Helena Police Jail

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The Helena Police Jail is located at 226 Perry Street in Helena, AR and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Helena Police Department.

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

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Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the info that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have questions, feel free to ask it, and also any tips or comments that might be a benefit to other people in the same situation is appreciated.

Helena Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Helena Police Jail Inmate List is a roster of people who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can get info on anybody processed or discharged in the past 24 hour period. Jail inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you enter their full name, birth date, or inmate ID Number.

Helena Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Helena Police Jail is made up of each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. If the jail is really busy, you will have to wait, sometimes for many hours, before you get processed.

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

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

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you finally post bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. Getting discharged from jail can take from 30 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the faster you can post bail, the sooner you will get let go. Also, it will depend on whether or not you have a bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and know the date of your release, expect to get released in the morning.

Helena Police Jail Visitation

Inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Helena Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. All visitors must provide proof of identification. Visitors arriving late or that is not an approved visitor will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies can change, so you should call the jail at 870-338-7481 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Helena Police Jail you have to be on their visitation list.

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

No cellphones are allowed at Helena Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If the 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 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 Helena Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Helena 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 Helena 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 Helena 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 find out by checking the court records on the Phillips County jail website or call the court. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, you will be 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 jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file that contains a court docket and all of the filings and documents filed in your court case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These state databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and check in person, or check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will be able to get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for these crimes, drug Possession, 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 inmates at the Helena Police Jail could change, so you should review the Helena Police Jail site before send money to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Helena 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 Helena Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 870-338-7481 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 Helena Police Jail store. An inmate can purchase different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will probably want 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 enough money in their trust account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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

All phone calls from the Helena Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are generally more expensive than regular phone calls. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, but bear in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden.

The Helena Police Jail phone number is: 870-338-7481

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The profits these phone service providers make from all of the 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 Helena Police Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following three factors 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 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 a lot of money on inmate phone calls. 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 facility has set their inmate calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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