Winnsboro Police Jail

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The Winnsboro Police Jail is located at 3832 Front Street in Winnsboro, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Winnsboro Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Winnsboro Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Winnsboro Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Winnsboro Police Jail Inmate Roster is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times the inmate can have visitors. You can get the same information about anyone booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Winnsboro Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Winnsboro Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

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

You will answer some basic questions, such as what is your full name, address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your psychological and medical history. Next, You will be given 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 get released.

You will get to use the telephone to get in touch with a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

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

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get let go. It also depends on whether or not you’ve been given a bond amount or if a judge must determine the amount of bail to be set. For a minor offense, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and know the release date, you should plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Winnsboro Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Winnsboro Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into the visitation log for the inmate. Each visitor has to provide identification. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

The Winnsboro Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 318-435-4307 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Winnsboro Police Jail you must be on their visitation list.

Be sure to take 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 Winnsboro Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. No personal belongings. Persons probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Winnsboro Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Winnsboro 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 Winnsboro 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 Winnsboro 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants on the Franklin Parish jail website or call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. 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 name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Franklin Parish jail, either by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Franklin Parish Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal history. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DUI, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail at the Winnsboro Police Jail change frequently, so it would be best to review the Winnsboro Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Winnsboro 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 Winnsboro Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-435-4307 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 Winnsboro Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely 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 a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Winnsboro Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . These phone calls are usually more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or forbidden.

Phone Number: 318-435-4307

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make 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 Winnsboro Police Jail. The rates 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 lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 inmate phone calls. 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 cases like this, the facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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