Lyons Police Jail

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The Lyons Police Jail is located at 135 North 2Nd Street in Lyons, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Lyons Police Department.

This guide will tell you info about everything you might want to know about the Lyons Police Jail, such as how to find an inmate at the Lyons Police Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, booking and intake procedures, court information, and more.

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Introduction

This guide is designed to offer information and tips that you’ll need to make helping someone get out of jail easier. If you have specific questions, just ask them, and also any comments or tips that would be beneficial to others is welcome.

Lyons Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Lyons Police Jail Inmate Roster has information about individuals who are in jail, including current status, and visiting schedule. Also, you can get information for anybody arrested and processed or released within the last 24 hours. Jail inmates are listed alphabetically by last name. You can locate their inmate information faster if you enter the arrestee’s full name, date of birth, or inmate ID Number.

Lyons Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The jail intake process at the Lyons Police Jail is made up of each of these steps:

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

The first step is that you will have to answer a bunch of questions, such as what is your full name, home address, birthdate and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will 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.

They will allow you to use the phone to get in touch with family, friends, or loved one.

If you think you will get released quickly, you might get to keep wearing street clothes, if not you will be issued a jail jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to go home after you get discharged. The discharge process takes between 10 minutes to many hours. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will get out of jail. Also, how fast you get released depends on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must decide on the bail amount. For lesser charges, you will be booked and get released without having to post bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a release date, you should plan to be discharged that morning.

Lyons Police Jail Visitation

The inmate need to give each visitor’s name to the Lyons Police Jail in advance. Your visitor’s names will go into a log of approved visitors as an authorized visitor. Each visitor will have to provide acceptable photo identification. Visitors arriving late or that does not have a visting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so we suggest that you call the jail at 402-687-4143 before you go.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Lyons Police Jail you have to have your name on the inmate’s approved visitation list.

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

No mobile phones are allowed at Lyons Police Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Anyone on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation 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, this 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 Lyons Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Lyons 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 Lyons 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 Lyons 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 access arrest warrants on the Burt County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go the jail in person and ask one of the officers. You should be clear that if you do have an outstanding warrant, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you have a first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Burt County jail, on the phone, go there in person, or check online. Records of arrests are public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are public, and are accessible by anyone. These records include a case file that includes a court docket and any documents filed in the case. You can access court records via the internet, or at the Burt County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Every state maintains records of their state citizen’s criminal background. These state databases are all linked so you can track criminal backgrounds from other states. You are able to go to the Burt County Courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It helps to know the county, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay for a more complete search.

A criminal history search you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses such as possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or breaking and entering, theft, larceny.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to someone in jail at the Lyons Police Jail can change at any time, so you should visit the Lyons Police Jail site before you send money to an inmate.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Lyons 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 Lyons Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 402-687-4143 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 Lyons Police Jail store. Inmates can purchase a number of things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will probably need to use the commissary daily, and any infractions will get that privilege taken away from you.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that inmates can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to 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 Lyons Police Jail are made through a jail approved pre-paid phone account or phone card . Phone calls made in jail are much more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There are certain restrictions about when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but inmates should keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s phone privileges may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Lyons Police Jail phone number is: 402-687-4143

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service companies have a monopoly at each facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits these phone service providers make off of all 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 Lyons Police Jail. The rates are posted and there are at least two different prices based on where the inmate is calling. The following 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 learning how to lower your inmates phone charges can be 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 calling your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t 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 will be able to save you money.

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

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