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Forsyth Police Jail Information

Address

Forsyth Police Jail
15405 United States Highway 160
Forsyth, MO 65653

Phone Number

Phone: 417-546-3731

The Forsyth Police Jail is located at 15405 United States Highway 160 in Forsyth, MO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Forsyth Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Forsyth Police Jail, such as how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and lots more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you information that you’ll need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that might be beneficial to others would be appreciated.

Forsyth Police Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a family member or friend that is incarcerated and want to locate them? Do you know somebody who’s been arrested and you need to find out where they are?

To look up who is in jail at the Forsyth Police Jail you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Forsyth Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can also get the same information for anybody booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their arrest information quicker if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Forsyth Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Forsyth Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

The first step is that you will answer some simple questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call so you can get in touch with 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 might be allowed to wear your street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you post bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take from 15 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the faster you can post bail, the faster you can get released from jail. It also will depend on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For minor offenses, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the date of your release, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Forsyth Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates must list each visitor’s name to the Forsyth Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitor’s information will be put into the log as an authorized visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so we suggest that you call the official Forsyth Police Jail at 417-546-3731 before you go to the jail to visit.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Forsyth Police Jail you must first have your name on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones at Forsyth Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not a family member of the inmate, this 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 Forsyth Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Forsyth 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.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to an inmate at Forsyth Police Jail, use this address:

Forsyth Police Jail
15405 United States Highway 160
Forsyth, MO 65653

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Forsyth Police Jail
15405 United States Highway 160
Forsyth, MO 65653

The Forsyth Police Jail mail policy changes often, so you should double check the official Forsyth Police Jail site when you send a letter.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Forsyth 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 Forsyth 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Taney County jail website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access your court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. Go to county courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to inmates are always changing, so you should double check the Forsyth Police Jail website when you send funds to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Forsyth 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 Forsyth Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 417-546-3731 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 inmateâ€™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 Forsyth Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably 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 an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Forsyth 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 more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Forsyth Police Jail phone number is: 417-546-3731

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make 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 Forsyth Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers 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 finding out 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 inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 facility has set their calling prices in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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