Smyrna Police Jail

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The Smyrna Police Jail is located at 325 West Glenwood Avenue in Smyrna, DE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Smyrna Police Department.

This page tells you information about everything one might want to know about the Smyrna Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Smyrna Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, how to find Kent County court records, and much more.

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Introduction

The goal of this guide is to give information and tips that you’ll need to make getting locked up a lot easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and please leave any tips or comments that might be a benefit to others would be appreciated.

Smyrna Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Smyrna Police Jail Inmate Locator is a roster of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, including current status, and visiting schedule. You can find information about anybody arrested and booked or released within the past 24 hours. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by their last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Smyrna Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Smyrna 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 busy, you may not be processed immediately.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, your address, birth date and contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and mental history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will then be allowed to use the phone in order to contact a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you you will have to change into a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

Once you are able to post bail, you will be discharged from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere from 10 minutes to all day. Or, simply, the faster you can pay your bail, the quicker you can get released from jail. Also, it depends on whether you’ve been given a bond amount or if the judge must determine your bail amount. For a minor charge, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have served your sentence and are given a discharge date, you should plan to be discharged in the morning.

Smyrna Police Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates need to list the name and date of birth of each visitor to the Smyrna Police Jail in advance of the visit. Your visitor’s names will be put into a log of approved visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Every visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors showing up late or that does not have a visting order will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Smyrna Police Jail frequently change, so make sure that you call the jail at 302-653-9217 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

To visit an inmate at the Smyrna Police Jail you must be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Be sure to bring your up to date government issued ID or driver’s license with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones at Smyrna Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Persons on must obtain the permission of both the superintendent and their individual supervising officer before visiting. Usually is not normally approved.

If the visitor is under the age of 18 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 a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and magazines to an inmate at the Smyrna Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Smyrna 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 Smyrna 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 Smyrna 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 have an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you can check court records on the website or you are able to call the jail. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. Keep in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or find out online. An arrest is a matter of public record and these records are available to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. These records include a court case file that includes a docket and all documents and filings filed in the case. You are able to access your court records via the internet, or at the Kent County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These online databases are linked together so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to county courthouse and inquire, or you can check online. It is helpful to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state entirely, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can get a report detailing any arrests, charges, or convictions that may be on a person’s record for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The rules for sending money to someone in jail at the Smyrna Police Jail can change at any time, so be sure to check the Smyrna Police Jail site when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Smyrna 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 Smyrna Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 302-653-9217 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 Smyrna Police Jail store. You can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

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

All phone calls from the Smyrna Police Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. Inmates are able to make phone calls, with restrictions on when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, 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, your ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated altogether.

Phone Number: 302-653-9217

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they operate the phone services for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits from all of the inmate phone calls are split 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 Smyrna Police Jail. The rates 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 state prisons and local 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 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 prisons or jails where we will not be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In these cases, the facility has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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