Dinosaur Police Jail

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The Dinosaur Police Jail is located at 317 Stegosaurus Freeway in Dinosaur, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Dinosaur Police Department.

This guide tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Dinosaur Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Dinosaur Police Jail, 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 meant to give info that you’ll need to make the process a little less stressful. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Dinosaur Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Dinosaur Police Jail Inmate Roster is a list of people who have been arrested, which includes custody status, and visiting hours. You can also get the same information on anyone who has been arrested or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Dinosaur Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will get put in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, street address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to make a phone call in order to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail takes anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get out of jail. It also will depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the judge still needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and have a release date, expect to get released in the morning.

Dinosaur Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Dinosaur Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s names will be put in the log as an Authorized visit. Each and every visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Dinosaur Police Jail frequently change, so call the facility at 970-374-2466 before you go to the jail to visit.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Dinosaur Police Jail you must first have your name on their approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones are allowed at Dinosaur Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to 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 old and is not related to 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 Dinosaur Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Dinosaur 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 Dinosaur 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 Dinosaur 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 can check arrest warrants on the Moffat County jail website or call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a case file that contains a docket and any of the filings and documents filed in your case. You are able to access court records on their website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of a person’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you can track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Moffat County Courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up a person’s crminal records you will find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail is likely to change, so we suggest that you check the Dinosaur Police Jail site when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Dinosaur 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 Dinosaur Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 970-374-2466 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 Dinosaur Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember 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 the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Dinosaur Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are usually more expensive than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

Phone Number: 970-374-2466

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The money 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 Dinosaur 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 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 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 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 any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the facility 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 Dinosaur Police Jail, click the link below.

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