Morton Police Jail

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The Morton Police Jail is located at 19 West 1St Avenue in Morton, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Morton Police Department.

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

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give you all the info you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail easier. If you have a question, just ask it in the comment section below, and please leave any feedback or comments that could help others would be appreciated.

Morton Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Morton Police Jail Inmate Locator is an online list of people who have been arrested, which includes status, and times the inmate can have visitors. Also, you can find info about anybody booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can find their inmate information more quickly if you’ve got your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Morton Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Morton Police Jail takes you through each of the following steps:

They’ll put you in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

First you have to answer some questions, like what is your full name, home address, birth date and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your medical and psychological history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get released.

You will get to make a phone call to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to wear your own clothes, if not you will be issued a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will get discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster bail is posted, the faster you will get released. It also can depend on whether you have a cash bond amount or if a magistrate must figure out the bail amount. For a minor charge, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and are given a date of your release, plan to be discharged anywhere between the hours of 9am and 12pm.

Morton Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list information about each visitor to the Morton Police Jail in advance of the visit. This information will go in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures at Morton Police Jail are always changing, so you should call the facility at 601-732-8933 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Morton Police Jail you must have your name on their visitation list.

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

No phones are allowed at Morton Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anybody currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before they can visit. Usually is not approved.

If a visitor is under the age of 18 is related to 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 under the age of 18 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 magazines to an inmate at the Morton Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Morton 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 Morton 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 Morton 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 an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you are able to check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Scott County jail website or you can call the court. You have to have their first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you should be prepared to get taken 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 Scott County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or you can check online. Arrest records are a matter of 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. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket sheet and all filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access court records online, or at the Scott County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of a person’s criminal background. These databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from another state. You can go to the Scott County Courthouse and inquire, or check online. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and in the event that it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay for a more intensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for the following crimes, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send funds to someone in jail are always changing, so it would be best to review the Morton Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Morton 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 Morton Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 601-732-8933 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 Morton Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase different things here, like toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to use the commissary every day, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that the inmate can purchase if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products 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

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Morton Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Phone calls made in jail are usually more costly than phone calls made at home. Phone calls are restricted on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind lots of people want to use the phone – so you have to share. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get reduced or totally denied.

Phone Number: 601-732-8933

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at every 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 off of 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 Morton 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 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 figuring out 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 significantly on calling your inmate. There are some circumstances where we will not 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 has set their 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 Morton Police Jail, click the link below.

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