Cozad Police Jail

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The Cozad Police Jail is located at 229 East 8Th Street in Cozad, NE and is a medium security police department jail operated by the Cozad Police Department.

This site tells you information about anything you might need to know about the Cozad Police Jail, like how to locate an inmate at the Cozad Police Jail, the jail’s phone number and address, intake procedures and booking, court information and records, and much more.

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Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information that you need to make getting locked up a little less stressful. If you have a specific question, feel free to ask it, and please leave any feedback or comments that would help other people in the same situation will be much appreciated.

Cozad Police Jail Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Cozad Police Jail Inmate Lookup is a roster of people who are in jail, including current status, and schedule for visitation. Also, you can find info for anyone booked or released in the last 24 hours. Prisoners are listed alphabetically by last name. You will be able to locate the information quicker if you enter the arrestee’s first and last name, birth date, or inmate ID.

Cozad Police Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

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

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

You will answer some questions, like what is your full legal name, street address, birthdate and a contact person, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, You will be given an inmate number and your fingerprints will be taken. Then, any personal property you have will be taken from you and stored until you are released.

You will then be allowed to use the telephone to contact a family member, friend, or loved-on.

If you are expected to be released quickly, you might be able to wear your street clothes, if not you you will have to wear a jail uniform – the jumpsuit.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will be allowed to leave jail. The discharge process will take anywhere between 10 minutes to quite a few hours. In other words the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you will get let go. It also will depend on whether you’ve got a bond amount or if a judge must decide on your bail amount. For minor offenses, you will simply be booked and then released on your recognizance without having to pay bail. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a discharge date, you should expect to get released between 9am and noon.

Cozad Police Jail Visitation

Inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Cozad Police Jail before anyone can visit them. This information will be put in a log of visitors as an approved visitor. All visitors is required to provide a photo ID when visiting. Any visitors arriving late or any visitors that are not approved to visit will be turned away.

Visitation procedures at Cozad Police Jail are always changing, so it would be wise to call the jail at 308-784-2366 before you visit an inmate.

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Visitation Rules

Before you can visit an inmate at the Cozad Police Jail you must be added to their visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No phones at Cozad Police Jail, and you will be searched. No personal belongings. Anyone currently on must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Usually is not normally 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 the visitor is younger than 18 years old 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 even magazines to an inmate at the Cozad Police Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Cozad 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 Cozad 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 Cozad 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 can check the arrest warrants inquiry on the Dawson County court website or you can call the court directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. You can also go to the local jail and ask the officer in charge. You should be clear 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 first and last name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the Dawson County jail, by phone, go there in person, or you can check online. An arrest is public record and the information is accessible by the public.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. These records include a court case file that contains a docket and any documents and filings filed in your case. You are able to access the court records on the internet, or at the Dawson County Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are all connected so you can track criminal histories from another state. You can go to county courthouse and inquire, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county the crime was committed in, and if the crime was in a different state, you may have to pay a fee for a more comprehensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you can find out if someone has been arrested, charged, or convicted for DUI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending money to inmates at the Cozad Police Jail can change at any time, so we suggest that you review the Cozad Police Jail website before you send funds to an inmate there.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Cozad 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 Cozad Police Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at 308-784-2366 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 Cozad Police Jail store. An inmate can buy a number of things here, such as personal items, food, and things for writing. Remember 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 the inmate can buy if they have enough money in their trust account. These items include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as 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 Cozad Police Jail are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Jail phone calls are generally more costly than phone calls made outside of jail. There is no limit to when you can make phone calls, how long you can talk, and how often you can make calls, but you should keep in mind that every inmate wants to use the phone too, so they can call their family. If you are under any sort of disciplinary procedure, an inmate’s ability to use the phone may be limited or forbidden completely.

The Cozad Police Jail phone number is: 308-784-2366

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 they control how much it costs to make phone calls. The profits off of all 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 Cozad 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 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 a lot of money on calling your inmate. 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 these cases, the jail or prison has set their calling prices so high that nobody can save you money.

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

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