Arcadia Police Jail

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The Arcadia Police Jail is located at 1819 South Railroad Avenue in Arcadia, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Arcadia Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything you might need to know about the Arcadia Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Arcadia Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer advice and information that you need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that might be a benefit to others is much appreciated.

Arcadia Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Arcadia Police Jail Inmate Search is a list of individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and times you can visit. Also, you can find the same information for anyone arrested and booked or released in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get their arrest information fast if you enter your friend or family member’s name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Arcadia Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Arcadia Police Jail is made up of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get released from jail.

You will get to use the phone to talk to a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you will be issued a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process may take from 10 minutes to many hours. In simple terms, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will get discharged from jail. It also might depend on if you’ve been given a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and have a date of your release, expect to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Arcadia Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list each visitor’s full name to the Arcadia Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will be entered into the visitors log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone showing up late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so call the facility at 318-263-8455 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Arcadia Police Jail you must first be added to the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Arcadia Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone under must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be approved.

If the 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 younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Arcadia Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Arcadia 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 Arcadia 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 Arcadia 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 on the website or you can call the jail. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and inquire at the information desk. You should know 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 a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Bienville Parish jail, by phone, go there in person, or look online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that includes a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in the court case. You can access court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state keeps a record of someone’s criminal history. These online databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. Go to the Bienville Parish Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you will be able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug crimes, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to people in jail might change, so be sure to double check the Arcadia Police Jail site when send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Arcadia 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 Arcadia Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 318-263-8455 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 Arcadia Police Jail store. You can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to buy things from the commissary every day, 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 items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal hygiene products like 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 Arcadia Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . These phone calls are typically more costly than phone calls made at home. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 318-263-8455

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all phone calls that inmates make 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 Arcadia 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 inmate phone calls. 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 inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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