Sunflower Police Jail

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The Sunflower Police Jail is located at 103 West Quiver Street in Sunflower, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Sunflower Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Sunflower Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Sunflower Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Sunflower County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation will be appreciated.

Sunflower Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sunflower Police Jail Inmate Locator has information about people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can get the same information about anyone arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information fast if you have your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Sunflower Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Sunflower Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

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

The first thing you will have to to is you will answer some basic questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

They will allow you to use the telephone in order to get in touch with a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, it can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the date of your release, plan to get discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Sunflower Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Sunflower Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at Sunflower Police Jail change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 662-569-3387 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Sunflower Police Jail you have to first be added to their 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 Sunflower Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 magazines to an inmate at the Sunflower Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sunflower 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 Sunflower 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 Sunflower 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 court records on the Sunflower County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Sunflower County jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Sunflower County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to people in jail might change, so we suggest that you double check the Sunflower Police Jail website when you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sunflower 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 Sunflower Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 662-569-3387 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 Sunflower Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Sunflower Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are much more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone calls could be reduced or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Sunflower Police Jail phone number is: 662-569-3387

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. 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 Sunflower Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine how much an inmate phone call will cost: 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 is 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 significantly on calling your inmate. In some cases, we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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