Shreveport Police Jail

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The Shreveport Police Jail is located at 314 Alexander Avenue in Shreveport, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Blanchard Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Shreveport Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate at the Shreveport Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Caddo Parish court records, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information and tips that you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that would be a benefit to others is appreciated.

Shreveport Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shreveport Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get information about anybody arrested and processed or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by their last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information faster if you enter your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Shreveport Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Shreveport Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

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

First, you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

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

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

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will get discharged from jail. The discharge process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get discharged from jail. Also, how fast you get released might depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on your bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a discharge date, expect to get discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Shreveport Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Shreveport Police Jail before you can visit. This information will go in a log of approved visitors as an Authorized visit. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies change often, so it would be wise to call the facility at 318-929-3700 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Shreveport Police Jail you must first have your name on their visitation list.

Be sure to bring your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones are allowed at Shreveport Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Such visitation is not normally 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 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 Shreveport Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shreveport 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 Shreveport 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 Shreveport 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 find out by checking the court records on the Caddo Parish court website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Caddo Parish jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

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

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are connected so you can track criminal convictions from another state. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Shreveport Police Jail is likely to change, so it would be best to double check the Shreveport Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shreveport 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 Shreveport Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-929-3700 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 Shreveport Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will most likely need 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 a selection of different products that the inmate can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like 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 Shreveport Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are generally more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but bear in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or cut altogether.

The Shreveport Police Jail phone number is: 318-929-3700

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Shreveport Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower 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. 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 or prison has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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