Madison Police Jail

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The Madison Police Jail is located at 302 Martin Luther King Drive in Madison, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Madison Police Department.

This guide will tell you information about everything a person needs to know about the Madison Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Madison 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

The purpose of this guide is to give you information that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail less stressfull. If you have specific questions, please feel free to ask it, and also any comments or feedback that might help others will be much appreciated.

Madison Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Madison Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can find info on anyone processed or discharged within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their inmate information more quickly if you enter the arrestee’s full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Madison Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Madison Police Jail includes these steps:

You will get put in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

You will have to answer a number of questions, such as your full legal name, address, date of birth and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and mental history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to use the phone in order to call family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged may take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. It also can depend on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge has to figure out the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to get released in the morning.

Madison Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you have to provide information about each visitor to the Madison Police Jail in advance. This information will be put into a log of visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will be turned away.

The Madison Police Jail visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the facility at 870-633-2175 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit someone at the Madison Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Madison Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. Such visitation is not 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 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 about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Madison Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Madison 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 Madison 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 Madison 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 for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry online or you can call the jail directly. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask them. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and this information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the documents and filings filed in the case. You can access your court records on the website, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. You can go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It helps to know the county, and in the event that it was in a different state, you might have to pay a fee for a more complete search.

A criminal records search you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for DUI, drug crimes, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Madison Police Jail can change at any time, so you should check the Madison Police Jail website when you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Madison 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 Madison Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 870-633-2175 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 Madison Police Jail store. You can purchase different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as personal 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Madison Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are typically more costly than regular phone calls. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions 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 you are just one of many people who want to talk to their loved ones. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, phone privileges may be limited or totally denied.

The Madison Police Jail phone number is: 870-633-2175

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits 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 Madison 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 the cost of an inmate phone call: 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 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 inmate phone calls. In some cases, 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 jail or prison has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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