Shelby Police Jail

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The Shelby Police Jail is located at 302 1/2 3Rd Avenue in Shelby, MS and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Shelby Police Department.

This site tells you information about everything you might want to know about the Shelby Police Jail, such as how to find out who’s in jail at the Shelby Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to give information and tips that you need to make the process less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or tips that could be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Shelby Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Shelby Police Jail Inmate Search is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can get info for anyone booked or discharged within the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You’ll be able to get the information faster if you’ve got the arrestee’s name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Shelby Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Shelby Police Jail includes the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, like your full legal name, street address, birth date and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your mental and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken from you and will be stored until you are released.

You will be allowed to use the telephone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you will be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. This process takes between 15 minutes to many hours. In other words the faster you can pay your bail, the faster you will get let go. Also, how fast you get released can depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must determine how much to set your bail at. For a minor charge, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you have served your sentence and have a release date, you should expect to get released in the morning.

Shelby Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Shelby Police Jail before you can visit. Your visitors will be put into the visitors log for the inmate. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors showing up late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures frequently change, so we suggest that you call the official Shelby Police Jail at 662-398-5155 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Shelby Police Jail you must first be on their approved 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 at Shelby Police Jail, and you will be searched. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons currently on must get the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer prior to a visit. Usually is not 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 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 Shelby Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Shelby 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 Shelby 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 Shelby 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, you can find out by checking the arrest warrants inquiry on the website or you are able to call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. You should know that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, as well as their arrest date, contact the Bolivar County jail, by phone, in person, or look online. An arrest is in the public record and this is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. Court Records include a case file containing a docket and all of the documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access your court records online, or at the Bolivar County Clerk of Court where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains a record of people’s criminal history. These databases are all linked and you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to courthouse and check in person, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed 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 crimes, which can include, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates is likely to change, so you should double check the Shelby Police Jail site when send funds to someone in jail there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Shelby 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 Shelby Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 662-398-5155 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 Shelby Police Jail store. Inmates can buy different things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember that you will most likely need to buy things from 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 products that inmates can buy if they have sufficient funds in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal hygiene products like 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 Shelby Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are generally pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get cut back or cut altogether.

The Shelby Police Jail phone number is: 662-398-5155

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have exclusive contracts at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of 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 Shelby Police Jail. The rates 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 the other correctional facilities like state prisons, and local and county jails finding out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com is an expert in keeping up 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 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 jail or prison 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 Shelby Police Jail, click the link below.

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