Malvern Police Jail

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The Malvern Police Jail is located at 215 East Highland Avenue in Malvern, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Malvern Police Department.

This page tells you all the information about everything you might need to know about the Malvern Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Malvern Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, how to find Hot Spring County court records, and more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you info that you’ll need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, just ask them, and any comments or feedback that could help other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Malvern Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Malvern Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, which includes status, and visiting hours. You can get info for anyone who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hour period. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You can find their inmate information faster if you have the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Malvern Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Malvern Police Jail includes each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

You will answer some questions, like what is your full name, street address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the faster you post bail, the sooner you will be released. Also, it depends on whether or not you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must determine how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and are given a date of your release, expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Malvern Police Jail Visitation

The inmate must give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Malvern Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in the visitation log for the requesting inmate. All visitors will have to provide proof of identification. Anyone that gets to visitation or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Malvern Police Jail can change, so you should call the jail at 501-332-3636 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Malvern Police Jail you must have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No phones at Malvern Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Anyone parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 Malvern Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Malvern 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 Malvern 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 Malvern 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 check the court records on the Hot Spring County jail website or you are able to call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, 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 Hot Spring County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file containing a docket and all of the documents filed in your court case. You can access court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Hot Spring County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more intensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for the following crimes, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to Malvern Police Jail jail inmates is likely to change, so we suggest that you visit the Malvern Police Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Malvern 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 Malvern Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 501-332-3636 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 Malvern Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear 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 an assortment of different products that the inmate can buy if they have money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Malvern Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Phone calls made in jail are generally more costly than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are disciplined for an infraction, your ability to use the phone might get reduced or forbidden completely.

The Malvern Police Jail phone number is: 501-332-3636

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make from all inmate phone calls 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 Malvern Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 state prisons and local jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s calling rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their inmate calling prices in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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