Greenwood Police Jail

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The Greenwood Police Jail is located at 709 West Main Street in Greenwood, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Greenwood Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the Greenwood Police Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Greenwood Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the advice and information that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and also any feedback or comments that could help others will be much appreciated.

Greenwood Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Greenwood Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of individuals who are in jail, including custody status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you are able to get the same information on anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by their last name. You will be able to locate their inmate information fast if you’ve got their name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Greenwood Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

You will answer a bunch of questions, like what is your full legal name, home address, birth date and a contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged takes anywhere from 30 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get discharged. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge has to decide on the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will get booked and get released without having to post bail. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a release date, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Greenwood Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must provide each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Greenwood Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will go into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone arriving late or that is not on the visitation list will not be able to attend visitation.

The Greenwood Police Jail visitation procedures change often, so you should call the facility at 816-537-5020 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Greenwood Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No cellphones at Greenwood Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody under must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 old and is not related to the inmate, this 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 Greenwood Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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 Greenwood 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 have an outstanding warrant, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

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 contains a docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Jackson County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful 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 complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug crimes, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates could change, so it would be best to double check the Greenwood Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Greenwood 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 Greenwood Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 816-537-5020 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 Greenwood Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products including 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 Greenwood Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are a lot pricier than phone calls made at home. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you break the rules, phone calls might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: 816-537-5020

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 Greenwood Police Jail. The prices 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 decrease 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail or prison has set their phone call rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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