Vernal Police Jail

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The Vernal Police Jail is located at 437 East Main Street in Vernal, UT and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Vernal Police Department.

This guide will tell you all the information about anything related to the Vernal Police Jail, like how to do a jail inmate search, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much, much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give information you need to make helping someone get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, please feel free to ask them, and also any tips or comments that could help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Vernal Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Vernal Police Jail Inmate List has information about people who were arrested and are now in jail, including custody status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find the same information for anyone who has been arrested or released in the last 24 hours. Inmates are listed in alphabetical order by their last name. You can get their arrest information fast if you have their full name, birth date, or arrest number.

Vernal Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Vernal Police Jail includes each of the following steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

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

You will get to make a telephone call so you can call family, friends, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released shortly, you might be allowed to skip the jumpsuit and keep wearing your own clothes, otherwise you you will have to change into a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

Once bail has been posted, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged can take anywhere from 30 minutes to all day. In simple terms, the quicker bail is posted, the quicker you will get released. Also, how fast you get released can depend on if you have a cash bond amount or if the magistrate needs to determine how much your bail will be. For a minor offense, you will be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. When you have completed your jail sentence and are given a release date, expect to be discharged in the morning.

Vernal Police Jail Visitation

To have visitors, you need to give each visitor’s full name to the Vernal Police Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go into the log for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each visitor will be required to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or without a visiting order will be turned away.

Jail visitation policies frequently change, so call the official Vernal Police Jail at 435-789-5835 before you go to visitation.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Vernal Police Jail you have to be added to their visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID with you to visitation or you will not be allowed to enter.

No cellphones at Vernal Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons under must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before they can 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 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Vernal Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Vernal 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 Vernal 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 Vernal 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 for your arrest, you can access arrest warrants inquiry on the Uintah County court website or you are able to call the court directly. You have to have their first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask the officer in charge. You should know that if there is a warrant for your arrest, 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 their arrest date, contact the Uintah County jail, on the phone, in person, or look online. Records of arrests are public record and this information is accessible to anyone.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. These records include a court case file containing a court docket and any of the documents filed in the court case. You are able to access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of their state citizen’s criminal history. These online databases are connected so you are able to track criminal histories from other states. Go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. You must know which county the crime occured in, and in the event that the crime was in a totally different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A search of someone’s criminal history you will find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for any crimes, which can include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to people in jail could change, so be sure to visit the Vernal Police Jail site before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Vernal 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 Vernal Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 435-789-5835 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 Vernal Police Jail store. You can purchase a number of things here, like personal items, food, and things for writing. Bear in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary every day, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different products that inmates can buy if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to personal 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 Vernal Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are a lot more costly than phone calls made at home. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates must keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you are disciplined for an infraction, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated altogether.

The Vernal Police Jail phone number is: 435-789-5835

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they operate, which means that they they control the prices. The money these phone service providers make off of 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 Vernal Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different 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 can be 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. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you money on your inmate calls, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail or prison has set their phone rates in a way that nobody will be able to save you money.

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

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