Medora Police Jail

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The Medora Police Jail is located at 465 Pacific Avenue in Medora, ND and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Medora Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything related to the Medora Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Medora 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

This guide is meant to offer advice and information you need to make helping a friend or family member get out of jail a lot easier. If you have a specific question, just ask them, and also any comments or feedback that might be beneficial to other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Medora Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Medora Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a list of individuals who have been arrested and are in custody, which includes custody status, and times you can visit. You can find the same information for anybody who has been arrested or released within the past 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You’ll be able to locate their inmate information quicker if you enter their full name, date of birth, or arrest number.

Medora Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

You will be placed in a holding cell. If the jail is busy, you may not be processed immediately.

The first step is that you will answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and you will also be asked about your psychological and medical history. Next, you will be issued an inmate number and you will be fingerprinted. Then, Any property you have will be taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

They will let you use the phone in order to talk to a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be allowed to keep wearing your own clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail issued jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail can take anywhere between 15 minutes to quite a few hours. In simple terms, the faster bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether or not you’ve got a cash bond amount or if a judge needs to determine the amount of bail to be set. For lesser charges, you will get booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and know the release date, expect to be released between 9am and noon.

Medora Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to provide each visitor’s name to the Medora Police Jail in advance of any visit. Your visitors will be put in a log of visitors for the inmate that requested the visitor. Each and every visitor will be required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Jail visitation policies are always changing, so call the facility at 701-623-4333 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

In order to visit an inmate at the Medora Police Jail you have to first be on this person’s 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 mobile phones are allowed at Medora Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anybody probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. This kind of visitation is not normally approved.

If a 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 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 in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Medora Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Medora 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 Medora 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 Medora 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 a warrant out for your arrest, you are able to check the court records online or you can call the jail directly. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know the person’s first and last name, and their arrest date, contact the Billings County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or find out online. Records of arrests are in the public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records. Court Records include a court case file that includes a docket sheet and all documents filed in the court case. You can access the court records via the internet service ‘Public Access to Court Electronic Records’, or at the clerk’s office of the court in the county where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state keeps a record of their state citizen’s criminal past. These online databases are all connected so you are able to track criminal convictions from any other state. You are able to go to the Billings County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. You must know which county the crime occured in, and if it was in a completely different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DWI or DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to inmates at the Medora Police Jail might change, so we suggest that you double check the Medora Police Jail site when you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Medora 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 Medora Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 701-623-4333 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 Medora Police Jail store. An inmate can buy different things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Keep 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 commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Medora Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are much more expensive than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when and how often you can use the phone, 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, phone privileges might get reduced or eliminated completely.

The Medora Police Jail phone number is: 701-623-4333

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at every facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all of the phone calls that inmates make 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 Medora Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These 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 figuring out how to decrease your inmates phone charges is more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date 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 how much it costs you to call your inmate. In some cases, we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, 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 Medora Police Jail, click the link below.

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