Columbus Police Jail

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The Columbus Police Jail is located at 2419 14Th Street in Columbus, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Columbus Police Department.

This page tells you information about anything you might want to know about the Columbus Police Jail, like how to find an inmate at the Columbus Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up easier. If you have questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any feedback or comments that could be beneficial to others is appreciated.

Columbus Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Columbus 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. Also, you can find the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate the information more quickly if you enter their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Columbus Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Columbus Police Jail takes you through the following steps:

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

The first step is that you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your legal name, home address, birthdate and a contact person, and also, you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate ID 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.

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

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 15 minutes to all day long. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the sooner you will get let go. How quickly you get discharged will depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if the judge must figure out how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and are given a date of your release, plan to be released between 9am and noon.

Columbus Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Columbus Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s information will be put in the log as an authorized visitor. Each and every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that gets to visitation or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so you should call the facility at 402-564-3201 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Columbus Police Jail you have to first be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

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

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

If a visitor is under the age of 18 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Columbus Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Columbus 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 Columbus 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 Columbus 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 check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Platte County court website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and the date of their arrest, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Arrest records are a matter of public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a case file that contains a docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Platte County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of someone’s criminal past. These state databases are all connected and you can track criminal convictions from any other state. Go to the Platte County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for these crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you check the Columbus Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Columbus 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 Columbus Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 402-564-3201 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 Columbus Police Jail store. Inmates can buy a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, 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 money in their account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products such as 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 Columbus Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

The Columbus Police Jail phone number is: 402-564-3201

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Columbus 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 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 lower your inmates phone charges is 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 a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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