Parachute Police Jail

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The Parachute Police Jail is located at 222 Grand Valley Way in Parachute, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Parachute Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything one might want to know about the Parachute Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Parachute Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you advice and information that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have questions, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and also any comments or tips that would help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Parachute Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Parachute Police Jail Inmate List has information about people currently in custody, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. You can also get the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find their inmate information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Parachute Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Parachute Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you get released.

You will then be allowed to make a phone call in order to call a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might get 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 finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. So, the faster you post bail, the faster you will be freed. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge has to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Parachute Police Jail Visitation

Inmates must give each visitor’s full name to the Parachute Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitors will go in the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will have to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Parachute Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the official Parachute Police Jail at 970-285-7630 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Parachute Police Jail you have to first be on their approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Parachute Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Parachute Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Parachute 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 Parachute 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 Parachute 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the court records on the Garfield County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, 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 Garfield County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. They include a court case file that includes a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Garfield County Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for driving under the influence (DUI), drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Parachute Police Jail jail inmates can change at any time, so we suggest that you visit the Parachute Police Jail site before you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Parachute 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 Parachute Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-285-7630 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 Parachute Police Jail store. You 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 get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have 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

The only phone calls that Parachute Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you break the rules, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or forbidden completely.

The Parachute Police Jail phone number is: 970-285-7630

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from 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 Parachute 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 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 learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is 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 calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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