Pottsville Police Jail

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The Pottsville Police Jail is located at 52 East 2Nd Street in Pottsville, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Pottsville Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything a person needs to know about the Pottsville Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Pottsville Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and lots more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information that you need to make going to jail a lot easier. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any tips or comments that would help others is appreciated.

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Who’s In Jail

The Pottsville Police Jail Inmate List is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, including current status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find information on anyone arrested and processed or discharged in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Pottsville Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Pottsville Police Jail takes you through these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you must answer a bunch of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to wear your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. This process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the faster you will get discharged from jail. How quickly you get discharged might depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Pottsville Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list each visitor’s full name to the Pottsville Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will go into a Visiting log as an authorized visitor. All visitors is required to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Pottsville Police Jail frequently change, so we suggest that you call the jail at 479-968-2864 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Pottsville Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Pottsville Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to 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 related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Pottsville Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Pottsville 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.

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Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Pottsville 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 Pottsville 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Pope County jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that includes a court docket and any filings and documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Pope County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of people’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail change frequently, so we suggest that you check the Pottsville Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Pottsville 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 Pottsville Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 479-968-2864 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 Pottsville Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Pottsville Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone calls may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Pottsville Police Jail phone number is: 479-968-2864

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control 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 Pottsville Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 learning how to lower 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 calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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