White County Jail

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The White County Jail is located at 1600 East Booth Road in Searcy, AR and is a medium security county jail operated by the White County Sheriff’s Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything a person needs to know about the White County Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the White County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find White County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have a question, just ask them, and any comments or tips that could help others is appreciated.

White County Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The White County Jail Inmate Search isa roster of individuals currently in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. You can get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information quicker if you have the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

White County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the White County Jail includes the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full legal name, street address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

They will let you make a phone call to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get to keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere between 15 minutes to all day long. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on if you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to figure out the bail amount. For minor charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

White County Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the White County Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s information will go into the visitation log as an Authorized visit. Each visitor is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures can change, so you should call the jail at (501) 279-6279 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the White County Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at White County Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 White County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the White County 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 White County 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 White County 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 access arrest warrants on the White County jail website or you are able to call the jail. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a docket and any of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of people’s criminal background. These online databases are connected and you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail at the White County Jail can change at any time, so it would be best to visit the White County Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at White County 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 White County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (501) 279-6279 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 White County Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep in mind that you will probably need 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 buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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

All phone calls from the White County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls may be limited or cut altogether.

Phone Number: (501) 279-6279

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make are split 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 White County 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 figuring out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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