PLS, please contact them directly.