Bonesteel Police Jail

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The Bonesteel Police Jail is located at Mobile Unit in Bonesteel, SD and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Bonesteel Police Department.

This site will tell you information about anything one might want to know about the Bonesteel Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Bonesteel Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Bonesteel Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes current status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you’ve got your friend or family member’s name, birth date, or arrest number.

Bonesteel Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Bonesteel Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

You will answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, your address, birthdate and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological 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 away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to make a telephone call to call 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 keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes from 10 minutes to quite a few hours. So, the faster bail is posted, the sooner you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged that morning.

Bonesteel Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give information about each visitor to the Bonesteel Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will go in a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. All visitors has to provide identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies can change, so call the official Bonesteel Police Jail at 605-654-2311 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Bonesteel Police Jail you have to 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 because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones are allowed at Bonesteel Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer 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 must 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, the minor 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Bonesteel Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Bonesteel 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 Bonesteel 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 Bonesteel 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 believe you have an outstanding warrant, you are able to check the arrest warrants online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and their arrest date, contact the Gregory County jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and these records are accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and any of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the website, or at the Gregory County Clerk of Court office in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of a person’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Gregory County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if it was in a different state, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to inmates at the Bonesteel Police Jail could change, so we suggest that you review the Bonesteel Police Jail website before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Bonesteel 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 Bonesteel Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 605-654-2311 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 Bonesteel Police Jail store. You can buy several different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Bonesteel Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are generally more expensive than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should 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 totally denied.

Phone Number: 605-654-2311

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of 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 Bonesteel Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. In some cases, we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their 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 Bonesteel Police Jail, click the link below.

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