Deridder Police Jail

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The Deridder Police Jail is located at 200 Jefferson Avenue in Deridder, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Deridder Police Department.

This site will tell you info about everything a person needs to know about the Deridder Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information and records, and much much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information that you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask it, and any tips or comments that could be a benefit to other people in the same situation would be much appreciated.

Deridder Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Deridder Police Jail Inmate Roster is an online list of individuals who have been arrested and are in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information on anyone arrested and booked or discharged within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to find their inmate information quicker if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Deridder Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Deridder Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will have to answer some basic questions, like your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

They will allow you to use the telephone so you can contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. This process takes from 10 minutes to many hours. So, the faster you can post bail, the quicker you will get released. It also might depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond or if the judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get 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 get discharged in the morning.

Deridder Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Deridder Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be entered into the visitors log for the requesting inmate. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so it would be wise to call the official Deridder Police Jail at 337-462-8911 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Deridder Police Jail you must first have your name on this person’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Deridder Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 a 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 magazines to an inmate at the Deridder Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Deridder 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 Deridder 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 Deridder 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 for your arrest, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry online or call the jail. You have to have their 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, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Beauregard Parish jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A criminal history search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to Deridder Police Jail inmates change frequently, so review the Deridder Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Deridder 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 Deridder Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 337-462-8911 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 Deridder Police Jail store. You can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely need 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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

The only phone calls that Deridder Police Jail inmates are allowed to make are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 disciplined for an infraction, an inmate’s phone privileges might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

The Deridder Police Jail phone number is: 337-462-8911

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls are split 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 Deridder Police Jail. The prices 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 can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on calling your inmate. 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 cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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