Brookings Police Jail

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The Brookings Police Jail is located at 307 3Rd Avenue in Brookings, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brookings Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Brookings Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Brookings Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and lots more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to offer information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and please leave any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to others is welcome.

Brookings Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brookings Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you are able to find information about anyone processed or released within the past 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You will be able to locate the information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Brookings Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Brookings Police Jail includes each of these steps:

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

First, you will have to answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to use the phone so you can contact a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged can take between 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge still needs to decide on how much to set your bail at. For lesser charges, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and have a date of your release, you should expect to be released that morning.

Brookings Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to provide information about each visitor to the Brookings Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures can change, so it would be wise to call the facility at 605-692-2113 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Brookings Police Jail you have to first have your name on their visitation list.

Make 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 without it.

No phones at Brookings Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Usually is not going to be approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of 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 Brookings Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brookings 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 Brookings 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 Brookings 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 think you might have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants online or call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is a warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and the date of their arrest, contact the Brookings County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and any documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, 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 process for sending funds to people in jail might change, so visit the Brookings Police Jail website before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brookings 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 Brookings Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-692-2113 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 Brookings Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

All phone calls from the Brookings Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are usually more costly than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

The Brookings Police Jail phone number is: 605-692-2113

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of all of the inmate phone calls 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 Brookings Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, we won’t 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 in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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