Mermentau Police Jail

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The Mermentau Police Jail is located at 104 7Th Street in Mermentau, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Mermentau Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything a person needs to know about the Mermentau Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Mermentau Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you info that you’ll need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask them, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Mermentau Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Mermentau Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to find their arrest information more quickly if you have the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Mermentau Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Mermentau Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first thing you will have to to is you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your legal name, your address, birthdate and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. The discharge process takes between 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you can get out of jail. How quickly you get discharged can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate still needs to determine your bail amount. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served your sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Mermentau Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Mermentau Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the official Mermentau Police Jail at 337-824-3853 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Mermentau Police Jail you have to first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Mermentau Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Anybody under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Mermentau Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Mermentau 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 Mermentau 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 Mermentau 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants on the Acadia Parish jail website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. Keep in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are 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 that contains a court docket and all of the documents filed in your case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal histories from another state. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail could change, so we suggest that you check the Mermentau Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Mermentau 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 Mermentau Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 337-824-3853 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 Mermentau Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have enough money in their trust account. These items 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 Mermentau Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . These phone calls are usually more costly 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 you should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s ability to use the phone could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Mermentau Police Jail phone number is: 337-824-3853

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all inmate phone calls 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 Mermentau Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county 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 rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail 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 Mermentau Police Jail, click the link below.

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