Harahan Police Jail

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The Harahan Police Jail is located at 6441 Jefferson Highway in Harahan, LA and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Harahan Police Department.

This guide tells you all the information about anything related to the Harahan Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Harahan Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and also any feedback or comments that might be a benefit to others is welcome.

Harahan Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Harahan Police Jail Inmate Search has information about individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get info on anyone booked or released within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to find the information more quickly if you’ve got their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Harahan Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Harahan Police Jail is made up of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If there are a lot of arrests, you may not be processed immediately.

First you have to answer some simple questions, such as your legal name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will get to use the telephone so you can talk to family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, they will let you wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get released from jail. This process takes anywhere between 15 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be released. It also will depend on if you have a bond amount or if the judge needs to decide on how much your bail will be. For lesser charges, you will get booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have completed your jail sentence and know the release date, plan to be released anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Harahan Police Jail Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name and date of birth to the Harahan Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will be put in a log of approved visitors for the requesting inmate. Each and every visitor will be required to provide proof of identification. Any visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to attend visitation.

The Harahan Police Jail visitation procedures frequently change, so make sure that you call the facility at 504-737-6783 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit someone at the Harahan Police Jail you must have your name on their approved visitation list.

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

No phones at Harahan 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 the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Such visitation is not going to be 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, 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 Harahan Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Harahan 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 Harahan 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 Harahan 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 Jefferson Parish jail website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. You should know that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you should be prepared to get taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Jefferson Parish jail, either by phone, in person, or check online. An arrest is in the public record and this is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all of the filings and documents filed in the case. You can access your court records on their website, or at the Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Jefferson Parish Courthouse and make an inquiry, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you will be able to get a listing of all the arrests, charges, or convictions for any of the following crimes, drug Possession of drug trafficking, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending funds to Harahan Police Jail inmates can change at any time, so it would be best to review the Harahan Police Jail website before send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Harahan 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 Harahan Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 504-737-6783 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 Harahan Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. 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 a selection 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 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

The only phone calls that Harahan 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 much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules and are disciplined, phone privileges may be limited or eliminated completely.

The Harahan Police Jail phone number is: 504-737-6783

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. 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 Harahan Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. The following three things 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails learning 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 significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances 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 jail has set their phone rates in a way that nobody can save you money.

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

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