Purvis Police Jail

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The Purvis Police Jail is located at 136 Shelby Speights Drive in Purvis, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Purvis Police Department.

This site will tell you all the information about anything one might want to know about the Purvis Police Jail, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures, how to find your court records, and everything else.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to offer information and tips you need to make going to jail less stressfull. If you have a specific question, just ask it, and please leave any tips or comments that would be a benefit to other people in the same situation is much appreciated.

Purvis Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Purvis Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about people who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and times you can visit. You can get information for anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to get the information more quickly if you’ve got their first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Purvis Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake procedure at the Purvis Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you must answer a number of questions, like what is your full name, home address, birth date and contact person, and you will also be asked about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, any personal property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to contact family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail may take between 30 minutes to all day. So, the faster bail is posted, the quicker you will get out of jail. It also might depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the discharge date, you should expect to be discharged at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Purvis Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to give information about each visitor to the Purvis Police Jail in advance. This information will be entered in a Visiting log for the inmate. Each and every visitor is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Anyone that arrives for visitation late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Purvis Police Jail can change, so you should call the official Purvis Police Jail at 601-794-6512 before you try to go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Purvis Police Jail you must be on the inmate’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Purvis Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons on must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can visit. This kind of visitation is not going to be approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of 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 a 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 Purvis Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Purvis 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 Purvis 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 Purvis 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you can check the arrest warrants on the website or you are able to call the court directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask them. Keep in mind that if you do have an outstanding warrant, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as the date of their arrest, contact the Lamar County jail, either by phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this information is freely available.

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 documents filed in the court case. You are able to access court records on the internet, or at the Lamar County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from other states. You can go to the Lamar County 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 different state entirely, you might have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you are able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any of the following crimes, drug offenses, kidnapping, sexual offenses including rape, assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to Purvis Police Jail jail inmates change frequently, so it would be best to double check the Purvis Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Purvis 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 Purvis Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 601-794-6512 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 Purvis Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably want to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Purvis Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Calls made in jail are usually more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. 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 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 calls could be reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 601-794-6512

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Purvis 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 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 figuring 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 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 jail has set their calling prices so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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