Brookland Police Jail

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The Brookland Police Jail is located at 309 North Bernis Street in Brookland, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Brookland Police Department.

This site will tell you information about everything related to the Brookland Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Brookland Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find Craighead County court records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information and tips that you need to make going to jail a little less stressful. If you have a question, feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Brookland Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Brookland Police Jail Inmate Search has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to find the same information about anybody booked or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information fast if you have the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Brookland Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Brookland Police Jail is made up of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer some simple questions, like what is your legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the phone so you can get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will be released. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should plan to get released in the morning.

Brookland Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Brookland Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be entered in the visitors log for the inmate. Every visitor will have to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be able to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 870-935-0538 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Brookland Police Jail you must be added to this person’s visitation list.

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

No mobile phones at Brookland Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age 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 the 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 Brookland Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Brookland 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 Brookland 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 Brookland 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 the arrest warrants inquiry on the Craighead County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file containing a court docket and any documents and filings filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together so you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Craighead County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if it was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug Possession, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to inmates at the Brookland Police Jail could change, so it would be best to review the Brookland Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Brookland 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 Brookland Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 870-935-0538 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 Brookland Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary on a daily basis, 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 money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Brookland Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep 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, phone calls could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Brookland Police Jail phone number is: 870-935-0538

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Brookland Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 finding out how to lower 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 how much it costs you to call 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 facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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