Burlington Police Jail

---

The Burlington Police Jail is located at 480 15Th Street in Burlington, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Burlington Police Department.

This site will tell you info about anything related to the Burlington Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and much much more.

Top 10 Searches for Burlington Police Jail

1. Burlington Police Jail Information
2. Burlington Police Jail Inmate Search
3. Kit Carson County Inmate Search in Burlington, CO
4. Burlington Police Jail Visitation Rules
5. What Are the Visitation Hours for Burlington Police Jail
6. How To Save Money on Inmate Calls at Burlington Police Jail
7. How to Send Inmate Care Packages to Burlington Police Jail
8. What is Inmate Commissary?
9. How to Send Money to an Inmate at Burlington Police Jail
10. How to Search Kit Carson County Arrest Records

Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information and advice that you’ll need to make getting locked up easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask it, and any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Burlington Police Jail Inmate Search

---

Who’s In Jail

The Burlington Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, which includes status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find information on anyone processed or released in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Burlington Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Burlington Police Jail includes these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You must answer a bunch of questions, like your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a phone call in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker you post bail, the faster you will be released. Also, how fast you get released will depend on if you’ve got a cash bond or if the magistrate must decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should plan to get released between 9am and noon.

Burlington Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Burlington Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be entered into a Visiting log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor must provide identification. Visitors showing up late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 719-346-8353 before you go to visitation.

---

Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Burlington Police Jail you have to first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Burlington Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 is related to the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Burlington Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Burlington Police Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

---

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Burlington Police Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Burlington Police Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you think you have a warrant out for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. Bear in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Kit Carson County jail, either by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You can access your court records online, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of someone’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal convictions from another state. You can go to the Kit Carson County Courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Burlington Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you check the Burlington Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Burlington Police Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Burlington Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 719-346-8353 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmate’s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Burlington Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

The only phone calls that Burlington Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden.

The Burlington Police Jail phone number is: 719-346-8353

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all phone calls that inmates make are shared with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Burlington Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Burlington Police Jail, click the link below.

Return To Main Menu

3735