La Jara Police Jail

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The La Jara Police Jail is located at 402 Broadway Avenue in La Jara, CO and is a medium security police department jail operated by the La Jara Police Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything one might want to know about the La Jara Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you all the information and advice you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have questions, please feel free to ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any tips or comments that would be beneficial to others would be welcome.

La Jara Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The La Jara Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who are in jail, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you are able to get the same information about anyone processed or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you have their name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

La Jara Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the La Jara Police Jail includes each of these steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is really busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First you will have to answer a bunch of questions, like what is your legal name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, Any property you have will be taken from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you make a telephone call in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take between 30 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. Also, it might depend on whether or not you have a cash bond amount or if a judge has to determine the bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served out your jail sentence and have a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

La Jara Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to provide each visitor’s full name to the La Jara Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitor’s information will go into a log of approved visitors as an approved visitor. Every visitor must provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors that gets to visitation or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to attend visitation.

Visitation procedures at La Jara Police Jail frequently change, so you should call the jail at 719-274-5886 before you try to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the La Jara Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at La Jara Police Jail, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not 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 of age and is not related to 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 magazines to an inmate at the La Jara Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the La Jara 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 La Jara 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 La Jara 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 access arrest warrants inquiry on the Conejos County jail website or call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, in person, or check online. Arrest records are in the public record and the information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a court case file that contains a docket sheet and all of the documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records online, or at the Conejos County Clerk of Court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of people’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You are able to go to the Conejos County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and in the event that it was in a different state entirely, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any of the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to La Jara Police Jail jail inmates are always changing, so you should review the La Jara Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at La Jara 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 La Jara Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 719-274-5886 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 La Jara Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely need to use 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 items 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 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 La Jara Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Calls made in jail are much pricier than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about how often you can use the phone, but you should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, an inmate’s phone privileges could be reduced or forbidden completely.

Phone Number: 719-274-5886

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers 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 off of all inmate phone calls 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 La Jara Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices 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 learning 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 calling 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 circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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